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November 17, 2011First-Rate Fib: Leonard's Debut Is A Strong, Unexpected and Original Gem
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Review: Criterion Collection: Identification of a Woman [Blu-ray]
November 15, 2011"Winner of a special 35th Anniversary Prize at Cannes, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Identification of a Woman from...
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Criterion Collection: Identification of a Woman [Blu-ray] | DVD Review
November 15, 2011"Winner of a special 35th Anniversary Prize at Cannes, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Identification of a Woman from...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky’s Francine
November 14, 2011And for my final pick, I'm thinking that the husband-and-wife filmmaker team of Melanie Shatzky and...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Paul Weitz’s Being Flynn
November 14, 2011While they made several pick-ups at the festival, Focus Features aren't in the habit of premiering...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister
November 14, 2011It played extremely well at the Toronto Int. Festival. and got quickly picked up by IFC...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Alex Gibney’s The Road Back or The Last Gladiators
November 14, 2011A regular at the fest over the years (Enron, Gonzo, Casino Jack, Magic Trip...) I'm thinking...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: James Clauer’s When the World’s on Fire
November 14, 2011His unforgettable, unclassifiable and somewhat off-putting (the animal cruelty aspect) 13-minute short (The Aluminum Fowl) travelled...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s What Maisie Knew
November 14, 2011Scott McGehee and David Siegel got their career starts at the festival with Suture (1993) followe...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Edet Belzberg’s Watchers of the Sky
November 14, 2011Belzberg won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for Children Underground (2001) and...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: M.Blash’s The Wait
November 14, 2011Another title that I pegged as a prediction for last year's fest, but not only did...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Jessica Oreck’s The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga
November 14, 2011Jessica Oreck was at last year's festival with her short film, Venus - but she broke...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Untitled Joe Berlinger Paul Simon Documentary
November 14, 2011Since his 1992 Sundance winning debut Brother's Keeper, Joe Berlinger has been a mainstay with the...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Untitled Mark Webber Drama
November 13, 2011Part of the clan of actors à la Jesse Eisenberg, Lou Pucci Taylor and Paul Dano...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Lucy Mulloy’s Una Noche
November 13, 2011Profiled in our predictions list last year and in our "In the Pipeline" series, I guess...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
November 13, 2011A different kind of DIY model that I'm sure fest programmers appreciate, after building their presence...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Bill & Turner Ross’ Tchoupitoulas
November 13, 2011Bill & Turner Ross' magical documentary debut 45365 premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2009...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Tim Kirkman’s Tan Lines
November 13, 2011It's been a long dry spell of sorts for helmer Tim Kirkman, who presented anything since...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Ben Lewin’s The Surrogate
November 13, 2011I'm thinking of Bardem's perf in The Sea Inside and that there might be some huge...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Amy Seimetz’s Sun Don’t Shine
November 13, 2011Bar none: Amy Seimetz is the hardest working person in the indie biz. At least this...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Brian Dannelly’s Struck by Lightning
November 13, 2011After blasting onto the indie scene with Saved! at the Sundance Film Festival's 2004 edition, helmer...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Alonso Filomeno Mayo’s The Story of Luke
November 13, 2011What's a Sundance Film Festival without Lou Pucci Taylor? I can't remember an edition without his...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Patricia Benoit’s Stones in the Sun
November 13, 2011Known as "Haiti Cherie" back when it was in 2007 Screenwriters and Directors Lab at Sundance,...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Roberto Faenza’s Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
November 12, 2011I'd normally wouldn't associate a veteran Italian filmmaker such as Roberto Faenza with the festival -...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: James Ponsoldt’s Smashed
November 12, 2011An integral part of the indie filmmaking scene, when not contributing to Filmmaker Magazine helmer James...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Jonas Åkerlund’s Small Apartments
November 12, 2011Another item that could end up in the Midnight in Park City section is the book...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Frankie Latina’s Skinny Dip
November 12, 2011What will be a sure fire hit only the fantasy film circuit, Frankie Latina's Skinny Dip...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer
November 12, 2011Could Afterschool filmmaker Antonio Campos decide to plant one of my most anticipated films for 2012...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Nate Meyer’s See Girl Run
November 12, 2011Nate Meyer's 2007 debut Pretty in the Face appeared at the SXSW so the big question...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Michael Mohan’s Save the Date
November 12, 2011Following in the footsteps of a Drake Doremus of going from ultra low budget indie to...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Coley Sohn’s Sassy Pants
November 12, 2011We could have a festival loaded with these kinds of examples...here is one more case of...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Colin Trevorrow’s Safety Not Guaranteed
November 12, 2011An ad that was popularized by Jay Leno's hedlines segment might just be the winning ticket...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Chadd Harbold’s Revenge for Jolly!
November 12, 2011Chadd Harbold got his first taste for the Sundance experience with the 2009 short film, Asshole...
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Interview: José Padilha (Elite Squad 2)
November 11, 2011Padilha starting out in documentaries, with his classic Bus 174, he found another story he wanted...
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Review: Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
November 11, 2011"A follow-up, and sometimes sequel to Jose Padilha’s hit first film, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Phil Dorling’s Predisposed
November 11, 2011If everything works out as planned, it'll be deja-vu for Philip Dorling and Melissa Leo again...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Julia Dyer’s The Playroom
November 11, 2011Having John Hawkes cast in your film doesn't assure a playdate in Park City, but Hawkes...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower
November 11, 2011I'd normally be weary of the results when a novelist gets behind a camera to adapt...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Tim Sutton’s Pavilion
November 11, 2011I've pretty much fallen in love with what Tim Sutton's Pavilion might artistically and visually entail...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Nicholas McCarthy’s The Pact
November 11, 2011Nicholas McCarthy jettisoned between his 2011 Park City shown short film (see trailer here) to an...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Penny Lane and Brian Frye’s Our Nixon
November 11, 2011I'm curious to see what they've found and I'm more curious in seeing how married filmmaking...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Devyn Waitt’s Not Waving But Drowning
November 11, 2011Among the hundreds of hopefuls vying for one of the limited few spots in U.S Dramatic...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Kevin Patrick Connors’ The Normals
November 11, 2011I've lost count of how many items Jess Weixler is attached to in my predictions list...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Ry Russo Young’s Nobody Walks
November 11, 2011A 2010 Sundance Screenwriters Lab selected project with additional support from the Annenberg Film Fellowship Grant...
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2012 Sundance Predictions: Shaul Schwarz’s Narco Cultura
November 11, 2011An award-winning photographer, sometime in 2012 (perhaps not Park City) we should be seeing Shaul Schwarz's...