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NYC’s 4th Annual Naughty Auction benefiting the National AIDS Fund

Em and Lo — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:00:44 +0000

If you’re in New York City next Thursday night and want something fun and fabulous to do, go to the 4th annual Naughty Auction benefiting the National AIDS Fund (which leverages resources, develops leadership and advocacy, and fosters community innovation to prevent new HIV infections and care for people living with HIV/AIDS). The party, held [...]

Naked news: C-section predictions, tragic marriage proposals & Bible sex tips

Em and Lo — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:00:22 +0000

Swedish scientists recently discovered a way to help predict whether a mother-to-be will need a C-section. This could save women painful and possibly dangerous hours attempting a doomed vaginal delivery.
Esteban Rojas, one of the thirty-three Chilean miners who has been stuck underground for 20-some-odd-days (and counting), proposed to his long-time girlfriend. The proposal was written on a piece of scrap paper the miner stuck through a small hole in the tumbled rock.

Festival Updates My Premiere: IN THE LOOP

Sundance Channel — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:23:18 +0000

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.

Festival Updates My Premiere: CRUDE

Sundance Channel — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:34:55 +0000

Director Joe Berlinger's CRUDE, a film participating in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival about the environmental degradation of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.

Festival Updates My Premiere: I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS

Sundance Channel — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:50:07 +0000

Directors Glenn Ficarra's and John Requa's I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS, a film participating in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor.

The YES MEN Fix Sundance’s Humor Deficit

Ryan Kearney — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:11:51 +0000

I was especially eager, then, for last night’s premiere of THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD.

Festival Updates My Premiere: THE YES MEN

Sundance Channel — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:23:07 +0000

Writers/directors Mike Bonanno's and Andy Bichlbaum's THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD, a film participating in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Festival Updates My Premiere: James Toback’s TYSON

Sundance Channel — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:50:02 +0000

Writer/director James Toback's TYSON, a film participating in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and a reflective look about and into the life of legendary boxer Mike Tyson.

Festival Updates My Premiere : TAKING CHANCE

Sundance Channel — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:02:16 +0000

Director Ross Katz's film TAKING CHANCE starring Kevin Bacon, a film participating in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Cassidy Loves Moby Premieres on Sundancechannel.com

Sundance Channel — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:01:54 +0000

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.

Festival Updates – My Premiere: Humpday

Sundance Channel — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:00:09 +0000

Writer/Director Lynn Shelton's film HUMPDAY, a film participating in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

IT MIGHT BE LOUD: No “Might” About It

Ryan Kearney — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:09:04 +0000

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 [...]

Festival Updates My Premiere: MARY AND MAX

Sundance Channel — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:53:20 +0000

Follow director Adam Elliot's film MARY AND MAX to the opening night of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Watch the video after the jump...

BROOKLYN’S FINEST: “best film ever made”?

Ryan Kearney — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:50:49 +0000

Question and answer sessions at Sundance are, in theory, a great idea. In practice, not so much—especially those that follow “big” films like BROOKLYN’S FINEST, director Antoine Fuqua’s latest foray into the world of conflicted cops (after TRAINING DAY). Consider what the first questioner said to Fuqua once he took the stage: “First of all [...]

Festival Kickoff: Movies to Watch Out For

Ryan Kearney — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:52:16 +0000

Each January, as the Sundance Film Festival approaches, there’s a mad scramble among journalists and critics to pinpoint something, anything new to differentiate their articles from the ones they wrote last year—and usually they turn to the documentaries for their hook. One year it’s LGBT issues, another year it’s Iraq. This year, the festival’s 25th anniversary (well, since the Sundance Institute took over its management anyway), the popular “news hook” is the environment. By way of evidence, writers point to the number of environmental docs in competition this year: 5 out of 32 total. But I just looked at last year’s film guide and counted three environmental docs. From 3 to 5—not such a dramatic increase, is it?

Musical Interlude

Peter Bowen — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:00:00 +0000

If something goes wrong during your screening, it's always good to have a song in your back pocket. So when John Carney's [www.imdb.com] once ran into projection problems Sunday night, the two leads Glen Hansard [www.imdb.com] and Marketa Irglova [www.imdb.com] took to the stage to entertain the audience as the theater fixed the mechanical problem. How apropos, since ONCE is a musical -- or as director Carney calls it "video album" -- about the musical relationship between Czech immigrant and local Dublin boy. After the projector was fixed and the film played, the duo returned to stage for the Q&A -- and some more songs.