Sundance 2016: The 12 movies you need to see

This documentary (set to air on HBO) paints the artist as a revolutionary. The two “friends” embark on an epic adventure to reunite Hank with the woman of his dreams. Riley Keough plays a law student who provides men with “the girlfriend experience” for money. Nicole Rivelli It poses urgent questions about dealing with grief and grapples with the national debate over gun control. Yoga Hosers Tuskcollaborators Johnny Depp and writer-director Kevin Smith reteam for another Canada-set horror comedy....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 110 words · Larry Jones

Sundance 2016: The Birth of a Nation lights a match in Park City

Parkers film is an antidote to Griffiths. It took him seven years to make. His fire and anger lead him to mount a violent rebellion against the white slave owners in his county. And apparently not just for the characters on screen. Several dozen members of the Sundance audience applauded and cheered during the films explosion of violent retribution. It doesnt take a genius to figure out why that may be....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Melanie Chambers

Sundance 2017: The best films of this year's festival

Here are EWs picks for the five best from the first half of the fest. Harrowing, haunting, and ultimately hopeful. Now we have a new president whos trying to hit the snooze bar. Steve Dietl/Netflix Al Gore couldnt have picked a better time for this distressing advocacy doc. Gores grayer now and paunchier, too, but hes tireless and inspiring. Steve Dietl/Netflix FilmNation Sundance Institute Sundance Sony Pictures Classics

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 68 words · Donna Morris

Sundance Film Festival 2016 jury: Jon Hamm, Lena Dunham, Keegan-Michael Key, and more

Dramatic Jury, with music supervisor Randall Poster and Black List founder Franklin Leonard rounding out the panel. Dunham is the creator and star of HBOsGirls,which begins its fifth andpenultimateseason Feb. 21. Keegan-Michael Key will also offer his opinions as a member of the Short Filmy Jury. Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images; Jason Merritt/Getty Images However, hell reunite with former costar Jordan Peele for comedyKeanu,due out this spring. The remaining five juries consist of the following industry personnel:...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Paul Collins

Sundance Film Festival 2016 premieres, documentaries lineup announced

It also features the triumphant return of Heather Matarazzos indelibly put-upon nerd character Dawn Wiener. Shes all grown up now, explains Sundances programming directorTrevor Groth. He creates these messed up characters that, youre not laughing at them, youre connecting with them. And what theyre going through. I love his style. This is him at his best. The fest runs in Park City, Utah, from Jan. 21-31. Michael Jackson is one of the most iconic stars of the last 50 years....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Mr. Cameron Neal Jr.

Sundance Film Festival 2016: Birth of a Nation wins two major prizes

After witnessing countless atrocities against fellow slaves, Nat devises a plan to lead his people to freedom. She finds out that her family plans to sell her to an unknown husband for $9,000. Cast: Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal-Asfour, Hitham Omari, Khadija Alakel, Jalal Masrwa. Credit: Elliot Davis TheAudience Award: U.S. TheAudience Award: U.S. Cast: Manolo Cruz, Vicky Hernandez, Viviana Serna, Jorge Cao, Mile Vergara, Javier Saenz. Cast: Dylan Gelula, Brianna Hildebrand, Mateo Arias, Jennifer Prediger, Tim Heidecker, Pamela Adlon....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Melissa Ramos

Sundance Film Festival 2017:First wave of films announced

Landlinefollows the two Jacobs sisters in 90s New York as they discover that their father is having an affair. (It also stars Adam Pally and Fred Armisen.) This also marks the first year that Sundance is focusing its programming around a specific theme: climate change. Credit: Sundance Institute See the full list of Dramatic Competition, Documentary Competition, and Next films below. Additional films will be announced in the coming days....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Elizabeth Wilson

Sundance Film Festival announces its New Frontier 10th anniversary lineup

You sprout wings, you sprout feathers and turn into a bird, explains Sundances director John Cooper. The Sundance Film Festival runs from Jan. 21 31. This arresting, multi-generational, multimedia mash-up features animation, family archives, and a live performance.U.S. Credit: Sundance Film Festival In 1983, he began to keep an audio diary. Project includes a mobile VR experience.Cast: Dan Skinner, Simone Kirby. The journey imagines a new reality devoid of humans, left only with material desires and ambitions....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Kristen Lee

Sundance releases first look at Nat Turner biopic The Birth of a Nation

Nat Turner was a literate slave and preacher who devised a plan to lead his people to freedom. I think its going to be one of the real conversation pieces of the festival. See more images from the film below. Credit: Elliot Davis/Sundance Institute Elliot Davis/Sundance Elliot Davis/Sundance Elliot Davis/Sundance Elliot Davis/Sundance Elliot Davis/Sundance

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 54 words · Brandon Howell

Super Bowl 50 is third most-watched TV telecast ever

CBS Sports coverage of the Broncos vs. Panthers game was viewed by 111.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen. That makes Sundays game the third most-viewed program in history. The game was also the most-tweeted event of the year so far. Credit: Harry How/Getty Images Last years New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks thriller holds the U.S. television viewership record with 114.4 million viewers. The program also received a 7.9 rating among adults 18-49....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · George Maddox

Super Bowl 50: Jason Bourne trailer debuts

Matt Damon is back in the first look atJason Bourne. I know who I am, he declares in the action-packed clip. It feels current with whats going in our world. Thematically, they touch on things people were talking and thinking about during that presidency. This one feels like a movie about today. Its not like he has the superhero skills to go stop a train from crashing into a building....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Stephen Duncan

Super Bowl 51: Optimus meets his maker inTransformersspot

If you press links we provide, we may receive compensation. You want to know, dont you? Hopkins Sir Edmund Burton asks, Why they keep coming here, to earth. Credit: Paramount Pictures Perhaps it has something to do with Optimus maker, who asks the autobot, Your world is dying. Do you seek redemption? The studio also released a new plot description to go along with the footage. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone, it reads....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Cindy Brown

Super Bowl Left Shark: Halftime show insiders look back

Nor was it Lenny Kravitz in a surprise guest appearance. It wasnt even Missy Elliott, who emerged from the darkness to perform Work It and Lose Control. No, the real star of the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show was the Left Shark. Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage But to be part of this team that came together to put that show on was a beautiful thing. Its hard to tell what everybodys going to latch onto....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Brian Bauer