Sundance diaries: How Thembi Banks prepares for a pitch
As part of our yearlong series on Sundance filmmakers, The Independents, we asked participants to keep a diary of one day in their working life…
Sundance movie differs from reality, says our metro reporter
I remember when I first got the call that three violent prisoners had escaped the Men’s Central Jail in Orange County. “Is Little Saigon on…
Sundance Film Festival advice: Raven Jackson on movie trailers
(Illustration by Jess Hutchison / Los Angeles Times; photographs by Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Coming into this year’s Sundance Film Festival with her…
Sundance Film Festival wrap: 19 more movies to watch in 2023
PARK CITY, UTAH — The 2023 Sundance Film Festival winds to a close this weekend, capping the festival’s first in-person edition since the COVID-19 pandemic broke…
Sundance: How ‘Cat Person’ film ruins New Yorker short story
PARK CITY, Utah — Late into “Cat Person,” the much-buzzed-about new movie adapted from Kristen Roupenian’s 2017 short story of the same title, an ugly one-word…
Sundance 2023: ‘Magazine Dreams’ jury walkout explained
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Brooke Shields recounts rape in ‘Pretty Baby’ documentary at Sundance
In her heartbreaking new documentary, "Pretty Baby," Brooke Shields opens up for the first time about being raped in her 20s. In the film, which premiered…
Sundance: ‘Fair Play,’ Jonathan Majors in ‘Magazine Dreams’ astonish
PARK CITY, Utah — For the seasoned Sundance-goer, returning to this film festival for the first time since January 2020 can feel like a half-comforting, half-disorienting…
Brooke Shields describes rape in ‘Pretty Baby’ documentary at Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah – Brooke Shields reveals she was the victim of a sexual assault in a new documentary about her life that premiered Friday afternoon…
‘Judy Blume Forever’ documentary at Sundance takes on sex, book bans
Judy Blume changed the way coming-of-age stories were told.Lena Dunham, Molly Ringwald, Samantha Bee and more celebrate the best-selling young adult author in the new documentary…
Sundance: Chloe Domont’s ‘Fair Play,’ inside ‘Justice’ premiere
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Sundance: Key takeaways from Brett Kavanaugh doc ‘Justice’
PARK CITY, UTAH — “Justice,” director Doug Liman’s surprise documentary about the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, premiered Friday at the 2023 Sundance…