CODA’s Cinematic Journey of Authenticity, Communication and Love

CODA’s Cinematic Journey of Authenticity, Communication and Love
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Siân Heder’s acclaimed feature CODA has been an emotional journey not just for the filmmaker and cast but for audiences, as well. … read more

Cinematographers Look At The Big Picture: Moviemaking and Moviegoing in the COVID Age 

Cinematographers Look At The Big Picture: Moviemaking and Moviegoing in...
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If there’s anyone out there who can shine a light on the workings of a film set in this era, it’s a film’s director of photography. … read more

Carlos López Estrada Showcases Poetry in Motion Pictures with Summertime

Carlos López Estrada Showcases Poetry in Motion Pictures with Summertime
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Summertime, a new show from Carlos López Estrada, follows the stories of 27 young spoken-word poets over a single, sweltering summer’s day. … read more

Schmigadoon! Brings Mystical Musical Magic to AppleTV+

Schmigadoon! Brings Mystical Musical Magic to AppleTV+
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Schmigadoon! is is an energetic mix of old-fashioned musical fun with modern sensibilities, making it an entertaining highlight of the summer. … read more

Damn These Heels! 2021: Utah’s Top LGBTQ+ Film Festival Is Still Running in Heels After 18 Years

Damn These Heels! 2021: Utah’s Top LGBTQ+ Film Festival Is...
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Resilience is nothing new for the Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival, which has been running strong and fighting the odds for 18 years. … read more

Writer-Director Sasha Collington has Love Type D and a Passion for Storytelling

Writer-Director Sasha Collington has Love Type D and a Passion...
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Love Type D is a refreshingly unique film that provokes laughter throughout, though there’s more to it than just comedy. … read more

Hulu Documentary Nasrin Tells a Powerful Story of Heroism, Hope and Humanity

Hulu Documentary Nasrin Tells a Powerful Story of Heroism, Hope...
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Nasrin tells the gripping story of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a courageous human rights lawyer and key figure in Iran’s women’s rights movement. … read more

David Cross, Bigfoot and The Journey of “The Dark Divide”

David Cross, Bigfoot and The Journey of “The Dark Divide”
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Anyone who paid attention in their high school English class likely has some familiarity with “The Hero’s Journey.” It’s the template for most storytelling, wherein a hero goes on an adventure, is victorious (or sometimes fails) and comes home changed by it. But for Robert Michael Pyle, a real-life hero’s journey took place in 1995

Director Jesse Noah Klein and his Actors Work Together “Like A House on Fire”

Director Jesse Noah Klein and his Actors Work Together “Like...
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Writer-director Jesse Noah Klein tackles postpartum depression in a truly unique way in his new film, Like a House on Fire. … read more

Black to the Future: Celia C. Peters Talks Afrofuturism: Blackness Revisualized

Black to the Future: Celia C. Peters Talks Afrofuturism: Blackness...
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Celia C. Peters believes that Afrofuturism can take many different forms, and that what storytellers choose to do with it is wide open.  … read more

The Spine of Night Is an Animated Counterculture Nostalgia Trip At SXSW

The Spine of Night Is an Animated Counterculture Nostalgia Trip...
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The Spine of Night is the an animated film made shooting live action then tracing onto animation cels—recalling classics such as Heavy Metal. … read more

Our Father Brings a Sensitive and Quirky Story of Sisterhood to SXSW

Our Father Brings a Sensitive and Quirky Story of Sisterhood...
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Our Father is a sardonically morose yet whimsically charming new film that rests on the shoulders of four women: sisters Beta and Zelda. … read more