What happens to a documentary's subjects and causes after the film premieres? Watch these video updates on where the people behind four acclaimed Sundance docs are today, exclusively on TOH!
Read More »Elijah Wood's Spectrevision is behind two of the higher-buzz horror titles at Sundance: Ana Lily Amirpour's Iran vampire love story "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" and horror-comedy "Cooties" with Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson and "Newsroom" star Alison Pill (acquired by Lionsgate). Watch our exclusi...
Read More »A strong, exciting voice that emerged from this past Sundance was Ana Lily Amirpour, who brought to the Park City festival what could very well be the first Iranian vampire film, “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.” After opening the 2014 New Directors/New Films Festival, the film will be released by...
Read More »Roger Ebert and his wife Chaz enthusiastically embraced the idea of a documentary of his memoir "Life Itself," and wanted Chicago filmmaker Steve James, whose "Hoop Dreams" Ebert had discovered at Sundance some 20 years ago, to direct it. James found himself in an unusual situation as Ebert's heal...
Read More »Watch as Miles Teller talks getting bloody for director Damian Chazelle in 'Whiplash,' which opens October 10.
Read More »There are so many coming-of-age stories every year that it's rare to see a mature love story. Even though Ira Sachs' "Love is Strange," which debuted at Sundance and earned a Best Feature nomination for the Gotham Awards, is about two gay men who get married, it's more about aging love. It's touchin...
Read More »Gregg Araki can spin pop-colored, darkly funny suburban tragedies like few other directors working today, with 2004’s 'Mysterious Skin' as the formidable example. 'White Bird in a Blizzard,' while not matching the overall emotional swell of 'Mysterious Skin,' again finds Araki in top form. It opens ...
Read More »Part western, part science fiction, wholly original—it’s not easy to pin down — writer/director Jake Paltrow’s latest film, “Young Ones,” which premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival (read our review here), is worth an examination.
Read More »'Dear White People' was one of those first features we often see at the Sundance Film Festival that charges out of the gate exploding with all the things the young filmmaker wants to say. It opens Friday, October 17.
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