Posts by Nathan Pine
Sundance Film Festival 2026: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews
It’s the last dance for Sundance in Park City as the indie-focused festival prepares to relocate to Boulder, Colorado, next year. It’s also the first fest to go on without its legendary Oscar-winning founder Robert Redford, who died in September. The event’s 42nd edition kicked off January 22 and runs through Sunday, February 1, with…
Read MoreNeon Takes Global On ‘4 X 4: The Event’, 2nd Horror Movie With Alex Ullom – Sundance
Alex Ullom’s sophomore horror feature 4 X 4: The Event isn’t playing Sundance, but the global deal for it was just hatched here by Neon. Sources say Neon made an aggressive deal to preemptively acquire the project ahead of production which begins later this year. The genre and international film label picked up Ullom’s first…
Read MoreKim Vo, Celebrity Hairstylist, Dead at 55
The beauty industry has lost an incredible talent. Renowned hairstylist Kim Vo—who worked with stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Paris Hilton—has died after an ongoing battle with colon cancer, his husband Adeel Khan announced Jan. 25. He was 55. “My beloved husband, best friend, partner in life & business, Kim Vo, has taken his…
Read More‘undertone’ Review: Chilling A24 Midnights Entry Is The ‘Blair Witch’ Of Auditory Horror – Sundance Film Festival
Horror is such an overworked genre these days with every possible variation tried and tried again, every successful franchise running through countless sequels before starting all over again ala Sceam , Halloween, and more. The “found footage” sub-genre also wore itself into the ground with one prime example, Paranormal Activity, even doing a variation as…
Read MoreSecret Screening Brings Julia Roberts, Sundance Stalwarts Faxon/Rash For ‘Miss You, Love You’
EXCLUSIVE: If you think you spotted Julia Roberts and her husband Danny Moder in Park City even though they’re not part of the Sundance slate, it wasn’t a mirage. They were at Sundance for a secret buyer’s screening of Miss You, Love You, the new film by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon. They’re back on…
Read MoreBarack Obama Warns That Alex Pretti’s Killing Is A “Wake-Up Call,” While Donald Trump Decries Attempt To Halt White House Ballroom Construction
Former President Barack Obama weighed in on the killing of Alex Pretti, whose shooting by a federal agent on Saturday was met with furor and outrage as videos showed a different story of what happened than the initial Trump administration account. Obama posted a lengthy message on X, writing that Pretti’s killing was a “heartbreaking…
Read MorePrince Harry and Meghan Markle Make First Appearance at Sundance Film Festival
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are throwing their weight behind a meaningful new project. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their Sundance Film Festival debut in Park City, Utah, Jan. 24, where they attended a special screening and celebration of the new documentary Cookie Queens. The film—on which Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, serve…
Read MoreAlex Honnold’s Wife Recalls “Internal Experience” During His Climb: “Thank God I’m Not Him!”
Now that Alex Honnold is safely back on the ground, the Skyscraper Live star’s loved ones can breathe a sigh of relief. The free solo climber’s wife Sanni McCandless admitted she was glad she was “not him” during Friday’s big feat, recalling her “internal experience” while watching him scale the 1,667-foot Taipei 101 in the…
Read More‘The Gallerist’ Review: Natalie Portman Is A Force To Be Reckoned With In Cathy Yan’s Dark Art-World Satire – Sundance Film Festival
Cathy Yan’s latest opens with a quote from the late Andy Warhol: “Art is what you can get away with.” The director goes on to prove this point with a slight but intelligent black comedy that the late pop-art guru might have thought was a documentary, a pointed — and quite perfectly plausible — satire…
Read MoreMichael Che Slams ICE On ‘SNL’s ‘Weekend Update’, Wonders If They Question, “Are We D*cks?”
Following the second fatal ICE shooting of a Minneapolis resident, Michael Che took aim at the government agency on ‘Weekend Update‘. The Saturday Night Live star slammed ICE agents as inhuman following Saturday’s killing of 37-year old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, which the Department of Homeland Security claimed was necessary force, despite contradicting bystander videos.…
Read MoreMeghan Markle & Prince Harry EP’ed Documentary ‘Cookie Queens’ Gets Sweet 2-Minute-Plus Standing Ovation At Sundance
In one of the longest standing ovations here at Sundance Film Festival, which again, isn’t known for timed standings, the Meghan Markle and Prince Harry executive produced Cookie Queens saw a standing ovation around two minutes-plus. That’s a big deal at Park City, Utah’s Eccles Theatre as the crowd is usually up and down in…
Read MoreWhy Natalie Portman’s Kids Are “Resistant” to Watching Her Movies
Natalie Portman isn’t counting on her kids to watch any of her films by May or even December. The Avengers: Endgame actress—who shares kids Aleph, 14, and Amelia, 8, with ex-husband Benjamin Millepied—shared that her kids aren’t interested in seeing her on the big screen, even in the iconic Star Wars films. “My kids are…
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