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In a virtual press conference, Festival Director Tabitha Jackson, Director of Programming Kim Yutani, Senior Programmers Shari Frilot and John Nein offered their perspectives on Sundance’s festival program. The prestigious event kicked off today, January 20, on the Sundance digital platform after abruptly canceling all in-person screenings and activities due to the latest Covid-19 surge.

The HFPA is best known for giving out the Golden Globe awards. Now, six HFPA members have earned several nominations for awards of their own for their excellence in journalism.

Since 1995, the Sundance and Slamdance film festivals started on the same days, in the same place, Park City, Utah. Two very different roommates under the same roof – the snowy mountains and the passion for independent film-making -   teasing or snubbing each other, albeit in a respectful way.

There are 10,902 Main Streets designated as thoroughfares across the United States, but during the Sundance Film Festival, it is that historic street that runs down the center of Park City, Utah that becomes about as ‘Main’ you can possibly hope for. Where else can you casually stroll down the sidewalk and just happen to pass Kate Hudson, Nicholas Hoult, Kerry Washington, Quentin Tarantino, Octavia Spencer, Eva Longoria, Glenn Close, Taylor Swift, Laura Dern, Jake Gyllenhaal or the man himself, Robert Redford? Founded by Redford as a showcase for independent filmmakers, the first incarnation of the festival, then known as the US Film festival, was held in Salt Lake City in August of 1978.

Life has been scary enough as it is, but if you are a glutton for punishment, look no further: we have compiled a list of the most anticipated horror movies of 2022. From returning franchises to indie startups out of Macedonia, this year’s schedule is packed with goodies for fans of the genre.

Introducing western audiences to Indonesian culture is, in itself, fascinating. But there’s something unique about the way Kamila Andini sees her milieu.

John Waters, nicknamed by some as “the Pope of Trash,” rose to fame with a series of shaggy, amateurish, Baltimore-set features which later became cult works offering a distinctive perspective on American life. Suburban habits and customs are his targets, his pleasure dome.

In 2021, a difficult year for the arts, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had the pleasure of highlighting an extraordinarily diverse batch of works and honoring the new entries in the Winners Circle of 2022.

André Leon Talley, Fashion Icon, former Vogue director and Editor at Large, sparked an outpouring of tributes at the announcement of his death at 73, on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Stylists, stars, models, and the glitterati took to social media posting photos of the legendary creative force.

Warming our hands on a hot cup of joe while waiting outside for the day’s first screening? Enjoying the view of the snow-capped Wasatch Mountains before we head into a highly anticipated new film? Traipsing up and down Main Street with its bustling stores and restaurants and event locations and running into filmmakers and actors along the way? Forget all that. The pandemic has once again put a dent in the much-loved Sundance experience.