It terms of acquisitions, this Sundance Film Fest was one of the better ones in terms of volume (number of titles sold, not necessarily dollar amount) actually it was such a great fest that we've kind of forgotten that not all titles found a suitor.
Shotgun Stories announced the arrival of filmmaker with a command for story, in full control of the temperature and reminded us of others that work with the elements such as his producer David Gordon Green and mentors such as Terrence Malick. We expect plenty of flavor with this film (big studio effects pepper this distinctly indie feature and I'm especially excited about the prospects of Jeff Nichols teaming up with Michael Shannon once again.
Fighting off the selection committees for Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian, artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro unveiled the line-up for the 79th edition of...