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☆ What It’s Like to Transition in Your Late 60s
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME: A Memoir of Transition, by Lucy Sante“I want to change my sex,” Patricia Highsmith wrote in her diary in 1948. Now comes Lucy Sante with a memoir, “I Heard Her Call My Name,” about transitioning in her late 60s from male to female. Sante worries too about her byline, her newly “dead” one, as if someone had shot it. At one point, she writes, she considered publishing a memoir that began: “This book is by Luc Sante, although it was written by Lucy Sante.” Yet here, happily, is Lucy entire. It is about Ferrell’s cross-country road trip with his best friend of 30 years who is transitioning.

Persons: Lucy Sante “, ” Patricia Highsmith, Lucy Sante, “, Sante, Luc Sante, Lucy entire, Will Ferrell, “ Will, Harper, Jada Yuan Organizations: Sundance Film, Washington Post Locations: New York, Washington

☆ Young Filmmaker Lives His ‘Fairy Tale’ at Sundance
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Nicole Sperling | Joel Barhamand | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“I feel like I’m in a fairy tale,” Sean Wang said to the sold-out crowd gathered at the Ray Theater in Park City, Utah, last month for his Sundance Film Festival debut. Mr. Wang, a 29-year-old filmmaker, was dressed in a black suit and white Vans (a nod to his skateboarding roots). He grabbed his chest in a show of how fast his heart was beating as he introduced his film, “Didi.” It is a coming-of-age story about an angsty, insecure 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy trying to find his place in the world. “I’m just going to take a few seconds to take this all in,” he said before snapping a photograph of the audience. The warm crowd included Mr. Wang’s family and friends, the film’s cast and crew, and a handful of potential buyers who have the power to transform his station in life from aspiring filmmaker to bona fide Hollywood director.

Persons: ” Sean Wang, Wang, “ Didi, “ I’m, ”, Wang’s Organizations: Ray, Sundance Film, Hollywood Locations: Park City , Utah

☆ The Ballad of Flaco, the Outlaw Who Learned to Fly
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Michiko Kakutani | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Times’s longtime literary critic says that like all great outlaw-heroes, the escaped Eurasian eagle-owl tapped into our desire to see an underdog claim his freedom. “The Ballad of Flaco” began with a tear in the fence of a small Central Park Zoo enclosure the size of a bathroom, and then, after nearly 13 years in captivity, in the memorable words of the late-night host Seth Meyers, “Flaco shawshanked out of that cage.”As Flaco embraced his new freedom, New Yorkers marveled at the ability of this bird — whose entire existence had been scripted since he hatched at an avian breeding center in 2010 — to achieve that very American feat of writing a second act to his life. Flaco’s jailbreak and new life on the lam cast him in the role of outlaw — a beloved figure in American movies from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” to “The Fugitive” and “The Shawshank Redemption.”

Persons: Flaco ”, Seth Meyers, “ Flaco, Flaco, —, Flaco’s, Butch Cassidy, ” Organizations: Sundance

☆ ‘How To Have Sex’ director Molly Manning Walker on her explosive film and sparking debate in the UK
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Molly Manning Walker learned she was a two-time BAFTA nominee at the unholy hour of 5 AM. That’s not to say Manning Walker is a world apart from the young subjects of her film. The film, Manning Walker’s first feature, was a hit at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it won top prize in the Un Certain Regard competition. Courtesy MUBICNN: For better or for worse, there’s a lot about “How To Have Sex” that’s distinctly British. Director Molly Manning Walker and actress Mia McKenna-Bruce pose during the 76th Cannes Film Festival, May 19, 2023.

Persons: Molly Manning Walker, reveller, Manning, Manning Walker, ”, Malia, who’ve, Tara, Mia McKenna, Bruce, Manning Walker’s, You’ve, you’ve, It’s, I’d, haven’t, Lara Peake, Enva Lewis, they’re, Thomas Vinterberg, VALERY HACHE, that’s, “, ’ ” Organizations: CNN, Sundance Film, Cannes, Cannes Film, Getty Locations: British, Park City , Utah, Magaluf, Majorca, Spain, Greece, Australia, ”, America, Malia , Greece, AFP

☆ Which Sundance 2024 Movies Will Make It to Next Year’s Oscars?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

We’ve only just gotten this year’s Oscar nominations, but is it already time to begin looking ahead to next season? I can sense you bristling, and I understand. I hear your concerns, and I share them. But even as we continue to sift through the wreckage and tea leaves following this season’s Oscar nominations, I’ve just come back from snowy Park City, Utah, where the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival debuted a full slate of new movies that could give shape to next year’s awards race. Could any of these films follow best-picture nominee “Past Lives,” which premiered at Sundance last January, or even “CODA” (2021), the first Sundance movie to win the top Oscar?

Persons: We’ve, Oscar, “ Kyle, you’re, Greta Gerwig, I’ve Organizations: Sundance Film, Sundance Locations: Park City , Utah

☆ After a Slow Start, Sundance Finishes With Plenty of Sales
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Talk of the demise of the Sundance Film Festival as an incubator for audience-friendly independent films appears to have been greatly exaggerated. The festival was no longer featuring independent films that could go on to be commercially viable, the thinking went. As has been the case in recent years, streaming services made the flashiest deals. Netflix paid a reported $17 million for the horror film “It’s What’s Inside” and Amazon/MGM bought “My Old Ass,” starring Aubrey Plaza, for $15 million. “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” a documentary about a Russian couple who save their marriage by scaling skyscrapers, was acquired by Netflix, while Warner Bros.

Persons: ”, Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Reeve Organizations: Sundance, Hollywood, Netflix, MGM, Warner Bros, Max, “

☆ At Sundance, a reckoning with our digital selves
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Harper that premiered at this month’s Sundance Film Festival, rapper Kemba enters an electronics store. Sundance is a broad church, but one throughline this year was a reckoning with our digital selves. Courtesy of Sundance InstituteIn the game Steen could be whatever he wanted to be, do whatever he wanted to do. The Sundance Film Festival concluded on January 28. Documentary Competition)“Sujo” (World Cinema Dramatic Competition)“A New Kind of Wilderness” (World Cinema Documentary Competition)Audience Favorite Awards“Daughters” (U.S.

Persons: J.M, Harper, Kemba, “, headspace Harper, Deus, J.M . Harper, Jazmin Jones, Olivia McKayla Ross, Mavis Beacon, Mandela, she’s, Jones, McKayla Ross Gen, we’re, Siri, knotty, L’espérance, feelgood, Thelma, Squibb, Beacon, Yeleen Cohen, ”, Kristin Stewart, Sam, Andy Zuchero, Stewart, Steven Yeun, Déja, Liam, “ Sebastian ”, Mikko Mäkelä, Ruaridh, Mollica, David Nellist, Sebastian, James Watson, “ Ibelin, Benjamin Ree, Mats Steen, Steen, Steen’s, Ibelin . Ibelin, he’d, Ree, Ibelin, Steen's avater Ibelin, It’s, ’ “, Steen –, Sujo, Dìdi ”, Ibelin ”, Kneecap Organizations: CNN, Sundance, Motorola, Sundance Institute, Americans, Iam, AIs, Netflix, Sundance Film Locations: “, Haiti, ”, New York, Norwegian

☆ Nike's Sue Bird documentary is heading to Netflix and it's another coup for brand-funded films
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Sue Bird: In the Clutch," a documentary on the career and personal life of the WNBA star, wasn't the most buzzed-about film at Sundance. Nike's success could encourage more brands to follow its leadNike has long been a big player in brand-funded films. Many brands dream of getting their films on Netflix, where even relatively small viewership numbers are bigger than they'd get on a rival streamer. Brands often work alongside traditional Hollywood players, which lends credibility to film projects. But the more films like "In the Clutch" get wide distribution, the more other brands could be encouraged to pursue similar storytelling.

Persons: Sue Bird, Werner Herzog, Sarah Dowland, RogerEbert.com, IndieWire, it's, Beckham, Justin Biskin —, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Oscar, Alex Gibney's Jigsaw, Jay Ellis's Organizations: WNBA, Sundance, Entertainment, Business, Netflix, Nike, Iron Entertainment, Apple, HBO, Procter, Gamble, Marriott, Hollywood Locations: Canada, Hollywood

☆ 5 Podcasts for Hollywood’s Awards Season
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Emma Dibdin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

The 2024 awards season has felt unusually hectic so far, thanks to the strike-delayed Emmy Awards shifting from their usual fall airdate to January. But even when there’s nothing quite so unusual going on, the analysis here always makes awards season more interesting. Starter episode: “Oscar Voters, Start Your Engines”There’s a peculiar category of film that debuts with great fanfare, attracts plenty of awards buzz, and then fades from the cultural consciousness without a trace (and no awards). Not all of the films discussed on “This Had Oscar Buzz” fall into that bracket, but, as the title suggests, the focus is on the movies that had that buzzy aura around them, at least for a while. Starter episode: “Alexander (With David Sims)”Though not a traditional awards season podcast with predictions or play-by-play recaps, “The Town” is an invaluable resource for anyone hoping to understand the upheaval in Hollywood.

Persons: “, Michael Hogan, Katey Rich, Richard Lawson, Joanna Robinson, Oscar, Andrew Scott, Emma Stone, Greta Lee, “ Oscar, Buzz ”, Jennifer Aniston, Aniston, Joe Reid, Chris Feil, don’t belittle, “ Alexander, David Sims, ”, Matthew Belloni, Puck, ’, Brooks Barnes Organizations: Sundance, The Hollywood, Hollywood, The New York Times, Hollywood Foreign Press Association Locations: Hollywood, La, Los Angeles, Cannes, Venice, Toronto

☆ Did Netflix's movie boss leave because he didn't want to make so many movies?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Netflix movie boss Scott Stuber, who joined in 2017, is leaving. AdvertisementOn Monday, when Netflix announced that Scott Stuber, their longtime film boss, was leaving to start his own production company, we wondered what the backstory was. Or, more accurately, one version of the answer: Stuber, who Netflix brought in to ramp up its movie business in 2017, was sick of making so many movies. Related storiesHe also wanted to get those movies into movie theaters, with wide distribution, before they came to Netflix. Sarandos and Bajaria—Stuber's boss since last January—wanted none of that, even though Netflix loses many coveted projects over the theater issue.

Persons: Scott Stuber, —, Ted Sarandos, Bela Bajaria —, — Kim Masters, Matt Belloni, Stuber, Here's, Bela Bajaria, He'd, Chris Nolan wouldn't, Oppenheimer, Belloni, Sarandos, Oscar Organizations: Netflix, Service, — Netflix, Hollywood, Apple, Sundance, Big Bad Locations: Puck, Hollywood

☆ The rental market is getting out of hand, with millions of Americans spending the majority of their paychecks on housing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In today's big story, we're looking at how much Americans spend on rent and why cheap properties are so hard to come by. And now a new Harvard study demonstrates how costly the rental market has become, Business Insider's Pete Syme writes. Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies estimated 12.1 million American households spend more than half their income on rent and utilities. That number grows to 22.4 million households for those spending more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities. Meanwhile, experts predict the housing market will reverse course this year as housing inventory increases and mortgage rates fall.

Persons: —, Tom Williams, Pete Syme, BI's Eliza Relman, Juliana Kaplan, There's, that's, Angela Ostafichuk, Justin Sullivan, Mario Tama, Tesla, Elon Musk, Dan DeFrancesco, Hallam Bullock, Jordan Parker Erb Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, Harvard, for Housing Studies, BI, Apple, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, American Express, Hyundai, Brands, Dolce, Gabbana Locations: Capitol, Washington, That'll, New York, London

“Porcelain War,” which follows last year’s “20 Days in Mariupol” as a Sundance documentary prize-winner that captures the war in Ukraine, was made by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev. “A New Kind of Wilderness,” about a Norwegian family living off the grid, won the jury award for world documentary. Sean Wang's “Dìdi,” a coming-of-age film about a 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy, took the audience award for U.S. dramatic film. The NEXT audience award winner was the Irish drama “Kneecap,” about a Belfast rap trio, co-starring Michael Fassbender. ___For more coverage of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, visit https://apnews.com/hub/sundance-film-festival

Persons: ”, “, Alessandra Lacorazza, Lacorazza, Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, ” Natalie Rae, Angela Patton’s, Sean Wang's “, Dìdi ”, “ Ibelin, Benjamin Ree's, Mats Steen, Steen, Darren Aronofsky, David Schwimmer, Michael Fassbender, Jesse Eisenberg's, Kieran Culkin, Will Ferrell, Harper, Christopher Reeve, Eisenberg, Steven Soderbergh's Organizations: Sundance Film, Sundance, U.S, Netflix, NEXT, Searchlight Pictures, sundance Locations: Park City , Utah, Colombian American, Las Cruces , New Mexico, Mariupol, Ukraine, ”, Norwegian, Belfast, Harper Steele

☆ Malia Obama at Sundance: A Fledgling Filmmaker Makes Her Debut
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you’re a celebrity seeking to rebrand, the Sundance Film Festival can offer a useful assist. From Marvel superheroes seeking an indie turn to teenage movie stars hoping to segue into spicy adult roles, the snowy event is the perfect place to debut a new direction. This year’s big rebrand was so skillfully executed that many people I ran into here at Sundance didn’t even know it had happened at all. If they had, we might have gotten a mob scene at one of the typically sedate short-film showcases, where an 18-minute project called “The Heart” premiered from a fledgling filmmaker credited as Malia Ann, though she’s much better known as Malia Obama, the daughter of the former president. “You’re Obama’s daughter.

Persons: Malia Ann, Malia Obama, Obama, Donald Glover, “, ” Glover, “ You’re, ” Organizations: Sundance, Marvel, Weinstein Company, Harvard, GQ

☆ Glen Powell at Sundance: ‘I’m Buzzing Right Now, Man!’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It has to do with “Hit Man,” a comedy Powell co-wrote with the director Richard Linklater that casts him as a hapless teacher who must pose as an assassin for hire. I first saw it at the Venice Film Festival in September, where it proved so crowd-pleasing that the audience broke into applause midway through the movie. A week later at the Toronto International Film Festival, the response was also through the roof. But for months, Powell had only heard about all that secondhand. Since the Screen Actors Guild strike was still going strong during the fall tests, Powell wasn’t able to attend a premiere of “Hit Man” until it played Monday night at the Sundance Film Festival.

Persons: Glen Powell doesn’t, ”, Powell, Richard Linklater, Powell wasn’t Organizations: Venice Film, Toronto, Actors, Sundance Film Locations: Venice

Stella is reintroducing herself in her first film role after taking a few years off to just be a normal teen. Maisy has that perfect mix … she is one in a million.”Park met Stella through their mutual friend Maddie Ziegler, who plays one of Elliott’s friends in “My Old Ass.” Ziegler and Stella have been close since they were children. “It literally made the biggest difference.”Both Park and Stella have been overwhelmed by the response to the film at Sundance. As of the writing of this article, “My Old Ass,” produced by Margot Robbie's Lucky Chap Entertainment, has not yet been acquired for distribution. Park: I’m your hype woman.

Persons: ”, Maisy Stella, Daphne Conrad, Robyn’s, Lennon Stella, Billie Eilish, Stella, “, ” Stella, Megan Park, Aubrey Plaza, Elliott, Elliot, Maisy, Maddie Ziegler, ” Ziegler, Maddie, I’m, ” Stella downplays, Eilish, Ziegler, Sia, don’t, Kerrice Brooks, Justin Bieber’s, Bieber, Percy Hynes White, I’ve, Margot Robbie's Lucky, wouldn’t, she’s, “ She’s, you’ve, Finneas Organizations: Sundance Film, Nashville, Sundance Locations: CITY , Utah, Park City , Utah, “

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Carol Kane really wanted to work with Jason Schwartzman, but the opportunity would require her to step a little outside of her comfort zone. Her character, Carla, is a retired music teacher who wants to get her bat mitzvah. Schwartzman’s Ben is her former student, and currently a cantor, who agrees to help (reluctantly at first). “The idea sounded pretty fascinating,” Kane, 71, said in a recent phone interview. And working with Schwartzman on the complex, loving relationship between Carla and Ben was as good as she hoped.

Persons: — Carol Kane, Jason Schwartzman, Nathan Silver, Carla, Schwartzman’s Ben, C, Mason Wells didn’t, ” Kane, ”, Kane, Schwartzman, Ben, “ He’s, he’s, Marty Scorsese, “ That’s, Emma Stone, Oscar, won’t Organizations: Sundance Film, CBS, sundance Locations: CITY , Utah, France, Park City , Utah, “

☆ Kieran Culkin says he's happy not to have a job lined up so he can 'just be a dad' for a bit
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewKieran Culkin says he's looking forward to his time off from work to focus on dad duties. He also shared that he doesn't have a project lined up after "A Real Pain," which premiered at the festival, so he can have some downtime to recharge. "A Real Pain" tells the story of two cousins traveling through Poland after the death of their grandmother. "So I get to have that for a while because I actually don't quite know when the next job is."

Persons: —, Kieran Culkin, Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Kinsey Sioux, Wilder Wolf Organizations: Service, Business, Hollywood, Sundance Film, Globe Locations: Poland

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman charged with killing a high-profile marketing consultant and social justice advocate in film pleaded not guilty Monday. Jameelah Elena Michl, 36, entered the plea in Los Angeles Superior Court to charges of murder and burglary, with additional allegations that she used a firearm to commit the felonies. Prosecutors say she knocked on the door of the Los Angeles home of Michael Latt — then forced her way in and fatally shot him with a semi-automatic handgun on Nov. 27. Latt, 33, was a well-known consultant in Hollywood whose firm focused on social impact in film and entertainment. At the ceremony, Satter and the two directors she mentored who presented her the award, Coogler and Chloe Zhao, paid tribute to Latt.

Persons: —, Jameelah Elena Michl, Michael Latt —, Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, Michl, A.V, Rockwell, Teyana Taylor, Latt, Latt’s, Michelle Satter, Oscar, Satter, Coogler, Chloe Zhao, “ Michelle, you’ve, Michael, ” Coogler, “, ” Organizations: ANGELES, Los Angeles Superior Court, Los, Prosecutors, Rockwell, Sundance, Sundance Institute Locations: Los Angeles, Latt, Hollywood

☆ Photos: Meet Jodie Foster's Wife and 2 Sons
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Foster shares two children with her former partner, Cydney Bernard: Charles "Charlie" Bernard Foster, 25, and Christopher "Kitt" Bernard Foster, 22. Kit Bernard Foster, Jodie Foster, David Hedison, Charlie Bernard Foster, and Alexandra Hedison. AdvertisementFoster's wife, Alexandra Hedison, is a photographer and former actor who appeared in "The L Word"Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison at the 2024 Golden Globes. Charles "Charlie" Bernard Foster is the eldest child of Foster and her former partner, Cydney BernardJodie Foster with Kit and Charlie at the British Academy Britannia Awards in 2016. Christopher "Kit" Bernard Foster is her youngest childJodie Foster with Charlie and Kit at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016.

Persons: Jodie Foster, Foster, Kit, Charles, Alexandra Hedison, —, Cydney Bernard, Charlie, Bernard Foster, Christopher " Kitt, Kit Bernard Foster, David Hedison, Charlie Bernard Foster, Kevork Djansezian, Annette Bening, she's, Earl Gibson III, Hedison, Dylan Moreland, James Bond, Ellen DeGeneres, Cydney Bernard Jodie Foster, HuffPost, I'm, Frank, Christopher, Eric Charbonneau, Bernard, Kit isn't Organizations: Service, Lambs, Sundance, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, British Academy Britannia, LA Entertainment, Sun Sentinel, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Hollywood, Magazine, Yale University, Yale College Arts, Getty, CBS, Guardian, Magic Radio Locations: Hedison, Melrose, Cedars, Los Angeles

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Chiwetel Ejiofor had read Jeff Hobbs’ “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace” years before Antoine Fuqua asked if he might consider writing and directing an adaptation. Some of the narratives chalked it up to the fact that he went back to where he came from. “I thought it was very special and very powerful,” Ejiofor told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “I never felt that it was a story about somebody who was able to play a role in different places,” Ejiofor said. Ejiofor wants audiences to have a sense of hope in Rob’s story as well as to feel enriched by knowing him.

Persons: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jeff Hobbs ’, Robert Peace ”, Antoine Fuqua, Peace’s, “, Peace, Ejiofor, Hobbs, ” Ejiofor, hadn’t, Fuqua, Rebecca, ” Antoine Fuqua, Rob Peace ”, ”, Alex Kurtzman, Rob, Jay Will, Jay, He’s, Maisel ”, Taylor Sheridan’s “, Mary J, Blige, Jackie, Camila Cabello, Naya, Skeet, he’d, Kurtzman marveled, —, ” Kurtzman, He’d, Ksenia Sereda, you’re Organizations: Yale, St, Benedict’s Preparatory School, Associated Press, Sundance, Taylor Sheridan’s “ Tulsa Locations: CITY , Utah, East Orange , New Jersey, Newark, Malawi

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Filmmaker Yance Ford was in a “Sundance haze” when he took a meeting with Netflix following the premiere of “Strong Island” in 2017. “Strong Island” would go on to get an Oscar nomination, too, as would its Sundance and Netflix peer “Icarus,” which would win best documentary in 2018. “Netflix understood what ‘Strong Island’ was doing and what it could say to a big, broad audience.”Ten years after “The Square,” an acquisition that put Netflix documentaries on the map, the streamer is back at the 40th Sundance Film Festival with an eye towards acquisitions and two very different originals. “We really were the new kids on the block trying to persuade filmmakers that having the reach of the platform was something that was really important,” Del Deo said. “I think it's going to put a lot of smiles on people,” Del Deo said.

Persons: Yance Ford, “, Miss Simone, ” Liz Garbus, Nina Simone, Ford, ” Ford, ’, ”, Bao Nguyen’s, ” Adam Del Deo, Lisa Nishimura, Del Deo, It’s, “ Crip, they’ve, Garbus, John Legend, ” Garbus, ” “, Simone ”, Harry, Meghan ”, Nishimura, Jon Batiste, Barbie ”, —, Lionel Richie, Harry Belafonte, Bruce Springsteen, Smokey Robinson, Cyndi Lauper, Dionne Warwick, Huey Lewis, ” Del Deo, Nguyen, it’s, ” Nguyen Organizations: Netflix, Sundance, Associated Press, Toronto, Eccles Locations: CITY , Utah, America, Park City , Utah, Brazil, France, Garbus, “, Telluride, Vietnam

☆ Sundance Diary: Buoy Meets Satellite
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | More About Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The third wild film I saw at the Eccles on Friday was “Sasquatch Sunset,” a wordless comedy that follows a quartet of grunting Bigfoots as they trek through the forest for a year. Two of the Sasquatches are played, under heavy prosthetics, by Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, though you’d never know it was them unless you were told beforehand. (Well, maybe some people could clock Eisenberg as the most high-strung Bigfoot, if forced to grade these performances on a sliding sasquatch scale.) What starts off as slapstick becomes weirdly moving as we watch some of the sasquatches succumb to natural disasters. In the ’90s, every independent filmmaker dreamed of launching their career at this festival as the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh had.

Persons: grunting Bigfoots, Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, you’d, Eisenberg, Keough, ” Keough, Jan, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, ” Kristen Stewart, Steven Yeun, I’m Organizations: Sundance Film, Sundance, Girls, Apple, Boys State Locations: Eccles, Park City , Utah

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Jesse Eisenberg had not seen “Succession” when he was writing his new film “A Real Pain.” But his sister Hallie Eisenberg knew from years of watching Roman Roy that Kieran Culkin would be perfect. Eisenberg had wanted to play the spontaneous one, which was similar to a character he'd played on stage in “The Spoils” in England. They’d met previously through their mutual friend Emma Stone, who also produced “A Real Pain,” but he really didn’t know him well. His hope is that “A Real Pain” speaks to a cross-cultural, universal experience — though he’s also worried that sounds too much like a commercial. In addition to trying to sell “A Real Pain,” Eisenberg is also starring in “Sasquatch Sunset,” about a family of Sasquatches.

Persons: — Jesse Eisenberg, Hallie Eisenberg, Roman Roy, Kieran Culkin, They’re, Eisenberg, he'd, Culkin, They’d, Emma Stone, he’d, ” Culkin, ” Eisenberg, Kieran, flummoxed, ”, “ sparkled, “, Vanessa Redgrave, Ewa Puszczynska, “ White, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, he’s, It’s, Kristen Stewart, He’s, ’ ” Stewart, Jesse Organizations: Sundance, “, Tablet Magazine, Jewish Locations: CITY , Utah, Poland, England, Mongolia, Polish, legitimizing, Winnipeg, Eisenberg

☆ Angus Cloud remembered at Sundance by cast and crew of one of his final films
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The cast and crew of “Freaky Tales” is remembering working with late actor Angus Cloud in one of his final roles. The new film screened this week at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. He ends up bringing this very specific, very Angus energy to the role. After the screening in Park City, Ellis recalled working Cloud. But it was so dope to see this cast come together.”“Rest in Peace to Angus,” Ellis continued.

Persons: Angus Cloud, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Travis, ” Boden, Angus, “, Jay Ellis, Pedro Pascal, Ellis, ” Ellis, ” Organizations: CNN, Park City , Utah ., Nazi, Hollywood Locations: Park City , Utah, Cloud’s, Oakland, Park City, Peace, Angus

☆ Malia Obama debuts short film ‘The Heart’ at Sundance Film Festival
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Malia Obama is following in the footsteps of her parents, but not in the way you might imagine. The former first daughter debuted her short film “The Heart” at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Thursday, appearing on the festival red carpet to herald the project. “We hope that you enjoy the film and that it makes you feel a bit less lonely, or at least reminds you not to forget about the people who are,” she later added. Filmmaking is surely a lauded pursuit in the Obama household. According to Sundance, “The Heart” is playing in the Short Film Program 1 at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

Persons: CNN — Malia Obama, Obama –, “, ” Obama, ”, Obama, –, Oscar, Mahershala Ali, Julia Roberts –, Barack Obama Organizations: CNN, Sundance Institute, YouTube, Productions, Netflix, Creative, Sundance Locations: Park City , Utah

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