Sundance Film Festival 2017 Archives

Trailer For Hotly Buzzed Sundance TV Pilot ‘When The Street Lights Go On’ Which Still Needs A Network Home

January 31, 2017 11:38 am

We're taking a breather from the Sundance Film Festival, and re-energizing as Berlin looms on the horizon, but looking back at how things went down in Park City, it was a pretty good year. But as always, you si...

Best And Worst Of The 2017 Sundance Film Festival: ‘Call Me By Your Name,’ ‘Get Out’ And Snow

Gregory Ellwood

January 30, 2017 5:12 pm

Awards Campaign, Features, News

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Frankly, it’s our guess the gatekeepers of the Sundance Film Festival are just happy they made it through this year’s installment alive. Somewhat unexpectedly, the weather and politics played a huge part in the...

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Full 2017 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners List

Gregory Ellwood

January 28, 2017 9:38 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The 2017 Sundance Film Festival has come to an end and it's time for the awards. There was snow (I mean, lots of snow), power outages, cyber attacks, a Women's March with 8,000 participants, and some pretty dam...

‘My Happy Family’ Is A Compassionate & Complex Look At Liberation [Sundance Review]

Andrew Crump

January 28, 2017 4:04 pm

News, Reviews

Manana lives elbow to elbow in her Tbilisi apartment with her husband, Soso; her two children, Lasha and Nino; her mother; her father; and Nino’s husband, Vakho. If she wants to get dressed for the day, she has...

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Fred Armisen Steals Zoe Lister-Jones’ Funny Relationship Dramedy ‘Band Aid’ [Sundance Review]

Gregory Ellwood

January 27, 2017 10:48 pm

Awards Campaign, News

PARK CITY – After three feature screenplays including the semi-underrated “Lola Versus,” Zoe Lister-Jones has finally jumped in the director’s chair with “Band Aid.” The often funny and often slightly serious d...

Documentary ‘Trophy’ Is An Important, Heartbreaking Look At The World Of Big Game Hunting [Sundance Review]

Oktay Ege Kozak

January 27, 2017 12:25 pm

News, Reviews

During the first act of the wholly necessary “extreme” action sequel “xXx: Return Of Xander Cage,” human/boulder hybrid Vin Diesel’s character requests to put together his own team of badasses in order to go af...

Taut And Shocking ‘Killing Ground’ Is An Assured, Disturbing Debut Feature [Sundance Review]

Gary Garrison

January 27, 2017 10:41 am

News, Reviews

There are few tropes as deeply ingrained as those of the horror genre. More often than not, even a luddite could spot a horror film in the first minute. But in a way, this overwrought frame that we have all bec...

Jessica Williams Can’t Help ‘The Incredible Jessica James’ Live Up To Its Name [Sundance Review]

Gregory Ellwood

January 26, 2017 8:49 pm

Awards Campaign, News, Reviews

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PARK CITY – The first scene of James Strouse’s “The Incredible Jessica James,” which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival Thursday night, is a star-making showcase for the talents of its leading lady Je...

‘Axolotl Overkill’ Is A Stylish, Striking Flame Of Youth In Revolt [Sundance Review]

Rodrigo Perez

January 26, 2017 3:34 pm

News, Reviews

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24-year-old German filmmaker Helene Hegemann might be a little obsessed with her own life, the blissed-out teenage years of drugs, sex, night club escapades, strung-out mornings and all forms of her cathartic e...

Drake Doremus’ ‘Newness’ Starring Nicholas Hoult Puts A Fresh Spin On Familiar Relationship Problems [Sundance Review]

Noel Murray

January 26, 2017 9:13 am

News, Reviews

The early scenes of the contemporary romance “Newness” make it seem like the movie is going to be a frank critique of dating in the iPhone age, when apps make it easier to find a mate — at least for the night —...

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