“Taking from an elderly person is as bad as stealing from a child,” growls Jason Statham in “The Beekeeper,” reinforcing the image of “helpless” old people in need of defending. (He spends the rest of the movie knocking heads after scammers steal money from his
After a snowy Wednesday in Park City dampered some of the arrival fanfare of previous festivals, Sundance soaked up the sun on Thursday’s opening day. With plenty of powder to lend an idyllic backdrop to selfies and social media updates, the festival crowd was buzzing
The raucous Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Freaky Tales” included one somber moment as the cast of the ode to all things Oakland paused to acknowledge their late co-star Angus Cloud. “Rest In Peace to Angus,” Jay Ellis, who plays basketball star Sleepy Floyd in
‘Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning,’ a Korean-made animated horror film, has been added to the European Film Market slate of sales agent Finecut. The picture is derived from a novel and webtoon that are among the most successful in Korean history, about four individuals bestowed with
He narrates his journey of art for us, and though we learn next to nothing about his personal life (he makes a reference to his daughter — in fact, he has three children), or about any of his friends or relationships, the aura that’s constructed,
Composer Kris Bowers calls the score to Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” “one of the most meaningful” of his career, but there’s one music cue, “Leaves,” which he says “stands out as one of my favorite pieces I’ve ever composed.” Inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson’s
Live theater serves a therapeutic role for the actors involved in “Ghostlight,” an emotional “let’s put on a show”-style indie that, fittingly enough, came together during last year’s actors strike. The sensitive — but also considerably more conservative — follow-up project for “Saint Frances” screenwriter
Hollywood decamps for Park City this week, braving snow drifts and thin air in a quest to find the next indie breakouts, Oscar contenders and buzzy horror hits. Yes, Sundance has returned in all its mountain-side glory, and with it comes the expectation that with