Article: Meet Dana Perry director of BOY INTERRUPTED
Meet Dana Perry director of BOY INTERRUPTED, an official selection in the Documentary Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
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Article: Festival Updates My Premiere : TAKING CHANCE
Director Ross Katz’s film TAKING CHANCE starring Kevin Bacon, a film participating in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Article: Honda Hosts MARY & MAX Screening
Honda’s Special Screening of MARY AND MAX As car companies go, Honda is among the most innovative, so it only makes sense that they’d partner with the Sundance Channel for a screening of the festival’s opening night premiere of MARY & MAX, a claymation film by Academy Award-winner Adam Elliot which is itself an innovative…
Article: Sony Grabs Rights to 'Black Dynamite'
Scott Sanders’ blaxploitation comedy “Black Dynamite” has sold North American righs to Sony Pictures Worldwide for $2 million, a few hours after its Sundance Midnight preem.
Article: The Festival's Favorite Son with No Name
The Festival has something of the miraculous about it. Not only is the orchestration of so many screenings and events in so many venues a marvel but it occurred to me that, having picked movies in a fairly random fashion,
I have seen encountered a diverse bunch of films and filmmakers. Black, white, Asian, Latino, gay, straight. For that to happen by no design at all is impressive.
Article: Craig Brewer Finds Inspiration in The Hills
Craig Brewer is absolutely in love with Memphis. You can tell just by the way he talks about it. He literally sat on the edge of his seat, his hands clasped, while speaking with me this afternoon at the Rock Band Lounge about his new project: $5 COVER, an MTV web series about the intertwining—or “incestuous,” as he put it—lives of musicians in his Tennessee hometown.
Article: Kristof's Wake-up Call
Nicholas Kristof and Samantha Power Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times columnist, is a tireless journalist and advocate for human rights around the word. Me? When I attended a conversation featuring Kristof and Samantha Power at 10:30 this morning, I was just plain tired—I blame the party publicists—and not exactly in the mood to hear…
Article: Meet Eric Daniel Metzgar director of THE REPORTER
Meet Eric Daniel Metzgar director of THE REPORTER, an official selection in the Documentary Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Article: Who Did, and Didn't, Look Good on the Dance Floor
At Sundance it sometimes feels as though there are only two types of festivalgoers: those who come to see films, and those who come to see celebrities. I’d like to think I’m in the former category. When I see someone “famous,” I don’t stop and stare, or point, or attempt a blurry photo with my…
Article: Cassidy Loves Moby Premieres on Sundancechannel.com
They’re finally here, episodes 1 and 2 of Sundancechannel.com’s newest series of digital shorts, CASSIDY LOVES MOBY. In these first two episodes, we are introduced to Cassidy, an intense little doll, that has been haunted by recurring dreams of musician and recording artist, Moby. Compelled to understand the meaning of these visions from her unconscious, she embarks on a quest to meet Moby at Sundance in Park City, Utah where he reports he will be in attendance in his blog. Will Cassidy find her answers? Will meeting the man of her dreams bring her peace of mind? Will she and Moby hook up?!? Find out by watching the first two episodes in this hilarious 4 part series.
Article: Dealing with the Doors: Very Strange Indeed
Unless you are ardently obsessed with the Doors, be glad you’re not Tom DiCillo. Festival veteran DiCillo’s first feature-length documentary is WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE, a film that’s meant to depict the legendary band–and not just late legendary lead singer Jim Morrison.
Article: Festival Updates Interview: SPRING BREAKDOWN
Faith Salie interviews SPRING BREAKDOWN director Ryan Shiraki and stars Amy Poehler, Parker Posey, Rachel Dratch, Missy Pyle, and Jane Lynch in the Sundance Channel Studio. Presented by Honda, The Power of Dreams. SPRING BREAKDOWN DIRECTOR: Ryan Shiraki SCREENWRITERS: Ryan Shiraki, Rachel Dratch U.S.A., 2008, 84 min., color For Judi, Gayle, and Becky, tragically unhip…
Article: Festival Updates Spotlight : Brita Green Room
This year, The Sundance Film Festival is highlighting the environmental importance of filtered tap water by joining with Brita and Nalgene in support of Filter for Good, an innovative campaign to reduce bottled water waste. Meet the people helping bring change to the Sundance Film Festival by watching the video below.
Article: Festival Updates Interview : LYMELIFE
Faith Salie interviews LYMELIFE director Derick Martini and cast members Jill Hennessy, Emma Roberts, and writer Steven Martini. LYMELIFE DIRECTOR: Derick Martini SCREENWRITERS: Derick Martini, Steven Martini U.S.A., 2008, 93 min., color Scott Bartlett (Rory Culkin) is a typical 15-year-old boy growing up in late-1970s Long Island. His suburban existence is primarily marked by a…
Article: Meet Michel Orion Scott director of OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
Meet Michel Orion Scott director of OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY, an official selection in the Documentary Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Article: Senator nabs "Brooklyn's Finest" as "work-in-progress"
Senator Distribution has nabbed North American rights to Antoine Fuqua’s cop drama “Brooklyn’s Finest,” twenty-four hours after its world preem at the Sundance Film Festival.
Article: Meet Emily & Sarah Kunstler directors of WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE
Meet Emily & Sarah Kunstler directors of WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE, an official selection in the Documentary Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Article: RUDO Y CURSI reunites Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna
I was licking my chops as I headed into the premiere of Rudo y Cursi–reuniting Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna. And so was the rest of the audience. What talent! This is the very first venture from Cha Cha Cha, the production company formed by Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
Article: Festival Updates Interview : WHY WE LAUGH
Faith Salie interviews WHY WE LAUGH director Robert Townsend and executive producer Jeff Clanagan in the Sundance Channel Studio. Presented by Honda, The Power of Dreams.
Article: Festival Updates Spotlight : Jurors' Breakfast
Festival programmer Trevor Groth discusses the process of jury selection for the Sundance Film Festival.
Article: Festival Updates – Interview: ART AND COPY director Doug Pray
Faith Salie interviews ART AND COPY director Doug Pray with legendary ad man George Lois in the Sundance Channel Studio. Presented by Honda, The Power of Dreams.
Article: Festival Updates – My Premiere: Humpday
Writer/Director Lynn Shelton’s film HUMPDAY, a film participating in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Article: Rachael Yamagata is Not as Sad as She Sounds
Rachael Yamagata A week ago, when I saw the lineup for the Sundance ASCAP Music CafĂ©, I was disappointed but not surprised. The festival, for all its talk of supporting artistic risk in filmmaking, has never showcased particularly challenging musicians. In fact, the most exciting names to appear at the Music CafĂ© in recent years—Patti…
Article: IT MIGHT BE LOUD: No "Might" About It
This afternoon’s screening of IT MIGHT GET LOUD embodied just about everything I love and hate about going to the movies. For starters, the Library Center Theater was arctic cold before the screening began—not because the heat was off, but because the air conditioning was on full blast. No, I’m not joking. I asked a…
Article: TYSON: Less Bitey, More Talky
In this documentary about the troubled (and that’s putting it kindly) former boxing champ, he remains defiant.
Sitting on a living room couch in a blue button-down, Tyson admits to “extracurricular activities” during his marriage with Robin Givens, but then seems only to regret it because he lacked the “skullduggery”—a word he used, to my surprise, appropriately—to avoid getting caught. More after the jump…