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In James Sweeney’s wise and disarmingly funny second feature, “Twinless,” two men meet in an emotional support group for those who’ve lost an identical sibling. That seems as good a place as any to talk about codependency, although it’s actually the even more universal subject of loneliness that animates Sweeney’s insightful coping comedy, which premiered

Most fairy tales were told and retold countless times before Walt Disney ever got his hands on them, and yet, the sensibility behind such animated classics as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Sleeping Beauty” has proven so popular on such an international scale that few know these stories’ darker origins. The family-friendly studio’s

After nearly four decades of its one-child policy, designed to curb population growth and reform the country’s economy, China has fully removed all childrearing limits in recent years. But the cultural repercussions will be felt for generations to come, even (and especially) in the swiping apps hounded by modern singles. Violet Du Feng’s documentary “The

“Does it get more Sundance than this?” Eugene Hernandez, the festival’s director, said at the opening night premiere of “Twinless,” which was being unveiled Thursday at the Eccles, Park City’s biggest venue. But the evening didn’t go off without a hitch. Shortly after Hernandez left the stage, a sizzle reel promoting the festival’s nonprofit arm

In her documentary “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” the star continues to explore the at times lonesome space she has occupied since bursting on the scene in 1986: that of being a representative for deaf people, and being herself. For more than three decades, Matlin was the only deaf performer to have won an Oscar,

Four years ago, Oscar winner Marlee Matlin experienced the magic of a Sundance premiere virtually when the heartfelt indie “CODA” made its debut at the fest (it then sold for $25 million to Apple on the way to winning the Oscar for best picture). But this year, Matlin gets to enjoy Sundance in-person with the

As Russia’s unconscionable war on Ukraine wears on, the local and global response to it has shifted from shock to fury to numbed despair — and the already substantial library of documentaries made in response to it has likewise varied in focus and tenor. Two years ago, Ukrainian journalist and filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov premiered “20

Bollywood star Randeep Hooda is set to reunite with “Extraction” director Sam Hargrave for Apple Original Films’ upcoming action thriller “Matchbox,” marking their second collaboration following their 2020 Netflix hit. The live-action film, based on Mattel’s die-cast matchbox toy vehicle line, stars John Cena, Teyonah Parris, Jessica Biel and Sam Richardson. Production is currently underway in Budapest,

It’s no secret that corporations like Netflix, Amazon, and Apple have lost their appetite for current event documentaries that tackle politics. The good old days when streamers shelled out seven figures for docus about polarizing politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (“Knock Down the House”), and eye-opening mock-government teen conferences (“Boys State”) after their Sundance debuts are

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival just days after Trump clarified his Make America Great Again agenda, Sophie Hyde’s “Jimpa” is a film about progress, not going back. Inspired by lessons of living with an activist gay father (John Lithgow’s richest role since “The World According to Garp”) and a nonbinary child (Aud Mason-Hyde), the

Jamie Foxx recently joined Vanity Fair for a video interview in which he looked back at a handful of his most iconic acting roles, including the title character in Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained.” One of the Oscar winner’s most notable memories of the film is when co-star Leonardo DiCaprio cut short a reading of the

Hollywood is heading up the mountain for what’s possibly one of the final Sundance Film Festivals to be held in the posh ski-resort town of Park City. It’s a place that’s hosted its fair share of all-night bidding wars, where films ranging from “Reservoir Dogs” and “Napoleon Dynamite” to “Brooklyn” and “The Big Sick” landed

In the moving Sundance drama “Omaha,” the bedsheets are still warm when the life of a family is thrown into disarray on the morning they are mandated to vacate their home. The mother’s passing and the 2008 financial collapse contributed to the precariousness that’s put them in this predicament. Few belongings will accompany them on

Lionsgate’s advertising campaign for “Flight Risk” credits its latest film to “the award-winning director of ‘Braveheart,’ ‘Apocalypto’ and ‘Hacksaw Ridge’,” which seems a circumspect way of recognizing Mel Gibson as its helmer. Unfortunately, the movie’s problem is not that it lacks Gibson’s name, but his personality as a filmmaker. Reminding audiences of those very good

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has lost its lead showman. Steve Mosko, the veteran television and film executive who made his name at Sony, has departed his embattled company. Sources told Variety that Mosko left his role as chief executive officer in recent days. The company, a producer on films including “Joker” and “The Matrix,” has

In an unprecedented move, Gaumont, the Paris-based TV & Film production house behind such global hits as “Narcos” and “Lupin,” has forged a co-production deal with Brazilian media powerhouse, Globo. The new pact was announced as Miami confab Content Americas wrapped on Thursday. First out the gate is a still-untitled project that will “explore the

SAG-AFTRA has announced a tentative agreement with Telemundo Television Studios to represent its Spanish-language television performers. Telemundo is the largest employer of Spanish-language talent in the United States. If approved, the deal will cover the contract period from Oct. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2028. The actors guild previously reached a contract with Telemundo in

Blake Lively‘s lawyers have had enough of Justin Baldoni‘s PR campaign. In a letter to a federal judge on Tuesday night, they argued that Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, violated the New York Rules of Professional Conduct by litigating their dispute in the press. Freedman has been on a media blitz ever since Lively first accused

Denis Villeneuve has once again found himself shut out of the best director race for helming a “Dune” movie, which doesn’t make sense to cast member Josh Brolin. The Oscars failed to nominate Villeneuve for “Dune: Part Two” after similarly shutting him out of the best director category in 2022 for the first “Dune” movie.

In the galaxy of Gene Rodenberry’s 59-year-old “Star Trek” franchise, humanity enjoys an idyllic, utopian, primary-colored future in which a non-lethal phaser and a persuasive argument can put an end to even the messiest of conflicts. But even squeaky-clean Starfleet needs someone to get their hands dirty every now and again, which is where the

Sly Stone, founder, frontman and namesake of Sly and the Family Stone, has deserved to be the subject of a documentary since the heyday of his eponymous, chart-topping, mixed-gender, racially integrated 1960s and ‘70s funk band. After more than 30 years out of the spotlight — and another 10 in which his personal and legal

Tom Blyth may have starred in Francis Lawrence’s box office hit “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” but that doesn’t mean the British actor is moving on from independent film. Case in point: “Plainclothes.” In writer-director Carmen Emmi’s feature debut, Blyth stars as Lucas, an undercover cop in 1990s Syracuse, N.Y., who

Veteran documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner and her wife, Morgan Doctor, were working on a film in Rome on Jan. 7 when they got a late-night phone call. It was Timoner’s brother. He was calling to inform his sister that he and his family, as well as Timoner’s 21-year-old son Joaquim and their 86-year-old mother, Lisa,

Grande was nominated for best supporting actress for “Wicked.” Congratulations on your first nomination. Where were you when you found out? I’m in London. I just got out of the bath. Oh! My therapist is calling to congratulate me. Hold on. I’ll tell her I’ll be right back. Oh my god, I’m sorry. I don’t

For more than two decades, filmmakers chased the lightning-in-a-bottle story of Jeff Buckley, one of the most gifted and promising musicians of his generation, who drowned in a Memphis river in May 1997 at the age of 30. Back in 2000, Brad Pitt courted Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, inviting her to lunch at his Los

It all started with Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt envisioning a bloody shoe. “I’ve been working on female characters that are struggling with their bodies through my short films,” she says. “It was in the development process of one of these films that I was having a creative nap, and suddenly this little piece of the

It’s a busy week for baseball legend CC Sabathia. GTG Studios has announced its latest film, the Sabathia-inspired “Vallejo,” in partnership with Creative Control and Grapefruit Media. The coming-of-age film chronicles the extraordinary journey of the 1989 North Vallejo Little League All-Stars, navigating the challenges of growing up in a crumbling city. At its heart,

Lionsgate and Starz are about to be split from each other, but the entities are still finding ways to remain in business together. Lionsgate has extended its multi-year theatrical output deal with Starz, which keeps exclusive first pay TV and SVOD window rights to the studio’s films. And as part of the new deal extension,

Scandinavia’s heavyweight sales outfit TrustNordisk has picked up international rights to the “The Last Resort” (“Ø”) by Maria Sødahl. The Norwegian writer-director’s previous drama “Hope,” starring Stellan Skarsgård and Andrea Bræin Hovig, earned her an Oscar shortlist berth in 2021. In her first Danish pic, co-penned with Eske Troelstrup (“Shadow of Victory”) and Therese Hasman, top actors Danica Curcic (“The

The Playmaker has secured international sales rights for “Red Stars Upon the Field,” the feature debut from writer-director Laura Laabs. The film will have its international premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam following its world premiere at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in Germany. The Playmaker will launch international sales at next month’s European Film