There are certain things one expects from a prime-slot Sundance premiere. Crowd-pleasing character-based comedies, rural mood-over-plot dramas, provocative and probing documentaries; all tied together by
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Jeannot Szwarc obituary
Jeannot Szwarc, who has died aged 85, directed Jaws 2 (1978), Supergirl (1984) and Santa Claus: The Movie (1985). This could be described as a
Actor Michele Austin: ‘Mike Leigh has a wicked sense of humour’
Born in London, Michele Austin trained at Rose Bruford College before beginning a wide-ranging career on television, film and stage. She was Yvonne Hemmingway in
All That’s Left of You review – deeply moving epic of Palestinian intergenerational trauma
All That’s Left of You, Palestinian American film-maker Cherien Dabis’s wrenching portrait of intergenerational trauma, begins its 75-year tale of displacement as the great epics
Sky Force review – Akshay Kumar stands tall in threadbare air-war flagwaver
The hope is that the Hindi mainstream is learning from its current spell of commercial turbulence. The evidence, alas, suggests otherwise. For Republic day in
Felicity Jones: ‘I try not to look in the mirror too much’
I think about bringing up our children all the time, and the thought is: we can’t mess it up, we have to do everything perfectly,
Streaming: Gladiator II and the best sword-and-sandal movies
If men, according to the internet, simply cannot stop thinking about the Roman empire, then Hollywood remains a largely male-brained enterprise. Storytelling trends come and
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review – Rose Byrne is a knockout in anxious dark comedy
Last year’s toothless adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch, premiering then disappearing during fall festivals, tried to bring attention to the specific hell of motherhood. But
Omaha review – John Magaro leads lean but affecting family drama
Omaha, Cole Webley’s debut film from a screenplay by Robert Machoian (The Killing of Two Lovers), is very much a product of the Sundance film
Twinless review – dark, inventive comedy takes an unexpected path
Before the start of Twinless, a classic Sundance curio with very little known about what it was or where it came from, the writer, director