Ryland Aldrich
Festivals Editor; Los Angeles, California

Ryland is a filmmaker and freelance writer based in sunny Los Angeles. He has been contributing to Twitch since 2009 and covering the festival beat as Festivals Editor since 2011. He writes on topics from sports to politics to tech at enderzero.net and spends the rest of his time on twitter at @RylandAldrich.

Sundance 2013: Twitch Raises the Curtain with Our Top 20 Picks of the Fest
Today is the big day, as Sundance 2013 kicks off tonight in frigid Park City, Utah. We've already taken you through the catalog with our three-part series providing a look at the four competition slates, the dramatic and documentary... More »
  

Sundance 2013 Preview: Midnight, Next, Spotlight, & New Frontiers
Sundance is kicking off tomorrow! Have you packed your long johns yet? We've spent the last two days walking you through all four competition slates and the dramatic and documentary premieres. Today we finish off the program with a... More »
  

SXSW Announces THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE as Opener + 6 Other Titles
Just as Sundance is about to kickoff, SXSW has borrowed a bit of the spotlight to announce a few choice titles from its upcoming festival lineup. WB/New Line comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone will kick off the fest on... More »
  

Sundance 2013: Full Trailer for UPSTREAM COLOR Keeps the Mysteries Alive
One of the most anticipated and most enigmatic movies at Sundance this year is Shane Carruth's long awaited follow-up to his Sundance 2004 hit Primer. Upstream Color stars Amy Seimetz alongside Carruth. We've got the full theatrical trailer for... More »
  

Sundance 2013 Preview: Dramatic and Documentary Premieres
We launched part one of our Sundance Preview series yesterday with a look at all four competition slates. Today we take you through a handful of our picks from the out of competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections. Stay... More »
  

Sundance 2013 Preview: The Competition Slates
If you've been hanging out around these parts, then you probably know the Sundance Film Festival is just around the corner. We've got our trusty series of previews leading up to Thursday's festival kickoff all queued up. We're starting... More »
  

Sundance 2013: 10 Films to Watch Before The Fest - Best of the Rest

The Sundance Film Festival kicks off one week from today and we've got 10 more movies for you to cram in before heading out to Park City. You may have already caught the first two parts of our series... More »
  

Sundance 2013: 10 Films to Watch Before The Fest - Documentaries
T-Minus ten days until the Sundance Film Festival ramps up in snowy Park City and time is short to get your prep work done. We've already brought you 10 Films to Watch from the Dramatic Competitions. Now we'll fill... More »
  

Review: ON THE ROAD Hits the Right Beats
The idea of adapting a novel as precious to the American psyche as On the Road would be terribly ambitious, even without the narrative complications of Jack Kerouac's famously stream-of-consciousness storytelling style. Ask Francis Ford Coppola. He has been working... More »
  

Sundance 2013: Second UPSTREAM COLOR Teaser Asks More Questions
Everyone is jumping at ghosts when it comes to news about Primer director Shane Carruth's long-long awaited follow-up to that 2004 Grand Jury Prize winning film, Upstream Color. This morning brought a big ghoulish one for us to ponder... More »
  

Sundance 2013: 10 Films to Watch Before The Fest - Dramatic Competition Edition
With the announcements this week of the Dramatic Premieres and Documentary Premiere to go with last week's Competition and Next films and the Midnight, Spotlight, and New Frontiers lineups, Sundance's January 17 start date is feeling closer and closer.... More »
  

Sundance 2013: Horror Sequel S-VHS Included in Midnight, Spotlight, & New Frontiers Announcement

The Sundance Film Festival is on the horizon with its January 17 start date in sight. Yesterday we brought you the Competition and Next announcements and today we're right back at it with all the films in the Park... More »
  

Review: KILLING THEM SOFTLY Murders With Style
With its premiere at Cannes one year on, it's hard to imagine that Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly won't be compared frequently to Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 hit Drive. The comparison would be apt. Both films portray a stylized, raw,... More »
  

Sundance 2013: Competition & Next Lineups Hit
It's that wonderful time of year with the days getting shorter, the air getting colder, and decorations popping up around your neighborhood. Forget about Black Friday sales and caroling and brandy soaked company parties, the best part of the... More »
  

Amazonas Film Fest 2012: Awards Wrap Up, Wild Jungle Style
The 9th Annual Amazonas Film Festival wrapped up in style last weekend with an explosion of color and music in Brazil's Amazon capital of Manaus. Teams of dancers flooded the stage of the historic Teatro Amazonas as pounding drums... More »
  

Counterpoint Review: ANNA KARENINA is A Brilliant Adaptation by One of Cinema's Finest

Is the latest film from Joe Wright a case of "style over substance?" Our own Jason Gorber certainly felt that way when he saw Anna Karenina at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. As he noted in his... More »
  

Amazonas Film Festival 2012 Preview: Off to the Jungle
The ninth annual Amazonas Film Festival kicks off in the sweltering Amazon Jungle capital of Manaus, Brazil this Saturday and Twitch will be there to report on the films and festivities taking place. Screenings unspool in the scenic opera... More »
  

AFI Fest 2012 First Impression: HITCHCOCK Does The Legend Justice
AFI Fest 2012 got off to a rousing start last night with the packed world premiere of Hitchcock. Set amidst the director's filming of Psycho, the movie focuses on both his personal and professional challenges, painting an intimate portrait of... More »
  

AFI Fest 2012 Preview: 10 to Watch - Midnight, New Auteurs, & Young Americans
If you've been counting down the days, then you know that AFI Fest 2012 begins tonight with the opening night gala screening of Hitchcock. We covered this and the other galas in part one of our 10 to Watch... More »
  

AFI Fest 2012 Preview: 10 to Watch - World Cinema & Breakthrough
AFI Fest is rolling into Hollywood this Thursday, November 1. We took a look at the Gala and Special Screenings sections yesterday in part one of our 10 to Watch preview series. Now we turn our attention to the... More »
  
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