I don’t want to be snarky, but, I get irritated when the elite film festivals find items to screen and celebrate that I find off-putting and controversial for the sake of controversy. I...
Tag - Sundance
Sundance 2020: Shabbat, Films, and Inclusion
Park City, UTAH — DOUBLE CHAI, BABY! The 36th Annual Sundance Film Festival ascended to Park City, and screened over 125, mostly independent, films and projects over its 10 days. The festival has...
Double Chai Sundance 2019: What’s Jew-ish at the Fest
The 36th Annual Sundance 2019 started in Park City, Utah, today with founder Robert Redford standing before attendees and… walking off the stage. After over three decades of kicking off the...
JewliciousReels: Yiddish at Sundance – and Other...
On Thursday, January 19, 2017, the Sundance Institute will convene the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with additional screenings in Salt Lake City and Sundance. The festival will run...
JewliciousReels: Highlights at The 2017 New York Jewish Film...
The 26th annual New York Jewish Film Festival opened last week and is filled with stories of the diversity in the Israeli and diaspora Jewish commmunities. It runs in Manhattan’s Lincoln Center...
What’s Hot at Sundance 2016
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival started Thursday, and already a film has been purchased… by Amazon. One can say that this is representative of the market for indie films… that Amazon and Netflix and...