One of the single greatest opportunities for an actor to break out on the world cinema stage, the Cannes Film Festival, has helped launch countless careers. With the 66th edition kicking off tonight with the European premiere of Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" (starring a breakout actress who made...
Read More »French beauty Josephine de La Baume makes for one hell of a fiery blood sucker in the indie vampire tale "Kiss of the Damned," written and directed by Xan Cassevetes, daughter to John and Gena Rowlands. A feverish vampire story strictly aimed at the adult set (think more "True Blood" and less "Twili...
Read More »[Editor's Note: This interview originally ran during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The film, starring the late Jenni Rivera, opens in select theaters on April 19th.]
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Why He's On Our Radar: With four films at Sundance 2013 and a whopping seven (four features and three shorts) at the recently wrapped 2013 SXSW Film Festival, Austin-based actor/filmmaker has already had a banner year -- and it's only mid March. Mars, last at SXSW with his directorial debut, the Dal...
Read More »Why They're On Our Radar: Many heads were turned following the announcement of last May's Cannes Film Festival winner for Best Actress where, despite the long list of veteran and established actresses many felt certain would take the prize, the award went to not one, but two actresses who have never...
Read More »Why She's On Our Radar: Sara St. Onge's feature film debut "Molly Maxwell" will open the Museum of Modern Art's 2013 Canadian Front series tonight in New York. After making a series of endearing short films -- "The Funeral," “Turkey” and “Lobotomobile" -- that screened at Sundance and Toronto (to na...
Read More »Why He's On Our Radar: "A Teacher," Hannah Fidell's acclaimed feature directorial debut, already made waves at Sundance earlier this year in the festival's NEXT section, culminating in a coveted Oscilloscope Laboratories buy. Although the film's SXSW bow won't mark its world premiere, it will mark a...
Read More »Lena Dunham, Tom Cullen, Dree Hemingway and Julia Garner all came to Austin as relative unknowns and emerged as sought-after talents. With the 2013 edition of the SXSW Film Festival launching today, the springboard is loaded.
Read More »Why He's On Our Radar: Few shorts at Sundance shocked and elicited as many laughs as Andrew Zuchero's end of days splatterfest "The Apocalypse." The short (which you can view below) premiered in Park City as part of the Sundance Digital Screening Room and was featured on their YouTube channel, where...
Read More »There was no bigger discovery at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival than Paulina García, star of Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's competition entry "Gloria." If García isn't your average young newcomer, that's part of the point: Her electrifying performance in "Gloria," for which she won ...
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