- 21. Tessa Thompson Announces The 4% Challenge, Asks Actors To Commit To Working With Women Directors
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- A panel discussion at The Sundance Film Festival brought forth an exciting initiative which hopes to narrow Hollywood’s pervasive gender gap, Deadline reports. In a speech, Tessa Thompson announced ...
- Created on 29 January 2019
- 22. Adinah Dancyger's "Cheer Up Baby" Explores The Aftermath Of Sexual Assau
- (Movies)
- ... earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, is an intimate and necessary insight into understanding life after assault. We spoke with Dancyger on her creative choices and the deeper importance of ...
- Created on 12 November 2018
- 23. The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Features Incredible Films, By Woman, That Are A Total Mind F*ck
- (Movies)
- ... one of the darkest films at Sundance. It explores painful themes of how some women protect their abusers. LEVEL 16 Canadian filmmaker, Danishka Esterhazy has created a feminist, dystopian sci-fi ...
- Created on 12 October 2018
- 24. "Crime + Punishment" Examines Racism And Policing In NY
- (Movies)
- ... and thewinner of this year's U.S Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival, Crime + Punishment examines the harmful practices and discrimination that have ...
- Created on 09 August 2018
- 25. The Documentary "Half The Picture" Investigates The Status Of Women In Fil
- (Movies)
- ... Palme D'Or competition over the festival's 71-year history, compared to 1,645 films directed by men. This writer watched Half the Picture at Sundance London, where the film took home a special #WhatNext ...
- Created on 09 July 2018
- 26. Jameela Jamil Calls Out Emile Hirsch’s White Male Privilege And History Of Abuse
- (Entertainment)
- ... film about Charles Manson, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Hirsch attacked Daniele Bernfeld, an executive for the Paramount Pictures, at Sundance in 2015. Bernfeld told the told police that Hirsch put ...
- Created on 11 June 2018
- 27. "Hot And Bothered" Is Your New Favorite Queer Comedy Webseries: BUST Intervie
- (TV)
- ... days. The series has since been selected as a finalist for the Sundance New Voices Lab. It's also been screened at Black Star Film Festival (where it was nominated for Best Youth Film), and at Citizen Jane ...
- Created on 09 April 2018
- 28. Your Inside Guide To Treefort Music Fest 2018
- (Music)
- ... (and totally free!) SAT 3/24 4:45pmThe FlicksClara’s Ghost: A full-length feature from Bridey Elliot (Chris Elliot’s daughter). I saw this at Sundance with my mom and would totally watch it again. SAT ...
- Created on 20 March 2018
- 29. Kevin Smith Refuses Future Money From Weinstein, Donates It To Women In Film Instead
- (Feminism)
- ... indie classic “Clerks” after the producer viewed it at the Sundance Film Festival. Other works linked to the mogul also include Clerks II, Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, as well as Jersey ...
- Created on 19 October 2017
- 30. "Professor Marston And The Wonder Women" Director Angela Robinson On The Kinky, Polyamorous, Feminist Origins Of Wonder Woma
- (Movies)
- ... Sundance and she called me, saying, "Rebecca Hall is Elizabeth.” I was like, “Rebecca Hall is Elizabeth. You’re so right.” And then I heard that Rebecca had been considering adapting the story herself and ...
- Created on 18 October 2017
- 31. Dolores Huerta On Donald Trump And White Supremacy: BUST Interview
- (Movies)
- ... March on Washington, and took to the streets herself at Sundance Film Festival. She regularly speaks out about the rights of women and people of color — most recently, she spoke out against Trump’s decision ...
- Created on 05 September 2017
- 32. St. Vincent Is Directing A Genderswapped Version Of “The Picture Of Dorian Gray,” And All Our Goth Dreams Are Coming True
- (Movies)
- ... as Lord Henry. But we're pretty sure Clark has a new take on it. Clark previously directed a short film, “Birthday Party,” which she also co-wrote and scored. It premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier ...
- Created on 18 August 2017
- 33. "Broad City," Sarah Silverman, Janet Mock And More: BUST's 10 Best Bets For August And September 20
- (Entertainment)
- ... Steve Buscemi, some hella strong weed, and a healthy dose of “Fuck you, Trump!” 3. Patti Cake$ A darling of the Sundance Film Festival, Patti Cake$ stars newcomer Danielle Macdonald as an ...
- Created on 31 July 2017
- 34. This Movie Trailer Of "Patti Cake$" Reminds Us Of "8 Mile" And We Love I
- (Movies)
- ... "Her heart I understood. Her soul I understood. Her passions, her needs — I got those. I could relate to Patti on the inside, so it was doable." The Sundance Film Festival movie sold to Fox Searchlight, ...
- Created on 19 May 2017
- 35. 37 Problems Is A Comedy About Adulting And The Pressures Of Fertility: BUST Interview With Lisa Ebersole
- (TV)
- ... trying to get that webseries into Sundance and figure out their love lives, all against the ever-louder tick tick tick tick of their biological clock? Enter award-winning filmmaker and playwright Lisa ...
- Created on 16 May 2017
- 36. Susan Sarandon #Slays in this Interview from BUST's Archiv
- (Entertainment)
- ... out because of her experience, this idea of not settling. There had been many other genre films, but they'd just never been with women, except maybe Jules and Jim. But certainly Butch Cassidy and the Sundance ...
- Created on 24 March 2017
- 37. How "Laggies" Director Lynn Shelton Found A Backdoor Into The Film Industry: 52 Weeks of Director
- (Movies)
- ... The film, which stars the now popular Mark Duplass, got into Sundance and was quickly bought and offered a distribution deal through Magnolia Pictures. “I got people from agents and managers wanting to ...
- Created on 03 March 2017
- 38. From 'River of Grass' To 'Certain Women,' Kelly Reichardt Dominates The Festival Circuit: 52 Weeks Of Directo
- (Movies)
- ... of Grass premiered in 1994. It was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Reichardt isn’t comfortable with the idea of success, despite ...
- Created on 17 February 2017
- 39. Evanna Lynch Talks Moving Away From Luna Lovegood And Playing Bad Bitches: BUST Interview
- (Movies)
- ... The Sound of People at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and he is now completely paralyzed. He wrote and directed My Name Is Emily and communicated with the cast and crew solely through the movement of ...
- Created on 15 February 2017
- 40. "Frozen River" Director Courtney Hunt Proves Great Films Take Time: 52 Weeks of Director
- (Movies)
- When Courtney Hunt won the 2008 Sundance Grand Jury prize for her debut feature film, Frozen River, she had no idea it was coming. “I didn’t pay close attention to reviews. My job is, ‘Is it reaching ...
- Created on 10 February 2017
