It’s an ironic (and cheeky) takedown of the original show and leads into introductions to “Saved by the Bell’s” “New Class,” as Daisy (Haskiri Velazquez) and Aisha (Alycia Pascual-Pena) watch the ad and bemoan the $10 billion in education spending Gov. Morris has cut in order to “bail out the fossil fuel industry,” a fiduciary maneuver that shuts their school down and forces them to be bussed to Bayside High. Meanwhile, our first glimpse of Bayside is awash in all the old tropes of the ’90s sitcom (complete with music stings and dialogue, if not the four-camera presentation) as we meet Zack’s similarly scheme-y son Mac Morris (Mitchell Hoog), Jessie Spano’s son Jamie (Belmont Cameli), and Lexi (Josie Totah), a transgender fashion icon with her own E!...

Hymanson grew up with Jackie and Don, becoming friends with them after taking Jackie’s youth art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Debut feature “So Late So Soon” is an extension of several of his short film projects centering on Jackie, the first of which he made when he was 15. He cites “Charleen” — Ross McElwee’s extremely subjective, observational portrait of his friend and poetry teacher — as an influence on his work, and like that film, “So Late” is inspired by the impactful connections we make with people outside our family or age group....

Some of its most egregious plot points are even ignored whole cloth in Season 2, which stands as an improvement in almost every conceivable way — the fact that Picard’s consciousness was transferred into a golem body, so as to save his life, at the end of that initial run is never once mentioned. With the precision of Chief O’Brien locking onto a particularly tricky transporter pattern, new showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Terry Matalas have isolated what worked about Season 1 and what didn’t....

Peele is also producing his hush-hush followup to “Get Out” and “Us” with Ian Cooper through his Monkeypaw Productions’ exclusive five-year deal at Universal Pictures. As previously announced, “Akeelah and the Bee” and “Hustlers” star Keke Palmer will play the female lead in the film, opposite Yeun. Also previously announced, “Get Out” Daniel Kaluuya is in talks to re-team with Peele for the upcoming film also. Kaluuya is up for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar this year for “Judas and the Black Messiah....

Per Sundance, as producing director, Duncan “will integrate the artistic vision of the festival with its practical, audience-facing elements. She’ll work with the programming team as they curate works for exhibition, and serve as a leader for creating strategic vision and decision-making on both the Sundance Film Festival and year-round public programs.” Further key duties for Duncan include “continuing to build policies and plans to develop and increase the inclusivity of the festival more broadly, and managing year-round engagement among the industry and artist communities....

The film also stars a potent Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting McMillan, and Samuel Bottomley. Here’s the official synopsis: “Neil and Alice Bennett (Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg) are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico with younger members Colin and Alexa (Samuel Bottomley, Albertine Kotting McMillan) until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family’s tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore in this suspenseful jolt from writer/director Michel Franco....

“Our focus is very much on being in person,” SXSW Film head Janet Pierson told IndieWire. “People really do miss gathering together.” The festival, in its 29th edition, will run from March 11 – 20. As previously announced, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s film, “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” will open the festival. The Season 3 premiere for FX’s “Atlanta,” starring Donald Glover, LaKeith Stanfield, and Brian Tyree Henry, will screen on Closing Night....