Sundance Head of ‘The Voice’ shoots himself while hunting
“The Voice” winner Jason “Sundance” Head says he’s thankful to be alive after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach on his East Texas ranch.The Season…
‘Thelma’ review: June Squibb unleashes her inner Eastwood
Back in January, Jason Statham starred in the action thriller “The Beekeeper” as a former special-ops assassin who seeks revenge on a group of people…
Sundance Institute CEO exits in surprise leadership shakeup
Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente, who helped bring the beloved indie film festival back in person after the COVID pandemic shutdown, is stepping down, the…
Kieran Culkin looks back on ‘Succession’ and the Roy family
Most child actors don’t make the transition to adulthood on the big screen. Sure, there are exceptions, but for every Jodie Foster there are a…
The 10 best movies we saw at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
An image from the documentary “Daughters.” (Sundance Institute) Executive produced by Kerry Washington, “Daughters” culminates with an emotional father-daughter dance inside a Washington, D.C., jail.…
Sundance reviews: ‘A Real Pain,’ ‘A Different Man’
PARK CITY, Utah — The title of Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” a sharp, funny and moving highlight of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is an…
Sundance 2024: Sue Bird on money in WNBA, her showbiz future
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2024 Sundance Film Festival: Pro-Palestinian protest shuts down Main Street
PARK CITY, Utah — About 150 to 200 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in this mountainside ski village on Sunday, shutting down the normally bustling Main Street during…
Sundance at 40: Steven Sodebergh’s ‘Presence’ is a gift
PARK CITY, Utah — Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence,” a sleek and sublimely nimble ghost story with a world-premiere Friday night at the 40th annual Sundance Film Festival,…
Still whipping it good, Devo outweirds Sundance with new doc
With their yellow radiation suits, red “energy dome” hats and manic energy, part playful and part angry, the band Devo combined the futuristic glamour of…
Sundance Film Festival photos: Kristen Stewart, Lionel Richie, more
PARK CITY, Utah — Other stars such as “Beef” Emmy winner Steven Yeun, “The White Lotus” star Meghann Fahy, Lucy Liu and Jason Schwartzman stopped by…
Malia Obama makes directorial debut at Sundance film fest
Former first daughter Malia Obama is making her directorial debut at Sundance. Obama, who already has built a career in Hollywood, wrote and directed “The…
Sundance CEO explains why film festivals need to ‘evolve’
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Which Sundance film will we be talking about next year?
A “pig-parker”? C’mon, Larry David. I thought you were better than that. Or maybe I didn’t really think you were better than that, just that…
The 7 Latino films at Sundance 2024 to keep an eye out for
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday in Park City, Utah. The lineup includes a promising group of new films by or featuring Latino…
‘American Movie’: How a failed ‘Blair Witch Project’ predicted the future
For a tiny moment in Chris Smith’s wry 1999 documentary “American Movie,” Hollywood glamour seeps into the film’s wintry Wisconsin gloom. On a TV set,…
The 10 movies we’re most looking forward to at Sundance 2024
A scene from the documentary “Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye.” (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) You may be asking yourself: Do we really…
What’s going to pop big at Sundance? We have thoughts
Jordan Peele had trudged through the waist-deep snow to the Park City Library for a “secret” midnight screening of his directorial debut, “Get Out,” a…
Eugenio Derbez stars as a ‘Radical’ teacher in a tough Mexican town
Last January, the Mexican movie star Eugenio Derbez traveled to Park City, Utah, to attend the Sundance Film Festival with his wife, the actor and…
Sundance diaries: Nida Manzoor on ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Season 2
LONDON — As part of our yearlong series on Sundance filmmakers, The Independents, we asked participants to keep a diary of one day in their working…