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Ana Katz, The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet, 2021, DCP, black-and-white, sound, 73 minutes. THE PRIZES WERE AWARDED a month ago, some very big deals have closed in recent weeks, and the Sundance Film Festival has closed its streaming platform, hopefully never to be used again—at least not as the primary means of connecting Sundance’s chosen movies to Sundance audiences. Having covered the festival for thirty-two years, the place—Park City, Utah—and my ten-day routine there is stamped into my neurological pathways, so it’s no wonder that I had flashes of déjà vu while sitting at ho...

IFFR 2021: Small-scale film gems from Rotterdam Part one of International Film Festival Rotterdam's two-part 2021 festival was sprinkled with enough small-scale gems to suggest arthouse and experimental cinema might still be in reasonable shape. We report back on some highlights Feature by Jamie Dunn | 15 Feb 2021 The gentle pop of 90s faves The Beautiful South was rattling around my head last weekend as I attended my first International Film Festival Rotterdam. Whether you were in Liverpool, Rome or anywhere, really, you could access this year’s edition from the comfort of your...

Human Factors. Klemens Hufnagl/Sundance Institute This year’s Sundance Film Festival was like no other. Thanks to the ongoing pandemic, the usual red-carpet premieres were replaced by at-home streaming supplemented by screenings at a handful of small venues and drive-ins around the country. That’s not the way most attendees preferred to experience the movies, of course. But the festival’s 2021 selections were still true to the spirit of Sundance, which fosters independent cinema and innovative voices: They served up exciting stories from around the world, mostly of the kind that Hollyw...

Courtesy of Sundance Institute Early in 2020, when we still had hope that the spread of Covid-19 would be suppressed in a few weeks or months and we’d be back to our lives in short order, film critics joked about what the 2021 Sundance Film Festival selection would be like. Dramas about parents trapped at home with their kids for a few weeks and having a personal revelation. Quirky romances between quarantined roommates. Zoom-mediated comedies. That sort of thing. Back then, nobody dared think the festival itself would be held online — it was too hard to imagine. But by fall the (wise) de...

Where to watch Minari: 2021 movie streaming explained   Wondering where to watch the Minari movie? Let’s consider the film’s streaming released in the wake of awards buzz. If you were to compile a list of your favourite films of the 2010s, we’d wager that A24 will be responsible for bringing you a number of them. The company was founded back in 2012 by Daniel Katz, David Fenkel, and John Hodges, specialising in film distribution and TV production. Over the years, they’ve had their stamp on such acclaimed films as Under the Skin, Uncut Gems and many more. Understandably, they’re ...