As television and film continue to synthesize into a gray streaming sludge known as “content,” TV still has one unique trait going for it. The noble episode. Television has been an episodic medium ever since it was first invented as an excuse to sell commercial time. Episodes are TV’s secret
Slamdance Film Festival 2024: Interview With Star, Writer And Director Of DOSH: Radha Mehta
Radha Mehta stars, writes, and directs the short Dosh with a graceful reverence. Dosh is a moving and deeply resonating picture born from a personal place. I spoke with the wonderful star for her premiere at Slamdance Film Festival 2024, about her experience in its creation, what she’s hoping the
Sundance Film Festival 2024: KNEECAP
Forget everything you know about the music biopic. Writer-director Rich Peppiatt brings the story of Kneecap, a real-life Irish rap group, to the big screen in a way that The Dirt wishes it did. Starring Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh as themselves, the film
Sundance Film Festival 2024: Interview With Writer And Director Masha Ko of THE LOOMING
The Looming is a deeply rooted horror that is both thought-provoking and spine-tingling, an exquisitely crafted vehicle for the talent of writer/director Masha Ko. It opens with Chester (Joseph Lopez), an elderly man living alone, waking up in the tub. A jolt startles him, and he fears something or someone
Sundance Film Festival 2024: FRIDA & GAUCHO GAUCHO
Documentarians are some of the unsung heroes of the film industry. From the deep dives into a historical figure or period to highlighting an otherwise unknown story that deserves an audience, their work and time and effort can bring forth some of the most important films of a year or