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Sundance from home: A virtual wrap on 2021’s unprecedented all-digital festival [Los Angeles Times] This year’s Sundance Film Festival, its first virtual incarnation, ran Jan. 28 to Feb. 3 and Times film staffers were collectively glued to our TVs, laptops, smartphones and other devices to join in the annual celebration of independent cinema. Critic Justin Chang and reporters Mark Olsen and Jen Yamato discuss a most unusual festival experience and nod to some standout films and a few rather...

V MAGAZINE Scroll for more Please try again. Vs Guide To Sundance 2021 Vs Guide To Sundance 2021 In case you run out of films to watch in quarantine. In case you run out of films to watch in quarantine. February 3, 2021 Like everything else this year, the Sundance Film Festival was held virtually. Luckily, all film-goers needed was a screen to enjoy the largest celebration of indie movies — Sundance previously launched the careers of household names like Quentin Tarantino, Darren Aronofsky, ...

As it sometimes goes in a pandemic, for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, something lost meant something gained. What was lost was obvious: The ability to be in Park City, Utah, in person; the parties; the vibe; the communal audience experience. What was gained was glorious: The ability to watch a highly curated selection of world-premiere movies from the comfort of one’s home, as the festival moved to its own temporary streaming platform. I watched about a dozen of Sundance movies from m...

“Passing”  The versatility that Rebecca Hall has shown in front of the camera extends to her directorial debut, a mannered but enchanting study in appearances literal and symbolic. Adapted from Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel, “Passing” follows childhood friends whose unexpected reunion proves to be a mixed blessing. One (Tessa Thompson) resides in Harlem, where she is happily married to a doctor (André Holland); the other (Ruth Negga, showcasing a wide-eyed glamour befitting the silent-f...

Walks a wobbly fine line. TWITTER Sofia Kappel stars as a young Swedish woman keen to break into the adult film industry in L.A. in Ninja Thybergs feature debut. A young woman arrives from a distant land in the capital of a certain entertainment industry and ascends the ladder of success, only to lose a bit of her soul on each rung of the climb. That, of course, is the plot of Showgirls, but its not like Paul Verhoeven, or anyone whos written a version of Faust, ever patented the concept. Thi...

Pleasure Review: A Raw and Real Inside Drama About the L.A. Porn Industry Pleasure Review: A Raw and Real Inside Drama About the L.A. Porn Industry Ninja Thybergs documentary-like drama, starring radiant newcomer Sofia Kappel as a young woman rising through the industry, takes the measure of life in the age of extreme porn as few movies have. Owen Gleiberman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director: Ninja Thyberg With: Sofia Kappel, Revika Anne Reustle, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock, Dana Dearmo...

How has cinema's perspective on the porn industry changed since the Gen X masterpiece Boogie Nights, which was completed in 1997 but set in the '70s? According to Pleasure, a film written-directed by Ninja Thyberg, a Swede, and set in the capital of US porn, LA: a lot and not so much. Let's begin with the former. In our day, a person with big porn dreams, such as that maintained by the main character of...

Sofia Kappel in Pleasure "There will always be people who want to bring you down, especially when you’re a young woman. That’s life, Linnéa, but you’re in charge. And when you really want something, you can do it." This advice meted out by a mother on the phone to her 19-year-old daughter and trying to cheer her up from the other side of the Atlantic is sound to say the least. But what this parent is totally oblivious to, is the fact that this young woman who’s newly arrived from Swed...

by Chase Burns and Jasmyne Keimig • Jan 25, 2021 at 3:30 pm Sponsored We usually dont pay too much attention to the Sundance Film Festival on Slog since its over in Park City and were in Seattle. But this year is different. Sundance is going digital, partnering with film organizations around the country to create an accessible and safe national event. In Seattle, the fest is working with Northwest Film Forum to put together forum panels and ...

Our 15 Most-Anticipated Sundance 2021 Premieres January 25, 2021 The 2021 Sundance Film Festival, beginning Thursday, will look quite different. Forging ahead during the pandemic, they’ve to continue offering some of the year’s finest independent discoveries, with a new online platform, drive-ins, screenings at independent arthouses around the country, and more. We’ll have extensive coverage from the festival (which one can follow here or on Twitter). Before reviews arrive, we’re counti...