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THE 34th FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS WINNERS
- BEST FEATURE – If Beale Street Could Talk
- BEST DIRECTOR – Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
- BEST MALE LEAD - Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
- BEST FEMALE LEAD – Glenn Close – The Wife
- BEST SUPPORTING MALE – Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE – Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
- BEST SCREENPLAY – Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY – Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
- BEST FIRST FEATURE – Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You
- BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom – Suspiria
- BEST EDITING – Joe Bini – You Were Never Really Here
- BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – Roma (MEXICO)
- JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – En el Séptimo Día
- ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (BEST ENSEMBLE) - Suspiria
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↳ BEST MOVIES OF 2018
Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse (2018) dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey,
Rodney Rothman
Won’t You Be My Neighbor (2018) dir. Morgan Neville
Mid90s (2018) dir. Jonah Hill
BlacKkKlansman (2018) dir. Spike Lee
A Quiet Place (2018) dir. John Krasinski
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Huevember Day 7/9: Light Blue
White Christmas (1954) - more frames here
Jurassic Park (1993) - more frames here
Mulan (1998) - more frames here
High Flying Bird (2019) - more frames here
Won’t You Be My Neighbor (2018) - more frames here
Kill List (2011) - more frames here
Free Solo (2018) - more frames here
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) - more frames here
Sorry to Bother You (2018) - more frames here
The Aviator (2004) - more frames here
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Whatever. I didn’t ugly cry into my pillow while watching this trailer.
I used to watch Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood when I was a kid and I don’t think I properly appreciated him until now.
Mister Rogers – Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Mister Rogers Neighborhood Records, 1981 (Repress)
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© 2017 Sundance Institute | Photo by Herve Hote
Self-isolating got you down? Take this as an opportunity to finally see all those films you keep moving to your “Watch Later” list. Here are a few feel-good Sundance faves that we love to get you started.
The Farewell (Amazon Prime)
After learning their beloved matriarch has terminal lung cancer, a family opts not to tell her about the diagnosis, instead scheduling an impromptu wedding-reunion back in China. Headstrong and emotional writer Billi rebels against her parents’ directive to stay in New York and joins the family as they awkwardly attempt to rekindle old bonds, throw together a wedding that only grandma is actually looking forward to, and surreptitiously say their goodbyes.
Minding the Gap (Hulu)
Bing, 24, returns home and reconnects with his friends Zack and Keire, whom he’s been skateboarding with since childhood. Archival recordings of their former glory coupled with current interviews and extraordinary skateboard footage tell the story of three young men who banded together to escape their volatile families. As they grow up before our eyes, unexpected revelations threaten to crash their decade-long friendship.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor (HBO)
With his gentle voice and heartfelt words of wisdom, Fred Rogers served as a compassionate surrogate father for generations of American children who tuned in to public television. He believed in love as the essential ingredient in life and was able to assist kids through difficult situations armed merely with handmade puppets suggesting tolerance and acceptance.
The Fundamentals of Caring(Netflix)
Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor hit the road on a trip into the western states. The folks they collect along the way will help them test their skills for surviving outside their calculated existence. Together, they come to understand the importance of hope and the necessity of true friendship.
Brittany Runs a Marathon (Amazon Prime)
Brittany Forgler is a funny, likeable, 27-year-old hot mess of a New Yorker whose trashy nightclub adventures and early-morning walks of shame make her late for work every day. But when she stops by a Yelp-recommended doctor’s office in an attempt to score Adderall, Brittany gets handed a series of diagnoses instead—elevated heart rate, high blood pressure … the list goes on. Suddenly forced to get a grip, Brittany laces up her Converse sneakers and runs one sweaty block. The next day, she runs two. Soon she runs a mile. Brittany finally has direction—but is she on the right path?
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Hulu)
Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in the bush. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options: go out in a blaze of glory or overcome their differences and survive as a family.
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Let’s take a lesson from Mr. Rogers for World Kindness Day and remember that: “The greatest thing we can do is to help somebody know that they’re loved and capable of loving.”
WatchMorgan Neville’s 2018 Sundance Film Festival documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and get inspired to do something nice for someone today on World Kindness Day.
With his gentle voice and heartfelt words of wisdom, Fred Rogers served as a compassionate surrogate father for generations of American children who tuned in to public television. He believed in love as the essential ingredient in life and was able to assist kids through difficult situations armed merely with handmade puppets suggesting tolerance and acceptance. An ordained Presbyterian minister, Mr. Rogers made speaking directly and openly to children his life’s work, both on and off his long-running show. He was at the forefront of a movement devoted to meeting the specific needs of children and was considered a radical back then for saying, “I like you just the way you are.”
Animated sequences are peppered between archival footage of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and interviews with Fred Rogers’s family, friends, and colleagues. Examining Rogers’s legacy, Academy Award–winning director Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) offers a deliberate and beautiful tribute to an authentic human being and provides a much-needed salve for these often-fraught times.
FindWon’t You Be My Neighbor?on-demand.
Film still by Jim Judkis, courtesy of Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
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