The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled the Jury and Audience award winners for 2023. First-time filmmaker A.V. Rockwell’s drama A Thousand and One was announced as the U.S. Dramatic Competition Grandy Jury Prize Winner. The U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize […]

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People don’t give Molly Shannon enough credit for her ability to deliver a line as dry as the Sahara. Shannon marries the elements perfectly and clearly revels in Emily’s coded dialogue. She also imbues Dickinson’s poetry with a passion that supports Olneck’s thesis.

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While it might feel practically sacrilegious to some fans of Dickinson’s poetry, Olnek paints Dickinson as a lesbian icon, playing off of the long-standing murmurs about her sexuality.

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With the release of her first feature, a black-and-white sci-fi retro-New York micro-budget completely absurdist independent comedy, Madeleine Olnek also manages to thoughtfully address the pain and confusion of sexual prejudice.

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