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Death in Venice (1971) In last year’s Midsommar, Ari Aster’s folk horror hit, Dan, an elderly gaunt man with long white hair and a beard, leaps from a cliff. Unfortunately, he survives the fall and has to have his face bashed in with a mallet. Dan is played by Björn Andrésen, first seen on-screen in 1970 in a small role in Roy Andersson’s A Swedish Love Story but truly discovered the following year when Luchino Visconti cast him as Tadzio, the object of Dirk Bogarde’s obsession in ...

Sundance 2021 unveils pandemic lineup of films Dec 16, 2020 1:35 PM PHT Agence France-Presse Next months Sundance will be the first major festival highlighting movies made during and about the coronavirus pandemic, as organizers Tuesday unveiled a lineup featuring the final film by co-founder Robert Redfords late son. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the indie film extravaganza will largely leave behind its usual mountain base in the western US state of Utah, showing premieres online and at nation...

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the program announcement for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival released on Tuesday is how much it looks like the program announcement for any other year of the Sundance Film Festival. The festival will be dramatically changed in its form from previous years. Taking place over seven days instead of the usual 11, the 2021 festival will showcase 72 feature films, down from around 120 in 2020. The event will be an ambitious hybrid, decoupled from its usual home...

Next months Sundance will be the first major festival highlighting movies made during and about the coronavirus pandemic, as organisers Tuesday unveiled a lineup featuring the final film by co-founder Robert Redfords late son. Due to COVID restrictions, the indie film extravaganza will largely leave behind its usual mountain base in the western US state of Utah, showing premieres online and at nationwide drive-ins and arthouse theaters. Among them is Life in a Day 2020, Ridley Scott and Kevin ...

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the program announcement for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival released on Tuesday is how much it looks like the program announcement for any other year of the Sundance Film Festival. The festival will be dramatically changed in its form from previous years. Taking place over seven days instead of the usual 11, the 2021 festival will showcase 72 feature films, down from around 120 in 2020. The event will be an ambitious hybrid, decoupled from its usual home...

SHARE A Questlove-directed documentary about the other major music event of the summer of 1969 and documentaries about the creators of Sesame Street and the coronavirus pandemic in China are among the 72 feature films debuting at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Organisers on Tuesday unveiled a robust and diverse slate for the festival, which will be largely virtual due to the pandemic. Opening night films The festival will kick off on Thursday, January 28, with the premieres of Nanfu Wang’s...

2021 Sundance Film Festival unveils slate for first virtual edition Updated: Updated: December 16, 2020 14:24 IST The festival will kick off on Jan. 28 with the premieres of Nanfu Wang’s documentary about propaganda and COVID-19 in China Share Article AAA This image released by Sundance Institute shows a scene from ‘In The Same Breath,’ which will debut at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival   | Photo Credit: (Sundance Film Festival via AP) The festival will kick off on Jan. 28 with the pr...

Lindsey Bahr This image released by Sundance Institute shows a scene from "In The Same Breath," which will debut at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. (Sundance Film Festival via AP) December 15, 2020 - 12:43 PM A Questlove-directed documentary about the other major music event of the summer of 1969 and documentaries about the creators of Sesame Street and the coronavirus pandemic in China are among the 72 feature films debuting at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Orga...

Passing The indie film showcases pandemic-era program also has directorial debuts by Jerrod Carmichael, Pascual Sisto and Questlove with his Black Woodstock documentary. As Sundance director Tabitha Jacksons reign at the indie film festival gets well underway, the marquee indie U.S. film showcase has gone mostly online with a pandemic-era discovery lineup filled with work by women and BIPOC directors and more than half the 2021 program shot by first-time helmers. For Jackson, the focus on debut...

Sundance Film Festival unveils slate for 1st virtual edition by Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press Posted Dec 15, 2020 3:02 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 3:14 pm EDT This image released by the Sundance Institute shows Ruth Negga, left, and Tessa Thompson in a scene from "Passing." The film, a directorial debut by Rebecca Hall, will debut at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. (Sundance Film Festival via AP) A Questlove-directed documentary about the other major music event of the summer of 1...