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January 20, 2009

Voynar's Review of Peter and Vandy
Peter and Vandy
, the feature writing and directorial debut by Jay DiPietro, follows the love story of one couple through the ups and downs of their relationship. It sounds simple -- and it is -- but the beauty of this film is in the execution
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Voynar's Short Take of The Winning Season
Feels a bit like The Bad News Bears meets A League of Their Own: a rag-tag, disorganized group of girls who have little chance to win at all, much less have a winning season, pull together to win enough games to qualify to play at sectionals.

Pride At An Indie Obama Inauguration Breakfast

Pride's OnePiece With Three Filmmakers On Future
Plus - Three More


Buzz Report: The Informers Fails to Impress

Voynar's Short Take of Adventureland
Adventureland, the newest feature by Greg Mottola (Superbad), is a fun trip back to the '80s, when glamour-rock, mall hair and blue eyeshadow were cool.

What's the Buzz? The Good, the Bad, the Indifferent

DP/30 With James Toback of Tyson And Ashton Kutcher of Spread

January 19, 2009

The Short Takes: Humpday, Rough Aunties, Lymelife, Thriller in Manila, Mary & Max, The Greatest, Push, Big River Man, Moon, Cold Souls

Day Six of Sundance Preview: Inauguration Day, The Winning Season and Peter & Vandy



 

January 20, 2009

The Winning Season Wins $3 Million-Range North American and UK Deal With Lionsgate

Sony Pictures Picks Up North American And Latin American Rights to An Education in $3m Deal

Goldstein Considers The Melancholic Essence Of Ashton Kutcher's Backend
Ironically, Kutcher’s back end is also one big-ass factor that could be slowing a sale. Back end as in profit participation, that is.

Fox Searchlight Knows From Adam, Nabs Worldwide Rights To Sundance Romance

Humpday Over Sundance Sales Hump with Low-to-Mid Six-Figure Magnolia Deal

January 19, 2009

The Sundance Sales Chart by Gregg Goldstein
Is it crass to reduce the premiere American film festival to a horse race?Absolutely.  But the industry and festgoers have made it an unofficial sport for years. Here’s your handy guide to tracking the buzz.  Right now, as with any Sundance preview, it’s pure speculation, influenced by insider talk and some advance tips.The chart will be updated daily.  As movies screen, what seemed to be one thing on paper can become a completely different thing based on audience, critical, and buyer reaction. May the best films win… and the audiences with them.

 

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