Photos from the Sundance Film Festival: Premieres of “Magazine Dreams,” “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” and “To Live And Die And Live.”

Day 2 of Sundance is in full swing and director Qasim Basir attends the premiere of To live and die and live with cast members Skye P. Marshall, Omari Hardwick, Cory Hardrict and Maryam Basir walking the red carpet in the NEXT category of the festival series. The film follows Mohammed, played by Amin Joseph, as he returns to Detroit to bury his stepfather and is forced to settle his scores, but Mohammed’s struggle with addiction and loss may end him before he completes the task.

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Taylour Paige, Elijah Bynum, Jonathan Majors and Haley Bennett attended the premiere of their sparkling film. magazine dreams, of Writer and director Elijah Bynum. The film follows Killian Maddox, played by Majors, who lives with his ailing grandfather and obsessively exercises between court-ordered therapy appointments and part-time shifts at a grocery store, where he develops a crush on a friendly cashier. Although Killian’s struggle to read social cues and control his impetuous temper heightens his sense of disconnection in a hostile world, nothing can stop him from his closely guarded dream of becoming a bodybuilding superstar, not even the doctors who warns against it that he cannot do permanently. damage to his body. with his quest.

Brooke Shields presented her two-part documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, Directed by Lana Wilson (Miss Americana, Sundance Film Festival 2020) reveals Shields’ story through media appearances and archival footage, fully depicting the period when Shields came of age in public. Wilson creates space for the mature Shields to share their intelligence, vulnerability and humanity as she reflects on her career and life, including her complex relationship with her mother, Teri, her marriage to Andre Agassi, and her own struggles with motherhood.

Michael J. Fox attended the premiere of his documentary with his wife, Tracy Pollan, and their children, Aquinnah Fox, Sam Fox and Schuyler Fox NOR: A Michael J. Fox film with director Davis Guggenheim. Fox tells his story through stylish recreations while playfully recounting his journey with intimacy, candor and humor. Quiet shows what happens when an eternal optimist is confronted with an incurable disease.

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Andrew Durham, Sofia Coppola and Alysia Abbott previously premiered wonderlandbased on Abbott’s 2013 memoir and elegantly narrated by writer-director Durham in his feature film debut. wonderland is a film about a family that is unique for its time but instantly recognisable. The film stars Scoot McNairy, Cody Fern and Emilia Jones with Coppola in a producing role.

The cast of mother of the earth came to the premiere with Savanah Leaf, who makes her directorial debut with an intimate portrayal of a mother’s fear and love. The film stars Kelsey Lu, Doechii and Tia Nomore who all attend the reception at the Library Center Theatre.

Other buzzy movies showing today are Fair play; Fremont; 20 days in Mariupol; Cassandro; fantasy dance and In my mother’s skin.

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Day 1 of the party kicked off on Thursday night with an opening film Sometimes I think about dying walked the red carpet at the Library Center Theater with director Rachel Lambert, Daisy Ridley, Lauren Beveridge, Brittany O’Grady and Bree Elrod.

Actress Rosalie Craig, director Sophie Barthes and Emilia Clarke were in attendance later that evening The Pod Generation Premiere at the Eccles Center Theatre. The bubbly film is a social satire of long-distance parenting, Sophie Barthes’ third feature delves into the tense, hilariously seductive relationship between technology, nature and society.

Yesterday’s festival events also had buzzing press queues and premieres for Little Richard: That’s me Everyone; The Longest Farewell; Shayda, Kim’s video; L’immensita; run rabbit run; and birth/rebirth. Also the festival Short film program 1 premieres included help me to understand; parkers Ricky; Sweatshop Girl and Inglorious Liaisons.