and passed a background check to get security clearance to be in a room with King Charles (then Prince Charles). Like I said… RANDOM!
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I spoke to my music idol Rufus Wainwright, sat behind Placebo while watching their documentary, witnessed Robert Redford in the flesh, spoke to that guy from ‘How I Met Your Mother’…
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I’ve been to Sundance London a few times, going all the way back to its inaugural outing in 2012. Back then it was the Sundance London Film and MUSIC Festival. tbh, I was there for the music. It was such a random festival, in the best way!
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The sun has set on #SundanceLondon, with no festival planned for 2025. Picturehouse Create might fill a bit of the gap, though.
Was impressed by Lucy Lawless' debut documentary NEVER LOOK AWAY when I saw it at #SundanceLondon for @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social.
Make sure you check it out when it comes out this week (or the Monday after next in the UK).
KNEECAP is out in UK cinemas today. I had a blast with it during #SundanceLondon, and I urge you to see it if you can. For @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social...
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P.S. Wanted to shout out two great films I haven’t reviewed yet, but will write about in the future. DÌDI and MY OLD ASS, two crowd-pleasing coming-of-age films about being more appreciative of the family around you. #SundanceLondon
Last but by no means least, Jane Schoenbrun's I SAW THE TV GLOW. A transfixing, nightmarish and fundamentally heartbreaking film about two teens devoted to a Buffy-style show from the '90s, revolving around the transgender experience). Soundtrack is incredible too. #SundanceLondon
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Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie starred in HANDLING THE UNDEAD, a methodical zombie drama about grief co-written by Let the Right One In author John Ajvide Lindqvist. I thought the film was well-made but emotionally hollow. #SundanceLondon
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Lucy Lawless' NEVER LOOK AWAY was a fairly standard portrait of war photojournalist Margaret Moth. But it is helped by the fact Moth was such a larger-than-life figure. A tribute to her remarkable tenacity and an ode to journalism. #SundanceLondon
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Wasn't a fan of rooftopping documentary SKYWALKERS: A LOVE STORY (available soon on Netflix). It's full of death-defying imagery that will amaze audiences. But its subtitle implies an emotional hook that never arrives. #SundanceLondon
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Rom-com horror musical YOUR MONSTER won the Audience Award. It juggled a lot - and yet, to the film's credit, it almost pulls off some of its more out-there elements. However, Melissa Barrera and Tommy Dewey are the ones who make this worth watching. #SundanceLondon
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KNEECAP kicked off the festival with a bang. Starring all three members of the Belfast hip-hop trio it is about (plus Michael Fassbender), it is a musical biopic like no other. Anarchic, original, literally cheeky - and incredibly entertaining. #SundanceLondon
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Had the absolute pleasure of attending this year’s #SundanceLondon and reviewing some films for both Loud and Clear and Cinematic Sense. Thread incoming!
The atmosphere at this year’s #SundanceLondon was truly popping! Best audience experiences I’ve had in 2024 by far. The films I saw ranked:
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Kneecap
- Kinds of Kindness
- Girls Will Be Girls
- My Old Ass
- Sasquatch Sunset (rented at home)
- Dìdi
- Never Look Away
- Your Monster
Director Sean Wang and producers Valerie Bush and Carlos López Estrada (I left my camera behind yesterday lol)
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A platform to vent about failures at being a cool kid we’re all too familiar with, Dìdi establishes Sean Wang as a filmmaker with a ton of heart and charisma, though his self-portrait feels distractingly wrapped up in the magic of the moment and its obviously autobiographical nature.
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I Saw the TV Glow - Colours as comfort for the autistic soul. Accessibility as a journey, a bond; art as the slow formation of a free, powerful self. The planet wants you as secluded, as sick as possible; to kill art, kill the comfort, kill your truth. But your journey will never end
Amazing to see a 35mm screening of Carine Adler’s 1997 film UNDER THE SKIN at Picturehouse Central today. Followed by a terrific Q&A with Carine, Samantha Morton, Rita Tushingham and various members of the production team/crew. What a line-up! 🎬📽️
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Had someone check their phone right next to me once during three of the four showings I attended yesterday, and if there's anything you non-phone-checkers should learn from this it's that scoffing and blocking your view of the phone for them to see always works
"David and Nathan Zellner’s bittersweet elegy for the Anthropocene era finds the best and worst of humanity in its cryptid characters’ destiny of decline": SASQUATCH SUNSET (2024) re-screens 3.15pm today at #SundanceLondon projectedfigures.com/2024/05/20/s...
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The surprise film was Kinds of Kindness in 35mm. Lanthimos is officially back on his BS after seven years, his weakest yet but unravels as quite a poignant journey once you remain on board. Whoever at DisneyFox is greenlighting so many cannibal films, I think we need to check on them
Director of photography Jih-E Peng, lead actress Preeti Panigrahi and director Shuchi Talati
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Although Girls Will Be Girls hardly brings anything fresh to the coming-of-age beyond cultural specifications, Shuchi Talati’s feature debut captures the awkward joys and crushing burdens of teenage self-discovery and the interference of mums with a slow yet strong emotional honesty.
Have been at #SundanceLondon last night and today. Up next: the #SurpriseFilm. Fingers crossed for #ADifferentMan.
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Found My Old Ass to be a delightful and quite intelligent surprise. Loses its way when Aubrey Plaza disappears, but I guess that’s just another case of life not going the way you wanted and that being totally normal and fine. Will definitely watch whatever Maisy Stella stars in next.
Lucy Lawless and producer Joe Duran
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Never Look Away subverts several “cradle to grave” standards but suffers from an uneven structure, and something about how Moth’s devastating footage is integrated rubbed me the wrong way. The opening pointing out that Moth dated a 17-year-old at 30 noticeably ruffled a few feathers.
"David and Nathan Zellner’s bittersweet elegy for the Anthropocene era finds the best and worst of humanity in its cryptid characters’ destiny of decline": Zellner Bros.' SASQUATCH SUNSET (2024) screens 6pm today at #SundanceLondon + Q&A projectedfigures.com/2024/05/20/s...
The repression of the returned: Thea Hvistendahl’s haunting HANDLING THE UNDEAD (2024) "traces its living characters’ journey through grief as a close encounter with genre". Re-creens 5pm today at Sundance London #SundanceLondon projectedfigures.com/2024/05/28/h...
Director Caroline Lindy with stars Melissa Barrera, Kayla Foster and Meghann Fahy in a genuinely great Q&A
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Your Monster is momentarily amusing mainly for its leads’ charisma, until it blossoms into a romance and ends up sloppy and derivative, even irritating, instead of the cult classic it’s destined to be. A worse fumble than Lisa Frankenstein but anything to be in a room this energetic!
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Xenia Glen (Alo), Aephoe Huimi Chen (Mamu), Yero Timi-Biu (Essex Girls), Tom Stuart (Good Boy), Mario Radev ([S]) and Renee Zhan (Shé (Snake))
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Finally found time for one of the UK shorts programmes. [S] impressed me the most and Essex Girls was a treat to see in 4K after settling for a 720p copy. And while Xenia Glen and Renee Zhan’s films have issues, they each have a striking vision I’m deathly curious to see the rest of.
Kneecap merch
The cast and crew of Kneecap
Director Rich Peppiatt and Kneecap the band, (suitably) drunk out of their wits
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Radical without limiting itself to Irish pride, Boyle-esque while maintaining its own sense of self and an Irish landmark waiting to happen, Kneecap provides a punchy refresher from the slew of “X plays Y” music biopics. Unabashed crassness hasn’t felt this fun or heartfelt in years.
