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2010 Sundance Day 3: John Wells’ The Company Men
While I think Wells' The Company Men will have no problems in getting picked up (it isn't a complete downer and it will draw comparisons to Jason Reitman's film), I'm somewhat surprised that a commentary on corporate downsizing didn't provide more of an emotional whiplash.
Sundance 2010: Interview with Michael Mohan (One Too Many Mornings)
I also made popcorn up at the Directors and Screenwriters Labs. This was probably the best job any aspiring filmmaker could have - it was like auditing the most progressive and exclusive grad school. I was able to sit in on every advisor meeting, I was right there observing the development of some incredible filmmakers.
Sundance 2010: David Michod’s Animal Kingdom
Today must have been a fairly special day for David Michod -- the filmmaker saw two of his works receive their world preem debuts. First Hesher was shown midday (he receives a co-screenwriter cred) and he directed my most anticipated film in Animal Kingdom - a crime drama that only confirms what I discovered with in his shorts films: we've got a major talent on our hands from Down Under.
Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life is the Most Anticipated Films of 2010!
I've yet to know if this is two films (what's the deal with the IMAX rumor?)...which would only be an added bonus, but from what I do know, this is an ambitious, all encompassing project with major talents working side by side Malick in Alexandre Desplat (score) and Emmanuel Lubezki (cinematography).
Sundance 2010: Spencer Susser’s Hesher
A downright delicious, dark film that is equal parts comedy and drama, this throws a molotov cocktail to your standard film that deals with sorrow and grief -- at first I was thinking that Spencer Susser's Hesher was set to describe the bully rapport between victimizer and victim, but it plunges its set of characters on this uneasy course of mayhem and destabilization....
