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SORRY, BABY Trailer: Eva Victor’s Healing Directorial Debut Arrives in Late June

M.J. O'Toole — Thu, 01 May 2025 15:08:55 +0000

One of the biggest revelations of this year’s Sundance Film Festival is Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby. Winner of the festival’s Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, the writer-director stars as an academic reeling from a traumatic event in her life. Told in […]

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ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT Trailer: Raven Jackson’s Captivating Debut Explores Family, Nature, & Time

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:55:06 +0000

One of the most captivating, artistically groundbreaking films to come out of Sundance this year is writer-director Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt. Heavily inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky, Carlos Reygadas, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Julie Dash, the A24 drama […]

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Gotham Awards 2022 Nominations: ‘Tár,’ ‘Everything Everywhere,’ and ‘Aftersun’ Top the List

M.J. O'Toole — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:00:14 +0000

The nominations for the 2022 Gotham Awards have been revealed. The nominations in 12 categories recognize independent/arthouse films and breakout TV from this year. The ceremony will be held at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan on Monday, November 28. Angelica […]

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AFTERSUN Trailer: Charlotte Wells’ Affecting Debut Explores a Father-Daughter Relationship

M.J. O'Toole — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:47:35 +0000

One film that took Cannes by surprise this year was Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells’ emotional feature debut, Aftersun. Her “emotionally autobiographical” film stars Paul Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio as a father and daughter Calum and Sophie who take a […]

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2017 IFP Screen Forward Conference Filmmaker Magazine Talks

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 20:18:22 +0000

To kick off the 2017 IFP Screen Forward Conference, and in tandem with their 25th anniversary, Filmmaker Magazine programmed a dense day of panels and conversations with filmmakers. The first panel, featuring veteran and new filmmakers from their 25 New Faces […]

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SUNDANCE ’12: Filmmaker/Industry Reflections (Pt. 1)

Michael Tully — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:56:55 +0000

Last year, we came up with the idea for this personal post-Sundance yearbook of sorts. For whatever reason, we didn’t receive nearly as many replies as in ’11—I feel like I cast as wide of a line this year—but anyhow, […]

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A Conversation With David Robert Mitchell (THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:20:23 +0000

The Myth of the American Sleepover is the debut feature from Michigan-native David Robert Mitchell. The film follows the escapades of several adolescents on their last night of summer. In the vein of American Graffiti or Dazed and Confused, Myth […]

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