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Assessing the Film Festival Scene – Pamela Powell comments

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 Pamela Powell covid-19 pandemic, film distribution, film festivals, sundance, sxsw, TIFF, Tribeca

In 2020, after the Sundance Film Festival squeezed in its 12-day celebration and the U.S. recognized and reacted to the dangers of Covid-19, most festivals either cancelled or went the virtual route with limited success. For critics who attended these events, this new viewing format created a void and a distancing from filmmaking. With no true end to the pandemic in site, how will this effect the future of festivals and critics’ attendance?

Reviews

LATE NIGHT – Review by Brandy McDonnell

June 11, 2019June 16, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments emma thompson, late night, mindy kaling, Nisha Ganatra, sundance

Thompson plays Katherine Newberry, a British comic who has spent nearly three decades as the only female late-night talk-show host on American television (talk about your summer movie fantasies). Although she has sacrificed plenty to become an award-winning entertainment icon, Katherine has become stubbornly complacent and snobbishly behind the times over the years.

News

WEEK IN WOMEN: Femme-helmed, femme-centric films sell big at Sundance 2019 – Brandy McDonnell reports

January 29, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments awkwafina, emma thimpson, farewell, late night, pippa bianco, share, sundance

Some of the biggest sales of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, which started January 24, have gone to femme-centric, woman-directed films, including the Mindy Kaling-Emma Thompson vehicle Late Night, and the Awkwafina starrer The Farewell and Pippa Bianco’s feature film debut Share.

Reviews

What’s Up Down Under?: HOLIDAY — Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

June 26, 2018August 14, 2018 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 0 Comments holiday, isabella eklof, sundance, sydney film festival, victoria carmen sonne

To say that not everyone will be taken with Swedish filmmaker Isabella Eklöf’s feature is an understatement: the film is

Festivals News

Salma Hayek, Jessica Williams and Jill Soloway Spar at Sundance — Thelma Adams reports

February 3, 2017May 23, 2019 Thelma Adams 0 Comments jessica williams, jill soloway, salma hayek, sundance

The roots of the women’s brunch brouhaha that emerged between Hayek and Williams and extended out to include those present

Commentaries Festivals

My Sundance 2016 Trifecta — Chaz Ebert Comments

February 22, 2016November 11, 2019 Chaz Ebert 0 Comments birth of a nation, Chaz Ebert, heidi ewing, hooligan sparrow, nanfu wang, Nate Parker, norman lear, rachel grady, sundance

When I won a trifecta at the Kentucky Derby, I was hailed as a heroine by my fellow revelers, who were natted out in their finest headgear. They marveled at the ability of anyone to guess three winning horses in a row, and in the correct order. Indeed it was not easy, but I had to admit that dumb luck played a big part.

Interviews Spotlight

SPOTLIGHT February 2016: Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Filmmaker The Lure

January 31, 2016February 24, 2020 Pam Grady 0 Comments Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Polish cinema, sundance, the lure, world cinema

One of the happy surprises of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival was Polish Filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s debut feature, The Lure, which premiered in the International Dramatic Competition. The film — a musical-fantasy-horror-romance hybrid — is an entirely engaging original. Read on…

Spotlight

SPOTLIGHT January 2016: Jennifer Phang, Filmmaker, Advantageous

January 3, 2016March 3, 2019 Pam Grady 0 Comments advantageous, half life, independent spirit awards, jennifer phang, sundance

Since Jennifer Phang’s Advantageous premiered at Sundance 2015, where it won a special jury prize, the film has found a home on NetFlix and is nominated for an Indie Spirit Award. Jennifer Phang is a filmmaker to watch in 2016. Read on…

Festivals Guest Posts Interviews

Sundance’s Caroline Libresco on Striving for Gender Equality – Interview by Cathryn Atkinson (Exclusive)

March 2, 2015June 8, 2020 Cathryn Atkinson 0 Comments caroline libresco, independent film, sundance, the week in women, women make movies

Sundance Institute’s annual survey about movies made by women is due for release in April. The ongoing studym an aspect

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"#TheLostKing is far from perfect but it is witty, vaguely edifying, and very British." @LizBraunSun reviews director Stephen Frears' latest, starring the always luminous Sally Hawkins: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/the-lost-king-review-by-liz-braun/

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ICYMI: @MarBarFu brings us #AWFJ's weekly look at movies made by and about women. For March 20-26, here's a run down of what's hitting theatres or streaming: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/opening-march-20-to-26-2023-margaret-barton-fumo-reports/

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Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska‘s #Fugue is finally getting a long-overdue limited US cinema release. Our own @suspirialex takes a look at this portrait of a woman in crisis: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/fugue-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

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We had to wait decades for Nicolas Cage's very first western (Butcher's Crossing) but then only 1 year for his second - #TheOldWays. @susangranger reviews the latest from @PrimeVideo: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/the-old-ways-review-by-susan-granger/

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"Documentary-like in its candor, [#TheWorstOnes] is also touchingly tender as it captures a memorable summer in its characters’ lives." Our Movie of the Week (#MOTW) team reviews the #Cannes2022 #UnCertainRegard winner from Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/movie-of-the-week-march-24-2023-the-worst-ones/

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