Gary Dretzka
Leonard Klady
David Poland
Ray Pride

 







 

Day Ten

Is it a coincidence that of the fifteen awards given out to features on Saturday night, only two (one being an audience award) went to films that got picked up for theatrical release at the festival and one more went to a film that is likely to get a theatrical deal shortly?

Welcome to the wonderful conundrum of Sundance.


by David Poland

Day Eight | Day Six | Day Five | Day Four | Day Three
Day Two
| Day One

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Reminiscent of such canonical films as Blow Up and Lost Highway, November is a totally engrossing exercise in temporal narrative, memory, and the powerful reality of images
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November
The Woodsman
The Machinist

The Hunting of A President
Deadline
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
The Garden State

 

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Born Into Brothels
Director:
Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski
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The government is comfortable - off the record, of course - with the brothels, which serve as a release valve for the rather uptight community. The brothel owners want to keep their businesses going. And the children born into that world rarely get a chance to see anything beyond that world, so they naturally acclimate to their surroundings.
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Open Water
Edge of America

Neverland: Rise & Fall of the SLA
Investigation Into The Invisible World
Overnight
Dig!
Garden State
Riding Giants
Dirty Work
Los Angeles Plays Itself

Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster
Bright Young Things

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by Ray Pride

Sketches From Sundance

I am fascinated by Mike Hodges’ I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, a steely masterpiece of mood and madness, but that’s a whole other cup of hemlock. Clive Owen holds the screen like Sean Connery and Cary Grant combined. And Hodges’ work has a brutal sentimentality, man as beast: cross my family, cross my friends, I cross you out. Cross my enemies? Give me a ring and I’ll help.
D

January 18

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The Hunting Of A President

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Photo Gallery:The Machinist
New Previews:Eulogy
........................I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
New Reviews: Open Water, Born Into Brothels
Trailers: Eulogy, The Clearing

The Reagan Era Babies

Redford Can't Even Wait For Sundance To End To Go To Cuba To Show The Motorcycle Diaries To The Surviving Traveler

Wrapping Up Sundance ..
Richard Roeper
David Ansen
Kevin Williamson

AO Scott And The Semantics Of Indie

The Connection Between Real Life And Sundance Can Be Tenuous

Sundance Award Winners
Audience, Doc - Born Into Brothels
Audience, Feature - Maria Full Of Grace
Jury Award, Doc - Dig!
Jury Award, Feature - Primer
Waldo Salt Screenwriter Award - Larry Gross, We Don't Live Here Anymore
Directing, Doc - Super Size Me
Directing, Feature - Down To The Bone

Outtakes From Sundance

First Look Picks Up September Tapes

Confessions Of A Rosenberg Grandchild

Slamdance Winners Announced
Best Narrative - Homework
Best Documentary - Monster Road
Did You Know? - Sundance Title The Woodsman Won Best Screenplay Award Competition at Slamdance Last Year

Caro's Sundance

The Art Of Crashing At Sundance

Havrilesky's Salon Sundance Diary
Sundancing Cheek To Cheek
Look Ma! No Mechanical Shark!
Heather Meets The Dude
She Likes to Watch Movies Too

Kevin Smith Stands Up For Harvey

Sundance And Patty Hearst

Zooey Dancing In The Spotlight

Early Sundance Wrap From Across The Pond

A Lonely Film Buff And A Silent Love

Saw Is An Australian Fairytale

The Politics And The Parties And The Posers

B. Ruby Rich Finds A New Sundance. A Really Likable Sundance.

A Sundance Postcard From Zach Branff

Sundance: Newmarket Gets The Woodsman

Waxman On The Second Wave Of Sundance Thinking... "Feeding Frenzy" Talk Turns To "They Overpaid" Accusations

Sundance: Fine Line To Acquire Maria Full Of Grace - HBO-Made Movie, But Not In Regular Output Deal, Which Doesn't Include Foreign Lanugage Product

Sony Classics, Known For Their Sense Of Humor, PIcks Up Gay Comedy, Touch Of Pink

"Mr. Skin" Goes To Sundance

Farmingville Strikes A Nerve

SPC's Non-Sundance Acquisition

IFC Picks Up The Flag For CSA: The Confederate States of America

Sundance Diary: Mixing Sundance & Family

Take The Shorts Road To Success

The Sundance Reality Show

Sundance Flash: Warner Indie's First Buy - We Don't Live Here Anymore

It's The Saddest Music In The World.

Diets & Fast Food The Sundance Way

The "New Black Film" At Sundance

The Woodsman: Great Movie. Hard Sell.

From Sundance: The Woodsman In Heavy Play
*Festival Late-Bloomer & Likely Award-Winner Speak Premieres
**Also Humming - Super Size Me, The Machinist, Easy And We Don't Live Here Anymore

Heir To An Execution: Reclaiming The Family Name

Motorcycle Diaries The Talk Of The Town

Budget: $220 - Result: Priceless

Taking Che To Cuba

Newsweek Investigates The Curse Of The Blair Witch

Roger Friedman Finds Other Divas At Sundance

The Death Penalty, A Governor And A Deadline

Not Quite A Butterfly In The Snow

Project Greenlight Goes To Sundance And Aims For More Commercial Fare

The Unsung Heroes: And They Do It For Free

The Return Of Jane Fonda

Sometimes It's Not About The Movies

Sharon Waxman's Look At A Subdued Sundance So Far

Acquisitions So Far:
Miramax/Searchlight: Garden State
Searchlight: Napolean Dynamite
Focus: Motorcycle Diaries
Lions Gate: Open Water
Sony Classics: Riding Giants

From Book To Screen

Big Names In The Snow

Wake Up And Smell The DVDs

Zack Branff's Postcard From Sundance

Sundance First: Miramax And Fox Searchlight Jointly Acquire Garden State And Searchlight Picks Up Napolean Dynamite

Sundance: Lions Gate Closes First Deal On Paper With Open Water @ 11am Sunday
*SPC Wins Battle For Riding Giants
**Motorcycle Diaries Bought By Focus - $4 million, US Only (No Canada)

What's In A Name?

"I don't want to become the statesman for independent film; I don't want to be the grandfather of independent film."

Women Are Getting Heard

Riding Giants Of The Waves

First Timing Sundance

Hollywood Reporters Hot Picks

Glenn Lovell's Sundance Interests

The Man Who Would Become Che Guevera

Canada Sends 18 Films To Park City

Sundance Music Festival

Angst In The Snow

The Rise of the Documentary

Slamdance Turns Ten

Can't Get To Park City? Check Out The Online Sundance Film Fest

Riding Giants In Park City

Darwin, Evolution And Sundance

Biskind Is The Sundance Buzz

First Of Many "Industry Rudeness At Sundance" Stories
The Morning Ray
Obnoxiousness At Classy Joints

The Ultimate Symbol Of What's Gone Wrong At Sundance - The DNC's $1000 A Person Fundraiser... Just $250 For Poor Festival Filmmakers - Money Or Politics? Art Or Commerce? Have It Both Ways!!!

David Lynch Film Hits Park City Out Of Festival, But On A DVD That Self-Destructs - The Film's Trailer

Massage & A New 'Do And Maybe A Movie When You're Done

Going To Sundance On Your Cell Phone @ Starbucks

Cashmire Underwear Is The New Trucker's Hat

A Near Preview Of The Fest

The Queer Lounge

The $218.32 Sundance Movie

ScrabbleBound

Salt Lake City Tribune
Sundance Package - Redford / Docs /
Ticketing / Salt Lake Expansion



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