Soko stars in the upcoming fantastical feminist war film
Mayday, which just premiered at the
2021 Sundance Film Festival. Normally, this takes place in Park City, Utah, but the French singer/actress made numerous virtual appearances to promote the movie. Seven outfit changes for all of her interviews, in fact!
“Meeting [director
Soko told
Just Jared. “There was this unshakable strength in this multi-hyphenate artist making her first feature. I love making movies with women. It’s always my favorite experience, especially becoming a mother and going back to work and bringing my baby to set in Croatia for two months. It felt like a blessing being surrounded by so much nurturing energy that made this transition from motherhood to working mom very easy for me.
Catch these Sundance Film Festival selections from Jan 28 to Feb 2.
By
Gwendolyn Knapp
1/27/2021 at 1:16pm
Moonstruck Drive-In is located at Midway s upcoming East River development, 100 Bringhurst St.
Attention, movie buffs. The Sundance Satellite Film Festival touches down at the Moonstruck Drive-In, January 28âFebruary 2. Because this year s famed Sundance Film Festival, which happens every January in Park City, Utah, had to be canceled, the organizers rolled out satellite film festivals in 20 cities around the country (along with going largely virtual as well), so we re lucky to be in that number.
In Houston Sundance has partnered with Houston Cinema Arts Festival, bringing six screenings to the drive-in, along with a screening at the DeLUXE Theater and a couple of virtual offerings. The screenings are going for $30 per carload, or, if you have a cool $120, throw it down for a festival pass, which includes everyone in your car for all the fil
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 counting down our most-anticipated films. If you’re interested in experiencing Sundance from home, one can see available tickets here.
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Jane Schoenbrun)
January 15, 2021
Although released early into the 2020 film season, Autumn de Wilde’s highly stylized revamp of the classic Jane Austin novel, “Emma,” has recently taken on a new found popularity. While “Emma.” came out slightly before statewide quarantines were put in place, it fits perfectly into the escapist nostalgia that closely followed weeks of homebound living. Many of those stuck at home found a certain serenity in those films that took them to lush places outside of the shortcomings of the modern world; there was something alluring about a pre-industrial society.
This same yearning for escape has caused the rise in trends such as the cottage core aesthetic, so it only makes sense that the viewership of period piece romances has also increased. Quarantine has revitalized the genre, as audiences look back on classics like “Pride and Prejudice” from 2005. Even Netflix has caught onto the movement, releasing the series, “Bridgerton,” in the last week of D