Sundance 2023: Gary's Flick Picks
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
What I enjoy most about attending the Sundance film festival is seeing films that are seeking distribution, because one can make the most exciting discoveries.
Sundance 2023: Best Boy's Picks
by Benjamin Leonard, Best Boy & Managing Editor (Zine)
Sundance is fun because it’s a really mixed bag of things that’ll end up being at the top of your list all year long as well as some hidden gems that, if you didn’t catch it at Sundance, you might never have found it.
Sundance 2023: Kicks's Flick Picks
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Time to climb into your lush robe and comfiest of slippers and start popping the corn, for it is the season of Sundance.
Hot Docs at Sundance 2022
by Rosalie Kicks, Editor in Chief & Old Sport
Documentaries are such an interesting genre of filmmaking.
Sundance 2022 Preview: Kicks's Flick Picks
by Rosalie Kicks, The Old Sport
On January 28, I will embark on my third year of covering the Sundance film festival and, like many things as of late, it could not look more differently.
Read MoreSundance 2021: JOHN AND THE HOLE is a quest for understanding and adulthood
by Rosalie Kicks, Editor in Chief & Old Sport
If you’re a fan of Yorgos Lanthimos or Lynne Ramsay, you’ll probably enjoy this trip down the hole, just be prepared you may not find your way out.
Sundance 2021 Preview: Kicks's Flick Picks
by Rosalie Kicks, The Old Sport
On January 28, I will embark on my third year of covering the Sundance film festival and, like many things as of late, it could not look more differently.
Read MoreOld Sport's Sundance 2020 Flick Picks
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
Next week, I shall find myself donning my journo cap, sporty new puffy coat and hopping on a jet plane headed to the mountains of Park City for the 2020 Sundahhhhnce film festival (please take your eyeballs and ears here to understand the pronunciation, courtesy of Crispin Hellion Glover).
Read MoreSundance Short Film Festival Tour
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
Short films have opened doors for many of today’s favorite filmmakers such as the likes of Lynne Ramsay, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jennifer Kent, and Wes Anderson. It is also not uncommon for a feature film to first start as a short flick, giving the filmmaker an opportunity to sell their idea to an audience in hopes of securing funding for a full-length venture. The first iteration of Jim Cummings’ Thunder Road was actually a short and the same for the 2019 Sundance sensation, Greener Grass.
Read MoreSonja: The White Swan
Directed by: Anne Sewitsky
Written by: Mette M. Bolstad and Andreas Markusson
Starring: Ine Marie Wilmann, Valene Kane, Eldar Skar
Running Time: 1 hour, 53 minutes
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
“I want to do with skates what Fred Astaire is doing with dancing.” – Sonja Henie
Sometimes I wish I could just live inside a movie. Exactly like how Cecilia, in The Purple Rose of Cairo, just crawls into the movie screen at her local cinema. What a thrill it would be to have the opportunity to hang out in your favorite flick and leave all your troubles in the rearview. When I close my eyes, I can picture myself grabbing a milkshake with George McFly or terrifying people in the shower with my pal Norman…oops, I mean Motherrr.
Read MoreThe Magic Life of V
Directed by Tonislav Hristov
Written by Kaarle Aho, Tonislav Hristov, and Lubomir Tsvetkov
Featuring Veera Lapinkoski, Slava Doycheva
Running time 1 hour 27 minutes
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
Life can be cruel.
Sometimes it is nice to get away. For some, this may be a vacation to a tropical island sunning on the beach with a fruity cocktail in a hollowed out pineapple donning a mini paper umbrella. For Veera, who goes by V, her method of escape doesn’t involve airfare. Instead, it may require medieval garb or a styrofoam sword. When life gets hard, sometimes you gotta LARP (live-action role playing).
Read MoreSundance 2019 Preview
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
Film pals! I am beyond ecstatic to report, that I, your trusty Old Sport, will be on the ground in Park City this year for the Sundance Film Festival. Beginning Thursday, January 24 until Sunday, February 3, this year’s fest is hosting 112 feature films from around the world, with a record number directed by women!
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