“The whole thing was 18 days,” says Carey Mulligan about the whirlwind shoot for "The Ballad of Wallis Island." “18 days plus 18 years,” interjects her costar (and cowriter of the film) Tim Key. The Eccles crowd cracks up because this sweet and speedy shoot for Mulligan was the result of nearly two decades of work for the English comedy partnership of Key and Tom Basden.

The pair have expanded their 2007 short film, "The One and Only Herb McGwyer…

Filmmakers often demand a lot from their actors. Performers are required to access a wide range of emotions, deliver bloodcurdling screams, and perform gnarly stunts if they’re up for it. The actors who rise to the occasion make magic. Writer-director Michael Shanks cast such artists for "Together", his horror film premiering in the Midnight section of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The movie follows a strained couple, played by married leads Dave Franco and Alison Brie, who experience a supernatural…

"Opus" is a movie that will keep audiences talking after. They’ll be left reeling from some truly horrific visuals, and will not soon forget the stellar turn from a bizarre and alluring John Malkovich. Special praise must also be given to brief appearances by Tony Hale as Moretti’s long-haired publicist named Soledad, who can’t stop referring to people as “my babies.” Juliette Lewis — in her second film premiering at the Festival after "By Design" — gives a characteristically magnetic…

Emilie Blichfeldt was a teenager before her love of film could ignite. “I grew up in a tiny village above the Arctic Circle on the rough coast of northern Norway. My parents were all about books. We got our first VHS player combined with a DVD player when I was 13. That’s when I had my first big film experience. I watched Amélie on repeat!” recounts the filmmaker. “I moved from home when I was 16 to attend a high…