St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein set out to document their friendship.
What followed was “The Nowhere Inn,” which premiered at Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25 and creates a metafictional account of Brownstein and St.

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“La Leyenda Negra” grapples with colonial legacies new and old.
Written and directed by alumna Patricia Vidal Delgado, the black and white film follows Aleteia, an immigrant from El Salvador who joins an underground anarchist group at Compton High School.

Shirley Jackson is now known as one of the great horror writers of the 20th century – but the author was overlooked during her lifetime.
Now, director Josephine Decker brings the writer to the screen in “Shirley,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan.

This year, 44% of the films premiering at the Sundance Film Festival were directed by women. But women only made 34% of films originally submitted.
For Kerry Washington, she said she’ll know the industry has found equality when women can exist beyond statistics.

This post was updated Feb. 4 at 1:41 p.m.
There were only 2,823 people living in Park City, Utah, when the Sundance Film Festival relocated from Salt Lake City to the small ski town in 1981.

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The Harvey Weinstein scandal ignited the #MeToo movement – and also “The Assistant.”
Starring Julia Garner, the film follows Jane, an assistant working within a film production company.

Taylor Swift claimed she could shake off almost anything.
But “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana” reveals how public image has plagued a pop star who grew up wanting everyone to think she was a good girl.

Every year, celebrities and budding filmmakers alike descend upon the ski town of Park City, Utah for 11 days of film screenings, panels and parties.
I applied for press passes for the Sundance Film Festival back in the fall, despite assuming we would get turned down.