Thankfully, there’s no nature doc voice-over to personify the sasquatches. That work falls to the furry shoulders of its cast—Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek, and Nathan Zellner. They each create a character and bring it to life under layers and layers of prosthetics and costumes. Zellner’s creature is an older misfit who seems to … Read more
I love that you convinced people to bankroll all of this. NZ: It took years. It was very tough. DZ: Thankfully, it was a combination of people being familiar with our other work and then just doing a good job on our end to pitch why this is a singular project and what we were … Read more
The best of the bunch is the latest from someone who deserves his own chapter in any book about the history of Sundance, the masterful Steven Soderbergh. Thirty-five years ago, Soderbergh brough “sex, lies, and videotape” to Sundance on its way to winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes and forever impacting the independent filmmaking scene. … Read more
Sasquatch Sunset will be a hard sell for most, but it’s weird and kind of charming in its own peculiar way. PLOT: A year in the life of a family of Sasquatch, as they forage for food, hook up, and narrowly avoid civilization. REVIEW: Sasquatch Sunset is unique; I’ll give it that. David and Nathan … Read more