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Facebook plans to poll users on the news sources they trust. The same users who are prone to spreading false stories and extreme content.

Sorgente: You Can’t Trust Facebook’s Search for Trusted News

For the first time, VR has scored the kind of film-festival deal usually accorded to conventional movies.

Sorgente: A VR Movie Set in Space Just Landed a 7-Figure Deal at Sundance. This Is Huge

With a frontrunner like “Three Billboards,” the Oscars are getting it wrong once again.

Sorgente: 13 people and movies that don’t deserve their Oscar nominations this year — sorry

Who’s to blame: elites or the plebes?

Sorgente: Is the Public Well-Informed Enough to Be Trusted With Democracy?

In less than three years, Stacia Suttles became a champion, and then lost her crown. Will this Olympic hopeful get it together before Tokyo?

Sorgente: This Boxing Champ Is Carving Her Own Path to the 2020 Olympics

Kristin Kreuk tells DQ about starring in and executive producing Canadian drama Burden of Truth, a serialised legal drama with a social conscience.

Burden of Truth stars Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Hanley, a hot-shot lawyer who returns to her home town and gets pulled into a case involving a group of sick high school girls, while also facing some unresolved family business in town.

In this DQTV video, Kreuk reveals why this legal drama stood out for the actor, who was keen to step away from genre series such as Smallville and Beauty & the Beast, which brought her fame. She also tells of the appeal of playing a flawed character in a series with a social conscience at its core.

Sorgente: Kreuk in court

A wave of concern about the ill effects of smartphones and their apps echoes fears of earlier innovations, including TV, the printing press, and writing itself.

Sorgente: Afraid of Smartphones? Your Parents Felt the Same Way About TV

Swedish actor Dragomir Mrsic and producer Nicklas Wikström Nicastro tell DQ about crime drama Alex, which turns the ‘good cop’ image on its head with a story about a corrupt officer in the pocket of the mafia.

Sorgente: Other side of the law

OZY catches up with Cathy Yan, who’s taking to the big screen to share a story about China and relationships.

Sorgente: This Former Journalist Makes Her Sundance Debut … With ‘Dead Pigs’

Luther creator Neil Cross joins actors Agyness Deyn, Jim Sturgess, Nikki Amuka-Bird and executive producer Kate Harwood to talk about his new show Hard Sun, a pre-apocalyptic crime drama set in contemporary London and made for BBC1 and Hulu in the US.

Sorgente: Hot stuff

Migrants are increasingly turning to social media for safer journeys to new lands – but traffickers are also getting tech savvy.

Sorgente: Migration in the Age of WhatsApp

Garrett Bradley’s latest film won honors at Sundance and is short-listed for an Academy Award nomination.

Sorgente: Her Film Won Over the Sundance Jury in 13 Minutes

“The Tale” is a movie that epitomizes the #MeToo movement, and has Sundance buzz.

Sorgente: ‘The Tale’ is an explosive look at its director’s experience with sexual abuse that has Sundance audiences buzzing

Black Mirror got you down? Check out this new, optimistic sci-fi genre.

Sorgente: Sci-Fi Doesn’t Have to Be Depressing: Welcome to Solarpunk

With slate full of movies by and about women, the festival is poised to start a lot of conversations.

Sorgente: This Year’s Sundance Lineup Might Be Its Most Crucial Yet