Sundance
Trailer: Netflix’s Icarus to take off in August
July 6, 2017 | David FarnorThis August, the World Athletics Championships start in London – and on the same day, Netflix is releasing a film that will make you stop believing them entirely.
Icarus, the streaming giant’s latest original documentary, is a eye-opening, mind-boggling dive … Read More
The Polka King: Netflix snaps up Sundance Jack Black comedy
June 27, 2017 | David FarnorIt’s been many months since Sundance ended, but Netflix is still snapping up titles like it’s January, with a new deal signed this week for The Polka King.
The tragicomedy, which stars Jack Black, is the biopic telling the rise … Read More
Netflix’s To the Bone gets a full trailer
June 21, 2017 | David Farnor“How do you do it? Eat, I mean.” That’s Lily Collins as Ellen in the new trailer for To the Bone.
The movie, which was acquired by the streaming service at Sundance earlier this year, follows the 20-year-old anorexic … Read More
Trailer: Nobody Speak sees Hulk Hogan take on Gawker
June 16, 2017 | David FarnorHulk Hogan may be semi-retired, but his high-profile fight of 2016 made media headlines around the world: a legal battle with Gawker.
Enter Brian Knappenberger, whose documentary Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press chronicles the … Read More
Netflix nabs Drake Doremus’ Newness
June 15, 2017 | David FarnorIt’s been several months since Sundance 2017 closed its doors, but Netflix is still snapping up indie films from the Utah festival as if it only kicked off last week.
The streaming giant, along with Amazon Studios, dominated trade … Read More
Trailer: Netflix’s Chasing Coral charts a powerful race against time
June 8, 2017 | David Farnor“We don’t have any time to waste.” That’s the message from Chasing Coral, Netflix’s powerful new documentary.
The film, which was snapped up at Sundance earlier this year, is director Jeff Orlowski’s follow-up to the Oscar-nominated Chasing Ice, which … Read More
“They really care about cinema”: Matt Ruskin talks Amazon, Crown Heights and Jeff Sessions
June 4, 2017 | Josh Slater-WilliamsCrown Heights was one of the most buzzed-about films to get picked up by Amazon at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It’s hardly surprising, given the horrific case of real-life injustice at the centre of its story. Colin Warner (played … Read More
Sundance London 2017 Reviews: Bushwick, Wilson, Walking Out, Beatriz at Dinner, A Ghost Story
June 3, 2017 | David FarnorAfter Netflix’s Tallulah opened last year’s Sundance London, the festival is back for its UK edition once again this summer, and Netflix and Amazon Studios are once again key players.
Both dominated the Utah festival at the start of … Read More
Amazon Prime Video film review: Crown Heights
June 2, 2017 | Josh Slater-WilliamsMiniseries treatment may have given this vital narrative room to breathe.Read More
Netflix releases trailer for Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
May 3, 2017 | David FarnorNetflix has released the trailer for Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower, its latest Sundance acquisition.
The movie, which won the Audience Award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Documentary Competition), was snapped up by the streaming earlier this year. … Read More