Sundance Film Festival Movie Coverage

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A Movie About An Insecure 13-Year-Old Girl With Acne Just Topped The Indie Box Office

by Kaitlin Reilly

Jul 16, 2018

Movies

The Stars Of Eighth Grade Relive Their Middle School Horror Stories

by Rebecca Farley

Jul 13, 2018

Movie Reviews

Eighth Grade Is So Real It Hurts In All The Right Places

by Anne Cohen

Jul 10, 2018

Movie Reviews

Sorry To Bother You Review: As Bold & In Your Face As Te...

It's hard to describe Sorry To Bother You, Boots Riley's feature directorial debut, without using hand gestures. It's the kind of movie you can't feel

by Anne Cohen

Movies

Skate Kitchen Is The Badass Movie About An All-Girls Ska...

There are many movies about the friendship between teen girls, from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants to Now and Then. There are also plenty of

by Kaitlin Reilly

Movies

Avengers: Infinity War Gets Ginsburned At The Box Office

Sure, Avengers: Infinity War conquered the box office the past few weeks, but right behind it was a documentary about the life and career of an unlikely

by Elisa Kreisinger

Sundance Film Festival

You Know About The Lack Of Female Directors In Hollywood. These A...

The numbers don't lie: Of the 1,223 directors helming 1,100 top grossing films from 2007 to 2017, only 4% were women. That's 43 women, or a ratio of

by Anne Cohen

Sundance Film Festival

Sundance 2018 Syllabus: Who Stood Out & What Got Bought

Another season of the Sundance Film Festival has come to a close. Celebrities have packed up their cute-yet-weather-appropriate snow gear and headed off

by Anne Cohen

Movies

Female Directors Win Big At Sundance

We're just a few weeks into 2018, but it's already been a big year for women filmmakers. At the Golden Globes, Natalie Portman called out the lack of

by Erin Donnelly

Pop Culture

The Most Hygge Photos To Emerge From Sundance This Year

Once a year, some of Hollywood's key players go on a field trip to Park City, Utah, where they bundle up in duck boots and cardigans to hawk their

by Rebecca Farley

Movies

How Sundance & Refinery29 Are Already Making This The Year Of Wom...

The Sundance film festival has, at its core, been a place for the underdog to thrive. A festival of independent film, it is Sundance that promotes

by Rebecca Farley

US News

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Not Here For Any #MeToo Backlash

Internet trolls and cheap-trick thinkpiece writers don't keep Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg up at night. Speaking this past weekend at the Sundance Film

by Natalie Gontcharova

Sundance Film Festival

Jordana Spiro Is Tired Of Not Seeing Great Roles For Women

Jordana Spiro had been acting for almost two decades when she decided it was time to direct. "I was at a time in my life where I was pretty dismayed by

by Anne Cohen

Sundance Film Festival

Night Comes On Is The Female Revenge Movie We Need Right...

Night Comes On isn't easy to watch. Jordana Spiro's directorial feature debut, which will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on

by Anne Cohen

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Kristen Stewart & Chloë Sevigny Are Taking Their Lizzie Borden Bi...

What's more exciting than hearing Kristen Stewart and Chloë Sevigny made a movie together? Hearing that the film will make its world premiere at the

by Shannon Carlin

Movies

Netflix’s Gloria Allred Documentary Will Give Us A Front Row Look...

Harvey Weinstein. Bill Cosby. Donald Trump. We read these names and get a chill down our spine because of the terrible weight that comes with knowing

by Meagan Fredette

Movies

All The Movies You Need To Know About At Sundance 2018

It's that time of year already! The latest slate of movies headed to the the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 was released yesterday, giving us a chance to

by Anne Cohen

Movies

Exclusive: Meet The Sixth Class Of The Women At Sundance Fellowship

For as much progress as there's been for women in entertainment, we still have a long way to go. Case in point: According to the Sundance Institute, only

by Meghan De Maria

TV Shows

Strangers Is The Show Of Every 20-Something's Dreams

If the universe conspired to create the perfect viewing experience for millennials in their late 20s, the result would inevitably be Strangers, the new

by Rachel Selvin

TV Shows

Strangers Takes A Fresh Look At Queer Identity & It'...

If you're searching for ways to keep the energy from Pride alive, filmmaker Mia Lidofsky's joyously boundary-breaking series, Strangers, should be at

by Rachel Selvin

Movies

Meet The Star Of Summer's Indie Hit & Your New Idol, Pat...

A young woman rapper from New Jersey doesn't sound like the star of a summer hit. But after Patti Cake$ received rave reviews at Sundance in January,

by Carolyn L. Todd

Movies
The Stand-Out Movie That Won The Hearts Of Sundance Has A Trailer
"Step," an inspiring documentary chronicling the lives of three high school seniors, won the hearts of Sundance Film Festival this year the moment it
by Sarah Midkiff

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The Most Inspiring Events At My First Weekend In Sundance
This year at the Sundance Film Festival 2017, droves of producers, directors, enthusiasts, and celebs came to Park City to watch the best of independent
by Laura Delarato

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All The Celebrities Spotted Among The Snow At Sundance This Year
Every year in January, the who's who of indie filmmaking descend upon Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. Snow blankets the mountains of the
by Sabrina Rojas Weiss

Movies
We're Celebrating The Women Of Sundance, With A Little Help From ...
If this past weekend was all about standing up for reproductive rights, today we're focusing on celebrating women's growing influence in the entertainment
by Rachel Selvin

Sundance
The Cast Of Strangers Talks Airbnb, Human Connection & Q...
The wordy magnets and vibrant postcards that people use to decorate their refrigerators usually inspire passing moments of inspiration — at most. But
by Paula Mejia

Sundance
Refinery29's Shatterbox Anthology Is Lighting Up The Sundance Fil...
This week, Refinery29 headed to the Sundance Film Festival to reignite our dedication to gender equality in Hollywood. With our movie series, Shatterbox
by Rachel Selvin

Video
Kristen Stewart Tells Us What It's Really Like Being "An Obsessiv...
Clearly, Kristen Stewart knows what heartbreak feels like. I don't know this because of all the tabloid headlines, or because she confided in me, or
by Molly Stout

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The Best & Worst Depictions Of Abortion In TV & Film
Hollywood has long been reluctant to offer realistic depictions of what it’s like to end a pregnancy, despite the fact that roughly 1 in 3 American
by Center For Reprod...

Movies
Why The World Needs More Women Sound Recordists Like Amanda Beggs
If you've ever been on a film set, you know that production sound recordists have a bit of a reputation. Dedicated to capturing the detailed music of
by R.A. Farley