Welcome to Sundance!

A conversation with Steven Spielberg and John Williams; is filming safe?; Global Residency for new filmmakers is back - and more. Week of January 22th-29th, 2023 WORLD BOX OFFICE, JANUARY 16-22, 2023 [James Cameron]( is officially the King of the World. [Avatar: The Way of Water]( is firmly fixed at the top of all territories' box offices. [China]( is madly in love with the watery adventures. [También en español.]( [Read more]( SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IS BACK! After long-distance screenings and meetings, Park City is once again the hub for independent, international, and very interesting films. Follow us with interviews and new discoveries. [Read more]( A GREAT CONVERSATION : STEVEN SPIELBERG AND JOHN WILLIAMS Partners, collaborators, and friends, [Steven Spielberg]( and [John Williams]( got together at the Writers' Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, CA, to look back at how they met and how their music and film became 50 years of great adventures. [Read more]( FASHION: MEN IN SKIRTS, WOMEN IN DRESSES [Anne Hathaway]( [Robert Pattinson]( and [Jenna Ortega]( showed daring on the red carpet around the world. Sundance and Fashion Week seemingly worlds apart, find overlap in the micro mini - though manifested very differently for gender. [Read more]( AND THERE'S MORE: HFPA RENEWS RESIDENCY GLOBAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM For five years the HFPA Global Residency program has been bringing emerging filmmakers from around the world to Hollywood. This year once again the Residency endeavored to give participating fellows a first-hand glimpse of American independent filmmaking. [Read more]( DEATH ON THE SET: IS FILMING DANGEROUS? Moviemaking has met serious dangers since its dawn. With the Rust case coming to a close (or maybe not), the question of protection for workers and actors still remains. [Read more]( [THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN]( BY AN IRISH JOURNALIST A distinctive fusion of macro issues like the Irish Civil War, which can be heard raging on the mainland, and the micro issues of two men linked by time, geography, culture, love, and disdain, make the film a true Irish and international classic. [Read more]( OUT OF THE ARCHIVES: [D]( HUSTON,]( 1988, ON JOHN HUSTON "The biggest difference between the book, the first draft and my father’s screenplay is that what he did was to intertwine all the stories together so that they meshed and worked as one piece." [Read more]( Copyright © *2021* *HFPA, All rights reserved. Cover photo by © Greg Williams Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [Instagram](