#SUNDANCE: DAY TWO SIGHTINGS – RACHEL BROSNAHAN, LEA THOMPSON, KELLY ROWLAND, AMY RYAN, STANLEY TUCCI, KYLE GALLNER + MORE!
It was a star-studded Day Two at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and our Amanda Gilmore was out and about capturing some of that starpower! See who she spotted and which Films did the rounds today.
DINNER IN AMERICA centers on a Punk Rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band. They fall in love unexpectedly and go on a journey together in mid-west America's decaying suburbs.
Kyle Gallner
Griffin Gluck
Lea Thompson
WORTH takes place ...
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#SUNDANCE: “EMA”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Pablo Larraín’s eighth film follows married couple Ema (Mariana Di Girolamo) and Gastón (Gael García Bernal) after they return their adopted son to child services, due to him setting their house on fire with Ema’s sister inside.
As with every Larraín film, Ema is a visual feast for the eyes. This time around he examines how guilt affects a marriage as a whole and as separate individuals. When he looks into Ema and Gastón’s individual guilt ...
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#SUNDANCE: “FALLING”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut follows the turbulent relationship between a father and son.
With Falling, Mortensen examines the strong bond between relatives even after they’ve become severed. The focus here is on the relationship between John (Mortensen) and his ill yet overtly profane father Willis (Lance Henriksen). The performances are outstanding, particularly Henriksen who plays a remarkably unlikeable character. Willis continuously ...
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#SUNDANCE: “CRIP CAMP”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Crip Camp is an endearing Documentary about a camp in the 1970s that was for disabled people.
It starts out as a film depicting a camp that made its attendees feel like they had a place to belong but it turns into a call for civil rights. This is thanks to Directors Nicole Newman and Jim LeBrencht who use footage from the 1971 camp and civil rights marshes and bills those campers have passed throughout the years. Through current interviews with the ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “ONWARD” (AND A BIT BACKWARDS): THE PIXAR VEHICLE EXPERIENCE
Those who attend the 2020 Canadian International AutoShow are in for a treat! Walt Disney Studios Canada will have an activation featuring a replica of the van seen in upcoming Film Pixar's ONWARD. The can, also known as Guinevere is that of the character Barley, who is voiced by Chris Pratt.
Fans will have a chance to take photos with purple Guinevere adorned with a Pegasus mural and crescent moon windows and on select days there will be a magician on-hand to performed tricks and illusions ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW POSTER + TRAILER FOR “RUN THIS TOWN”
We've been thrilled to see RUN THIS TOWN for quite some time now! Here's a brand-new Poster and Trailer for the Film set against a backdrop of a Rob Ford-run Toronto.
Synopsis:
Naive, young Toronto newspaper reporter Bram (Ben Platt) finds himself doing desk work instead of breaking hard-hitting stories, until he accidentally finds scandalous information about the city's controversial mayor, Rob Ford (Damian Lewis). Bram attempts to pry information from Ford's aides, Ashley (Nina Dobrev) and ...
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#SUNDANCE: “MISS AMERICANA”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Director Lana Wilson has created a thought-provoking Documentary about how fame immensely impacts someone's self-image, identity and more.
This isn’t a Film that simply scratches the surface of Swift’s life, it digs deep and figures out the root cause of her highly-publicized some moves and emotions. Wilson is able to achieve this level of investigation because Swift is completely unbarred and delivers her truth speaking about politics, ...
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#SUNDANCE: DAY ONE RECAP – TAYLOR SWIFT AT THE “MISS AMERICANA” PREMIERE
It was an action-packed Day One at Sundance! Following on Amanda Gilmore's Preview of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, she was out in the thick of the action getting in on some of the excitement. Taylor Swift made a huge splash in Park City, appearing in support of her Netflix Documentary MISS AMERICANA, the Trailer which just surfaced this week.
While it was never really confirmed that Swift would be appearing, there were some sightings of her earlier today on Main Street, ...
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#SUNDANCE: 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
We are back at the Sundance Film Festival and are as excited as ever. There are many things to be excited about this year from the stars to the films. As in previous years, Sundance is making strides towards diversity. To start off this new decade Sundance has included 107 projects by female Filmmakers (44%), 90 projects by people of colour (37%), and 47 projects by LGBTQ+ Filmmakers (19%). That diversity brings a diverse range of films, making it an ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “THE CALL OF THE WILD”
We are thrilled to give Readers in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton a chance to win Advance Passes to see THE CALL OF THE WILD starring Harrison Ford! Screenings take place Thursday, February 13, 2020.
Synopsis:
Adapted from the beloved literary classic, THE CALL OF THE WILD vividly brings to the screen the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of ...
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