[ Lisa Barlow, star of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, is known as the “Queen of Sundance” and stopped by the Deadline Studio at the Sundance Film Festival, where she spilled all the tea from the epic Season 4 finale of the Bravo series. Viewers and the RHOSLC stars were shocked when it … Read more
[ Title: A DIFFERENT MAN Director: Aaron Schimberg Screenwriter: Aaron Schimberg Section: Premieres LOGLINE: Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what … Read more
[ (Updated with more details) Chanting the controversial line of “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” Melissa Barrera joined almost 100 pro-Palestinian protestors today at the Sundance Film Festival. Marching halfway up Park City’s Main Street in the snow, the protesters were under heavy police surveillance and swarmed by media. With … Read more
[ Film: KNEECAP Section: NEXT Director: Rich Peppiatt Screenwriter: Rich Peppiatt Logline: There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This is the real-life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement … Read more
[ TITLE: SuncoastSection: U.S. Dramatic CompetitionDirector: Laura ChinnScreenwriter: Laura ChinnLogline: Inspired by the semi-autobiographical story of a teenager, Doris (Nico Parker), who while caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney), strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of … Read more
[ An moved and moving River Gallo thanked a full and cheering house for turning out to the premiere of Ponyboi. The intersex actor starred in film, which is both a crime thriller and exploration of gender and identity. Fallon also wrote the screenplay based on a theater piece he had developed at at NYU. … Read more
[ Love Lies Bleeding is an intense, queer, unconventional love story between two unstable people. Directed and written by English filmmaker Rose Glass, and starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Jena Malone, and Anna Baryshinkov, the film explores the destructive nature of relationships marked by strong performances and a visually arresting narrative. … Read more
[ TITLE: The Greatest Night in PopSection: Special ScreeningsDirector: Bao NguyenLogline: The follow up to Bob Geldof and Band Aid’s chart topping “Do They Know It’s Christmas” single, “We Are the World” was a blockbuster when it was released on March 7, 1985. Produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian, the song was recorded during an all-night session in … Read more
[ The Sundance Film Festival 2024, beloved by independent film enthusiasts, opens the film festival circuit with a bustling calendar of parties, thought-provoking panels, and red-carpet premieres. Celebrating its 40th milestone, the lineup boasts diversity across various categories, featuring 53 short films, 35 documentary features, and 83 feature films. Among the buzzworthy titles premiering are … Read more
[ A mutual friend connected Jason Schwartzman and Nathan Silver as the director was looking to cast his Between The Temples. They hit it off and Schwartzman became Ben Gottlieb, a Cantor who’s lost his voice, is grieving the death of his wife, and refusing to move on. Until, that is, his former grade school … Read more
