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‘CODA’ Trailer: The Deaf Culture-Focused Drama that Dominated Sundance Comes To Apple TV+ In August

June 24, 2021 11:07 am

Apple TV+ has put out a bunch of high-profile original movies in the year-and-a-half since its launch. “On the Rocks,” “Greyhound,” and “Cherry” were all made with veteran directors and big-name stars. But cr...

‘Coda’ Dominates 2021 Sundance Film Festival Awards

Gregory Ellwood

February 2, 2021 10:24 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

For the first time in recent memory, the Sundance Film Festival recruited just three members each for its competition juries. Even in the context of a virtual festival, that might have been a mistake after one...

Siân Heder Talks Sundance Crowd-Pleasing Drama ‘CODA,’ Deaf Culture, Families & More [Interview]

Tomris Laffly

January 29, 2021 10:43 am

Features, Interviews, News

Writer-director Siân Heder, whose unconventional family drama “Tallulah” premiered at the 2016 edition of Sundance, is excited to be back at the festival, even if the conditions are somewhat different this yea...

‘CODA’ Transcends The Feel-Good Movie Genre Even When You See It Coming A Mile Away [Sundance Review]

Gregory Ellwood

January 28, 2021 10:08 pm

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News, Reviews

In this virtual era, it goes without saying that much of the communal aspect of a film festival has evaporated. Strangers don’t compare notes waiting inline or with their neighbor before a film begins. Reactio...

All Hell Breaks Loose For Ellen Page In First Trailer For ‘Tallulah’

Rodrigo Perez

June 29, 2016 2:26 pm

News, Trailers

Netflix seems to be out of the prestige-film, going-after-awards business just after one season of major challenges with their Oscar run of “Beasts Of No Nation.” But that doesn’t mean they’re still not going a...

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