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A Lone Star look at this year's Sundance Film Festivalnew
This is finally Texas' year at Sundance Film Festival. On January 17-27, filmmakers from across the country will come together in Park City, Utah, to bring their film to market and pray for distribution, a scandal, or any other form of miracle.
San Antonio Current |
Natalia Ciolko |
01-16-2013 |
Movies
The Pennsylvania Documentary 'GasLand' Drills for Answersnew
A Pennsylvania filmmaker's documentary about the perils of urban gas drilling, GasLand includes interviews with people from all over the country and recently earned the filmmaker the Special Jury Prize for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
02-17-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Stage Prodigy-Turned-Filmmaker Drake Doremus Brings 'Douchebag' to Sundancenew
Shoestring productions of personal stories such as that of Douchebag are exactly what Sundance co-founder Robert Redford was talking about at the previous day’s opening press conference, where he vowed the festival had returned to its roots of presenting groundbreaking new voices.
'Daddy Long Legs': The Pleasures of Being Kidnappednew
Filmmaker brothers Benny and Josh Safdie have invited me to meet them here and afterwards discuss their second feature, Daddy Long Legs, which had its U.S. premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. (It appeared simultaneously on nationwide cable VOD.)
L.A. Weekly |
Karina Longworth |
02-05-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sundance Festival Goes Back to its Roots... Or Does It?new
This year, the movie that's attracted the scalping scene outside Eccles is The Runaways, a stylish biopic of the all-teen girl band of the same name. The film has been the subject of blog gossip, thanks to casting of Twilight starlet Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett.
L.A. Weekly |
Karina Longworth |
02-05-2010 |
Movies
Eight Roles For Sen. Chris Buttars After His Performance in '8: The Mormon Proposition'new
8. Lead in the Coen Brothers’ sequel No Country for Old Queens. 7. “Mr. Thistletwat” in the touring production of Avenue Q. 6. Cranky police chief in the Neil Patrick Harris/Eddie Murphy buddy-cop flick 40 Gay Hrs.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
02-02-2010 |
Commentary
Bars, Lounges and Wine Cellars to Visit During the Sundance Film Festivalnew
There is no shortage in Park City of places to drink and, maybe, bump into a B-list celebrity during the Sundance Film Festival. But if you want to know where A-listers are likely to turn up — or at least where you and your pals can score a good glass of wine or cold beer in a snazzy setting — read on.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Ted Scheffler |
01-26-2010 |
Food+Drink
Sundance Film Festival: What's Happening NEXT?new
Riding high on a return to pop relevancy, the Sundance Film Festival's programming team announced NEXT, a sidebar dedicated to reflecting "a new aesthetic enlisting low- and no-budget filmmaking techniques."
L.A. Weekly |
Karina Longworth |
01-22-2010 |
Movies
Some Choice Literary Adaptations at This Year's Sundance Film Festivalnew
Though the overwhelming majority of Sundance titles are wholly original creations, there are a few literary adaptations scattered through the programming. Here’s a look at five books-turned-Sundance films to give you a taste of what you might be in for.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-05-2010 |
Movies
The Sundance Experiencenew
If the highs weren’t as high as those of some Sundances past — no radical, out-of-left-field debut features or eight-figure sales deals to write home about — neither were the lows as dispiritingly low.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-30-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Rewind: 2009 Sundance Film Festival Recap
In a weird year for Sundance -- and the world -- I guess you had to laugh if you didn't want to cry.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-26-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Sundance Film Festival
Sundance's Best So Farnew
Push, Cold Souls, and Paper Heart are reviewed. The color ain't purple.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-23-2009 |
Movies
Particles of Truthnew
Illness documenataries, an unembedded Iraq expose and Al Gore vie for attention in a chilly Sundance market.
The Village Voice |
Rob Nelson |
02-02-2006 |
Movies
No DeLaynew
The indictment of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is good news for two men who made a documentary investigating the Texans for a Republican Majority political action committee.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-10-2005 |
Movies
The Civil War Parodiednew
The faux documentary C.S.A. is funny, but to appreciate the humor, audiences must summon the courage to laugh at the absurdity of enslaving an entire race of people.
The Pitch |
Justin Kendall |
09-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
