Moviegoers, critics and even some industry insiders are blasting Alamo’s new mobile ordering system which seems to go against decades of brand-building as a distraction-free cinema.
“I want it to be thought-provoking,” says director Susanne Brandstaetter, about the IFFR-debuting film. “I want people to be emotionally touched and think about what they’re hearing and seeing.”
The U.S. star and Dutch cast members Romana Vrede, Hans Kesting and Zoë Love Smith discussed the film, set in Amsterdam and inspired by director Sophie Hyde’s father, during an IFFR talk.
Premiering in the Midnight section at Sundance, Vera Miao’s film revolves around a young widow and her daughter attempting to start over in Wyoming.
Alyssa Marvin, Margaret Cho, Elizabeth Marvel, Bill Camp, Molly Ringwald and Patrick Wilson lead the ensemble of NB Mager’s Sundance-bowing debut feature.
“You’ve changed. You’re much more confident. You kept those eyebrows, though, didn’t you?,” Blunt’s Emily tells Hathaway’s Andy with her signature shade.
Winner of the Sundance U.S. Documentary Competition’s Grand Jury Prize, Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden’s film is both a nature doc and a haunting ethnographic portrait.
The actress, who played Marcia Roy in HBO hit drama ‘Succession,’ and Italian actress Valeria Golino (‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire,’ ‘Rain Man’) took the stage for an IFFR talk.
Acting prizes at the London ceremony went to Sean Penn (‘One Battle After Another’), Jessie Buckley (‘Hamnet’), Timothée Chalamet (‘Marty Supreme’) and Amy Madigan (‘Weapons’).
The sports drama about an ambitious skier filmed on the trails of what would become Sundance.
