Lynn Shelton

Sundance Interview with Lynn Shelton – Director of Touchy Feely

I had never met Lynn Shelton before last month but I already felt like I knew her.  She has a way of telling us stories about other people that are really about all of us.  Her new film Touchy Feely is about about a brother a sister, one who touches for a living and one who makes a point o...

Watch Sundance's Female Filmmakers Share Stories (and Laughs) at the Her Infinite Variety Panel

The 2013 Sundance Film Festival is most definitely shaping up to be an extraordinary one for female filmmakers, and the "Her Infinite Variety" panel on Main Street in Park City Wednesday celebrated that by bringing together six of the dozens of women with films here.

Sundance Review and Interview: Lynn Shelton's 'Touchy Feely,' with Rosemarie DeWitt (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

With "Touchy Feely," Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton returns with her second Sundance competition film, and her most personal since her 2006 debut "we go way back." (Video interview with Shelton and DeWitt below.

Anticipating Sundance: Using Sundance to Shift the Narrative on Women Directors

Sundance 2013: Robert Redford Says There Are Too Many Film Festivals

Robert Redford has remained the most resilient symbol of the Sundance Film Festival since its inception. To some degree, the movies come second: Even the breakout hits, like last year's "Beasts of the Southern Wild," take on new identities once they move beyond the festival environment. While Sundan...

Heroines of Cinema: An A-Z of Women in Film in 2012

Given the difficulty in characterising a single year in film, even through a specific prism such as gender, I have opted for the catalogue format of an A-Z review.

The Best Films of 2012

My top three films of 2012 were easy to name, if not to order. Each is amazing, each wildly different from the other two, but they form a trio of incomparable experiences. There’s a deep dropoff from those three to the others, all fantastic --  though more flawed. I didn’t reac...

Sundance Curiosities: 5 Observations on the 2013 Lineup, From the Mysteries of NEXT <=> to the New Provocateurs

Every year, the Sundance Film Festival involves a potent mixture of cinematic curiosities. In a new weekly feature, Indiewire digs into five aspects of the upcoming 2013 program, from the mysteries of NEXT <=> to new provocations and head-scratching juxtapositions.

Breakdown of Women Nominees for 2012 Gotham Independent Film Awards

The nominees for the 22nd Annual Independent Filmmaker Project’s Gotham Independent Film Awards were announced today. A total of 26 Films were nominated in six categories. Actress Marion Cotillard will be honored with a career tribute.  And for the second year in a row, the IFP will prese...