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Slamdance 2026: Jessica Barr and Ryan Simpkins on Their Stunning Single-Take Film, “The Plan”

by Matt Fagerholm

February 19, 2026

The sun is just beginning to set as the twenty-something characters in Jessica’s Barr’s mesmerizing new film, “The Plan,” start to congregate in an East LA apartment. The calmness of

Film Festivals, Interviews, Slamdance, Sundance

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Slamdance 2025: Erin Brown Thomas and Olivia Haller on “Chasers,” a Highlight of Sundance 2025

by Rebecca Martin

February 22, 2025

“Chasers,” a pilot created by co-writer/director Erin Brown Thomas (“[subtext]”), recently made its World Premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in the Episodic Pilot Showcase, and hosted it’s L.A. premiere

Film Festivals, reviews, Slamdance

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Slamdance 2024 Review: Love and Manipulation Combine in Zoë Eisenberg’s Confident “Chaperone”

by Emily Jacobson

January 23, 2024

The decade between 19 and 29 is perhaps the most tumultuous time of anyone’s life. Each year brings on great change as you transition from adolescence to a fully formed

Chicago, Film Festivals, Interviews, Slamdance

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Slamdance 2023: Linh Tran Helms Her Feature Debut, “Waiting For The Light To Change”

by Rebecca Martin

January 21, 2023

Discovering a filmmaker like Linh Tran at the beginning of her career is unbelievably exciting. A friend of mine has already made a bootleg Girls on Top T-shirt with her

Interviews, Slamdance

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Slamdance 2023: Wendy McColm on Their Audacious Triumph, “Fuzzy Head”

by Matt Fagerholm

January 18, 2023

“To understand my work,” David Lynch once told a bewildered moviegoer in Chicago, “you must follow the emotion. Because if you follow the buttermilk, you’ll end up going to the

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