Tibet In Song
He was at Middlebury College, on a Fulbright scholarship, studying music and video production. In class he’d seen films about the musical traditions of many countries but never one about his own home, Tibet.
Read More »Renee Fleming and Elvis Costello
I had the good fortune to attend a Renee Fleming recital a few years ago, and it may have been the best musical experience I’ve ever had. The divine American soprano was accompanied by the French pianist Jean Yves Thibaudet, with whom she’d made a recording. Thibaudet was fantastic, and the two of them made [...]
Read More »Chicken Little and the State of Sundance
Such hyperbole was inevitable. For all this talk of hope in American politics, the reality remains that the economy is in worse shape than Mickey Rourke at the end of THE WRESTLER.
Read More »A Night that was Worth the Hype
Maybe because I’d already been to so many Sundance parties, or because I couldn’t imagine the Racquet Club as an awards hall, or because I’m allergic to hype—whatever the reason, I was skeptical about the closing night ceremony.
Read More »Festival Updates Interview: John Cooper, Festival Wrap
Faith Salie speaks with festival director of programming John Cooper about the moving films and the surprising events of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Presented by Honda, The Power of Dreams.
Read More »Festival Updates Spotlight: Fashion with Charlotte Mickie
Faith Salie talks with internation sales agent Charlotte Mickie about the fashion dos and don’ts during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Presented by Honda, The Power of Dreams.
Read More »Festival Updates: The Awards and After Party
The filmmakers, actors, and celebrities come out to congratulate and celebrate all films and participants of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Read More »Festival Updates Interview: Kyle Buchanen of The Advocate
Faith Salie is joined by Kyle Buchanen, a film crictic from The Advocate. They discuss post-queer cinema during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Presented by Honda, The Power of Dreams.
Read More »Festival Updates Interview: Roundtable Wrap Up
Faith Salie interviews sales agent Sarah Lash, producer Ron Yerxa, blogger Anne Thompson, and publicist Wellington Love about the business happenings and film buzz from the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Presented by Honda, The Power of Dreams.
Read More »Festival Updates Spotlight: Bobcat Goldthwait
Faith Salie speaks with director Bobcat Goldthwait and festival attendees on the streets of Park City about his film, WORLD’S GREATEST DAD.
Read More »A Final Note on the New Frontier of Film and Technological Art
On the first day of the festival, I praised the exhibits at New Frontier and promised to return to the subject before Sundance ended. Well, the festival is almost over and, while I haven’t had the chance to view all of the exhibits, there are two that deserve special mention.
Read More »You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide from Skippy
Maybe you’ve seen him loitering on Lower Main or outside the Egyptian, pocket digital in hand, with a bright I SEE FAMOUS PEOPLE t-shirt stretched over his ski jacket and a blue hat reading, “Sexy, Single, Fun. IAMSKIPPY.COM.” Maybe he even handed you a SKIPPY IS TOO HOT TO HANDLE oven mitt.
Read More »Festival Updates Interview: FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN
Faith Salie interviews FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN director Oliver Hirschbiegel and actors Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt in the Sundance Channel Studio. Presented by Honda, The Power of Dreams.
Read More »Festival Updates Spotlight: Documentary
Filmmakers discuss the importance of documentary films in the festival and the refreshing perspectives they reveal as a storytelling medium.
Read More »Festival Updates My Premiere: IN THE LOOP
Writer/director Armando Iannucci’s IN THE LOOP, a film participating in the 2009 Sundance FIlm Festival. It is a comedic satire about American and British relations prior to a major invasion.
Read More »Festival Updates Interview: MOTHERHOOD
Faith Salie speaks with MOTHERHOOD director Katherine Dieckmann and cast members Uma Thurman and Anthony Edwards in the Sundance Channel Studio. Presented by Honda, The Power of Dreams.
Read More »I Finally Walk Out of a Movie
Arlen Faber isn’t just a bestselling author—he’s a worldwide phenomenon. His book Me and God, first published in 1988 and celebrating its twentieth anniversary, is like Tuesdays with Morrie times The Celestine Prophecy times The DaVinci Code (in both sales and vapidity, one presumes).
Read More »Drug-Resistant Staph Found in Midwestern Swine, Workers
IOWA CITY, Iowa, January 23, 2009 (ENS) – The first study documenting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in swine and swine workers in the United States has been published by University of Iowa researchers. The investigators found a strain of MRSA, known as ST398, in a swine production system in the Midwest, according to research published today [...]
Read More »High Ethical Standards Will Rule Interior Department, Salazar Vows
WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2009 (ENS) – The Obama administration’s new Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, has promised that high ethical standards will be the norm at the department that has been plagued with scandals under the Bush administration. In an address to thousands of Interior Department employees Thursday broadcast live by satellite to [...]
Read More »Adventures (and Failures) in Park City Dining
Coming out here to ski for all of those years, I never used to mind that Park City didn’t have great food. Our family would go to the Claimjumper (gone), Texas Red’s (now Bandits), or the Eating Establishment (still blah), and that was good enough of for us. We were in a ski town; we didn’t expect much.
Read More »Loggerhead Sea Turtle Deaths Prompt Lawsuit Threat
GAINESVILLE, Florida, January 23, 2009 (ENS) – A coalition of conservation groups has notified the National Marine Fisheries Service of its intent to file a lawsuit as early as March if the agency does not act immediately to protect imperiled sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. The action comes after fisheries observer data showed [...]
Read More »IFC Gets IN THE LOOP
IFC Films has bought U.S. rights to Armando Iannucci’s comedy “In the Loop” hours before its preem at the Sundance Film Festival.
Read More »Japan Launches World’s First Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite
TOKYO, Japan, January 23, 2009 (ENS) – The first satellite dedicated to monitoring greenhouse gas emissions as part of global efforts to combat climate change was launched into space today from Japan. The IBUKI, which means “breath,” will circle the globe every 100 minutes at an altitude of some 670 kilometers (416 miles) and will [...]
Read More »Award Winners Announced!
Check back at 10:30PM EST to see which films impressed the Jury at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Read More »Festival Updates My Premiere: CRUDE
Director Joe Berlinger’s CRUDE, a film participating in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival about the environmental degradation of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
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