Eric Lavallée

A joust between heartbreak and humor, The Savages boosts strong performances from Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman and offers a varied palette of memorable sequences that aren’t caricatured such as those in her previous outing...

Show us that you Care: Jenkins displays a new found maturity in family drama.

As predicted by yours truly, Michel Gondry will show up once again in Park City this time with the geek comedy preem Be Kind Rewind, while a number of high profile pics such as The Great Buck Howard, What Just Happened? and Diminished Capacity will have buyers lining up the block - the upcoming actors' strike is a reality and this has many mid level indie distributors looking to add to their slate. Up for grabs we also find: The Escapist, The Deal (A director Steven

The New Frontier section is the one section that I normally don't plunge into (and that's a real shame). Call it lack of time, but more like lack of commitment - the films that come out of this section are usually of the groundbreaking kind. I think you need to be in a different headspace to appreciate each and everyone of these - hence why I tend to grab only one or two of these films each year. So far I've got my laser pointed towards Mange Ceci est Mon Corps (pictured above).

Though small, the horror-fantasy flick section packs a punch with notable standouts including Michael Haneke and George A. Romero preeming their latest and Quentin Tarantino making a comeback. I believe it has been a long time since he showed his face here... not since film called Reservoir Dogs. Though he didn't direct the project titled Hell Ride - this collaboration between him and Larry Bishop once again ventures into "homage territory". Serving as a launch pad for Magnolia Pictures, we find the new label Magnet Releasing showcasing of Spanish flick Timecrimes. Here are the rest of the films that will show late in the night