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click to enlarge Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jack Mitchell This year the 2021 Sundance Film Festival was virtual, and its offerings trimmed down from previous years. It included 73 feature films, 50 short films, four Indie Series, 23 talks and events, and 14 New Frontier multimedia projects. We watched 38 of the 73 films, including most of the award winners. Here are some sneak peaks of our favorites to look for in the year t...

FX Announces 'Hysterical,' 'Mayans M.C.' Premiere Dates (TV News Roundup) Natalie Oganesyan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail CASTING Netflix’s thriller series “ Toni Collette, Omari Hardwick. “Pieces of Her,” based on Karin Slaughter‘s New York Times bestseller, follows 30-year-old Andy Oliver (Heathcote) and her mother Laura (Collette) whose lives are turned upside-down following a random act of violence in their quiet Georgia town. Looking for answers, Andy journeys across the country to uncover the mysteries of her family. Executive producers are showrunner  Charlotte Stoudt...

'The Blazing World' Review: Carlson Young's Exhaustively Art-Directed but Enervating Adult Fantasy 'The Blazing World' Review: Carlson Young's Exhaustively Art-Directed but Enervating Adult Fantasy Writer-director-star Carlson Young pours much effort and feeling into this loose riff on a 17th-century sci-fi text, but who is it for? Guy Lodge, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: Running time: 99 MIN. Courtesy of Greenbelt Films For a filmmaker to take a possessive credit in their debut is already a confident move; for the opening credits of the first feature by writer-director-star...

Participant Partners With NEON to Co-Distribute Sundance Winner 'Flee' Angelique Jackson, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Participant has partnered with NEON on the North American distribution of Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s documentary, “Flee,” after its Sundance debut. The film, a largely animated documentary about the life of a gay Afghan refugee, earned the grand jury prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition category on Tuesday night, just hours after the new partnership was announced. More from Variety “We were awestruck by Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s beautiful and intimate F...

Sundance 2021 Winners: 'CODA' Sweeps With Four Prizes, Questlove's Documentary 'Summer Of Soul' Earns Two Adam B. Vary, provided by Feb. 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The 2021 Sundance Film Festival concluded Tuesday night with a virtual awards ceremony, honoring “CODA” — a family drama centered on a high school student who is the child of deaf adults (hence the title) — with four prizes in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category: the grand jury prize, the directing prize, the audience award and a special jury prize for best ensemble. It is the first film in Sundance history to win all...