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How Twisted Yoga Centres Care Amid a Web of Lies
2+ week, 5+ day ago (505+ words) An interview with director Rowan Deacon and executive producer Suzanne Lavery POV spoke with Twisted Yoga director Rowan Deacon and executive producer Suzanne Lavery ahead of its release on AppleTV. POV: Pat Mullen SL: Suzanne Lavery RD: Rowan Deacon This…...
Cookie Queens Review: This Doc Never Crumbles
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (204+ words) 2026 Sundance Film Festival Cookie Queens (USA, 91 min.) Dir. Alysa Nahmias Prod. Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw, Alysa Nahmias, Jennifer Sims Programme: Family Matinee Yet Olive is well aware of the pressures to achieve, both from within and without, with the responsibilities…...
The Last First: Winter K2 Review: A Peak Mountain Movie
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (491+ words) 2026 Sundance Film Festival The Last First: Winter K2" (USA/UK, 98min) Dir. Amir Bar-Lev Prod. John Battsek, Sean Richard, Sarah Thomson, Howard T. Owens, Ben Silverman Programme: Premieres (World Premiere) There have been a slew of mighty mountaineering films, from Meru to Touching…...
Once Upon a Time in Harlem Review: Greaves' Long-Awaited Documentary Renaissance
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (168+ words) 2026 Sundance Film Festival Once Upon a Time in Harlem (USA, 100 min.) Dir. William Greaves, David Greaves Prod. Liani Greaves, Anne de Mare Programme: Premieres (World premiere) Like the recent Oscar-winning Summer of Soul, there's a deep sense of both discovery…...
Jaripeo Review: Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (178+ words) 2026 Sundance Film Festival Jaripeo (USA/Mexico/France, 70 min.) Dir. Efra'n Mojica, Rebecca Zweig Prod. Sarah Strunin Programme: NEXT (World premiere) Cowboys often epitomize masculinity in the movies, but they're equally icons with which to deconstruct the measure of a man....
Barbara Forever Review: Portrait of an Iconoclastic Filmmaker
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (432+ words) 2026 Sundance Film Festival Barbara Forever (United States 102 min.) Dir. Brydie O'Connor Prod. Elijah Stevens, Brydie O'Connor, Claire Edelman Programme: U.S. Documentary Competition (World Premiere) In O'Connor's hands, Barbara Forever is an alluringly insular and immersive experience that still manages to be…...
Troublemaker Review: Nelson Mandela's Long, If Rocky, Walk to Freedom
2+ mon, 4+ hour ago (121+ words) 2026 Sundance Film Festival Troublemaker (South Africa/USA/UK, 94 min.) Dir. Antoine Fuqua Prod. Antoine Fuqua, Mac Maharaj, Arthur Landon, Kevin Mann, Mark Bauch, Markus Davies Programme: Premieres (World premiere) An interview with Nuisance Bear directors Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio…...
Nuisance Bear Review: This One's Just Right
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (163+ words) 2026 Sundance Film Festival Nuisance Bear (USA/Canada, 90 min.) Dir. Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman Prod. Michael Code, Will N. Miller, Teddy Leifer Programme: U.S. Documentary Competition (World premiere) Northern Manitoba might be an odd place for a future season of The White…...
Nuisance Bear, To Hold a Mountain Lead Sundance Award Winners
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (571+ words) Docs win Grand Jury Prizes for U.S. and World Cinema, respectively Nuisance Bear and To Hold a Mountain topped the documentary winners at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The films won the Grand Jury Prizes for U.S. Documentary and World Cinema Documentary,…...
Silenced Review: When #MeToo Faces the Litigious Masses
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (456+ words) 2026 Sundance Film Festival Silenced (Australia, 97 min.) Dir. Selina Miles Prod. Blayke Hoffman Programme: World Cinema Documentary Competition (World premiere) Back in the day, Silenced reminds audiences, men would settle their grievances via duels to the death. With their honour besmirched,…...