Frank Sinatra shines in a story of police corruption that tries to say it like it is -- or like it was in 1968, just before the ratings system came in. The well-intentioned, suspenseful story is burdened by odd censor choices, Sinatra's conservative self-image, and rudely retrograde attitudes toward gays. In a sparkling new transfer with Jerry Goldsmith's jazzy score isolated on its own track. The Detective Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 1968 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 114 min. / Ship Date December 8, 2015 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jacqueline Bisset, William Windom, Al Freeman Jr., Tony Musante, Lloyd Bochner, Robert Duvall, Horace McMahon Cinematography Joseph F. Biroc Art Direction William J. Creber, Jack Martin Smith Film Editor Robert L. Simpson Original Music Jerry Goldsmith Written by Abby Mann from a novel by Roderick Thorpe Produced by Aaron Rosenberg Directed by Gordon Douglas
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson...
- 12/30/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
When a documentarian is making a film about one of the most recognized figures of the past century, he or she has a few approaches to avoid repeating the same biographical points. They can structure the non-fiction film around a unique moment in that person’s life, moving from a centerpiece to fill in the historical dots that made this figure so essential. Another method would be to go for breadth, covering a wide spectrum of aspects of this person’s life to tell the most comprehensive story one can.
With Sinatra: All or Nothing At All, Alex Gibney attempts to do both, aiming for specificity and sprawl, and the results do not always work. Frank Sinatra is certainly a captivating performer with a long and varied career. However, as an artist whose life and times are so well encompassed in other films and books, was a two-part HBO doc...
With Sinatra: All or Nothing At All, Alex Gibney attempts to do both, aiming for specificity and sprawl, and the results do not always work. Frank Sinatra is certainly a captivating performer with a long and varied career. However, as an artist whose life and times are so well encompassed in other films and books, was a two-part HBO doc...
- 4/4/2015
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
And so, the gloves are on - along with the furry hat, snow boots and multiple layers- for this year's Sundance Film Festival, not forgetting the fringe festival Slamdance. For 10 days a small corner of Utah, half way up a mountain will become the centre of attention for indie film lovers everywhere.
Last year boasted a particularly strong line-up with Beasts Of The Southern Wild, The Sessions, 5 Broken Cameras, The Invisible War, Searching For Sugarman and The House I Live In all going on to be nominated for this year's Oscars.
As ever, there is buzz about this and hype about that but until the films have their premieres, who is really to know? And that is the beauty of Sundance, where you might as well pick the films you are going to see based on what you fancy/directors or crew members you've liked the previous work of than.
Last year boasted a particularly strong line-up with Beasts Of The Southern Wild, The Sessions, 5 Broken Cameras, The Invisible War, Searching For Sugarman and The House I Live In all going on to be nominated for this year's Oscars.
As ever, there is buzz about this and hype about that but until the films have their premieres, who is really to know? And that is the beauty of Sundance, where you might as well pick the films you are going to see based on what you fancy/directors or crew members you've liked the previous work of than.
- 1/17/2013
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The 85th Academy Awards nominations are to be announced at roughly 1:30Pm GMT today, and naturally, the Internet has been abuzz with predictions over who is going to be nominated; who will secure their place in film history, who will be epically snubbed, and who will shock us all by ending up on cinema’s most prestigious list? I’ve been following the awards circuit all year – and have seen practically every film nominated in every category – so I’ve decided to chime in with my predictions as to what will and won’t show up during the announcement that’s just a few short hours away.
Inevitably, some big hitters will swing and miss, and some indie darlings will surprise the world, and in 2 hours’ time, we’ll have all the answers.
Best Picture
Nominees (in order of likelihood):
Argo
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Life of Pi...
Inevitably, some big hitters will swing and miss, and some indie darlings will surprise the world, and in 2 hours’ time, we’ll have all the answers.
Best Picture
Nominees (in order of likelihood):
Argo
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Life of Pi...
- 1/10/2013
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Doc Talk is a biweekly column devoted to documentary cinema, typically featuring an essay concentrated on a currently relevant topic for discussion followed by critic picks for new theatrical and home video releases. This week we review the year in documentary to find the best nonfiction films. It's common for critics to split up their end of year lists so they don't have to compare fiction and nonfiction films. But even within the category of documentary it's difficult to pit titles against one another. There are too many genres and too many styles, and you just shouldn't rank movies as diverse as, say, This Is Not a Film, The Imposter, Only the Young, The House I Live In and Samsara, all of which I've previously numbered in that order as my...
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- 12/27/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Anne Thompson and Toh! writers Sophia Savage, Beth Hanna, Matt Mueller, Matt Brennan, Meredith Brody and more share their Top Ten Films of 2012. While there are such shared likes as "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Moonrise Kingdom," "Argo," "Zero Dark Thirty," "Amour," "Lincoln" and "Flight," we also hail "The Grey," "Wuthering Heights," "End of Watch," "The House I Live In," "The Hunger Games," "Your Sister's Sister" and "Rust and Bone." Thompson also reveals her top ten on Oscar Talk here. Check out our lists and share yours in the comments. Here's to a great year in film. Anne Thompson 1. "Life of Pi" Taiwan-born Ang Lee, more than any director working today, is a filmmaker for the world. His three great love stories -- martial arts romance "Crouching Tiger, Hidden...
- 12/20/2012
- by TOH!
- Thompson on Hollywood
Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" won the Best Picture award at the annual African-American Film Critics' Association awards. But the Best Director trophy went to Ben Affleck for "Argo." Ava DuVernay's "Middle of Nowhere" was the film which received the most awards, however, winning Best Actress (Emayatzy Corinealdi), Screenplay, Independent Film, and Music.
Here's the complete winners list of the 2012 African-American Film Critics' Association awards. For winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Best Picture: "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Director: Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Best Actress: Emayatzy Corinealdi, "Middle of Nowhere"
Best Actor: Denzel Washington, "Flight"
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Best Supporting Actor: Nate Parker, "Arbitrage"
Best Screenplay: Ava DuVernay, "Middle of Nowhere"
Best Foreign Language Film: "The Intouchables"
Best Documentary: (tie) "The House I Live In" and "Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution"
Best Animated Feature: "Rise of the Guardians"
Best Independent Film: "Middle of Nowhere...
Here's the complete winners list of the 2012 African-American Film Critics' Association awards. For winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Best Picture: "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Director: Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Best Actress: Emayatzy Corinealdi, "Middle of Nowhere"
Best Actor: Denzel Washington, "Flight"
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Best Supporting Actor: Nate Parker, "Arbitrage"
Best Screenplay: Ava DuVernay, "Middle of Nowhere"
Best Foreign Language Film: "The Intouchables"
Best Documentary: (tie) "The House I Live In" and "Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution"
Best Animated Feature: "Rise of the Guardians"
Best Independent Film: "Middle of Nowhere...
- 12/18/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Detroit Film Critics Society has chosen David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" as the best picture of the year in their annual movie awards. The film also won Best Director, Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence), Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert De Niro. Anne Hathaway scored another award for Best Supporting Actress for "Les Miserables."
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2012 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards. For other winners/nominees of award-giving bodies this Awards Season, click here:
The 2012 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
Best Film
Winner: Silver Linings Playbook
Argo
The Impossible
Take This Waltz
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director
Winner: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck, Argo
Juan Antonio Bayona, The Impossible
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Sarah Polley, Take This Waltz
Best Actor
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Bill Murray,...
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2012 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards. For other winners/nominees of award-giving bodies this Awards Season, click here:
The 2012 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
Best Film
Winner: Silver Linings Playbook
Argo
The Impossible
Take This Waltz
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director
Winner: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck, Argo
Juan Antonio Bayona, The Impossible
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Sarah Polley, Take This Waltz
Best Actor
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Bill Murray,...
- 12/18/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The African-American Film Critics' Association gave Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" their told award, while Ava DuVernay's "Middle of Nowhere" won the most awards overall (best actress, screenplay, independent film, music). Full list of winners below. Check out all the awards so far this season here. Best Picture: "Zero Dark Thirty" Best Director: Ben Affleck, "Argo" Best Actress: Emayatzy Corinealdi, "Middle of Nowhere" Best Actor: Denzel Washington, "Flight" Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, "Lincoln" Best Supporting Actor: Nate Parker, "Arbitrage" Best Screenplay: Ava DuVernay, "Middle of Nowhere" Best Foreign Language Film: "The Intouchables" Best Documentary: (tie) "The House I Live In" and "Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution" Best Animated Feature:...
- 12/18/2012
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
By Joey Magidson
Film Contributor
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It’s been said that there’s more than one way to skin a cat (though I’d prefer it if everyone just stopped doing that altogether), and the same goes for launching an Oscar contender. Perhaps the most prestigious way to do so is an unveiling at a film festival. It’s a glamorous decision, even if it’s not always a winning one.
While it’s true that some Oscar hopefuls, mainly from the studios, opt to skip the festival route altogether, most contenders do launch themselves somewhere. And there’s a festival for each type of film. Whether it’s during Sundance, Tribeca, Berlin, Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, Venice or New York, plenty of potential awards players sink or swim starting at one of those festivals each year.
2012 is no exception, of course, with very few contenders skipping the festival circuit. The highest...
Film Contributor
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It’s been said that there’s more than one way to skin a cat (though I’d prefer it if everyone just stopped doing that altogether), and the same goes for launching an Oscar contender. Perhaps the most prestigious way to do so is an unveiling at a film festival. It’s a glamorous decision, even if it’s not always a winning one.
While it’s true that some Oscar hopefuls, mainly from the studios, opt to skip the festival route altogether, most contenders do launch themselves somewhere. And there’s a festival for each type of film. Whether it’s during Sundance, Tribeca, Berlin, Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, Venice or New York, plenty of potential awards players sink or swim starting at one of those festivals each year.
2012 is no exception, of course, with very few contenders skipping the festival circuit. The highest...
- 12/10/2012
- by Joey Magidson
- Scott Feinberg
Los Angeles — The anti-bullying film "Bully," the climate-change study "Chasing Ice" and the AIDS chronicle "How to Survive a Plague" are among 15 features on the short list for the Academy Award for best documentary.
Other contenders announced Monday are the Ethel Kennedy documentary "Ethel," the health care exploration "The Waiting Room" and the music portrait "Searching for Sugar Man," tracing the fate of acclaimed but obscure 1970s singer-songwriter Rodriguez.
The other documentaries are "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," "Detropia," "5 Broken Cameras," "The Gatekeepers," "The House I Live In," "The Imposter," "The Invisible War," "Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God" and "This Is Not a Film."
Members of the academy's documentary branch will narrow the list to five nominees. Nominations come out Jan. 10, with the Oscar show following on Feb. 24.
Other contenders announced Monday are the Ethel Kennedy documentary "Ethel," the health care exploration "The Waiting Room" and the music portrait "Searching for Sugar Man," tracing the fate of acclaimed but obscure 1970s singer-songwriter Rodriguez.
The other documentaries are "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," "Detropia," "5 Broken Cameras," "The Gatekeepers," "The House I Live In," "The Imposter," "The Invisible War," "Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God" and "This Is Not a Film."
Members of the academy's documentary branch will narrow the list to five nominees. Nominations come out Jan. 10, with the Oscar show following on Feb. 24.
- 12/4/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards®. One hundred twenty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,Never Sorry LLC Bully, The Bully Project LLC Chasing Ice, Exposure Detropia, Loki Films Ethel, Moxie Firecracker Films 5 Broken Cameras, Guy DVD Films The Gatekeepers, Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil The House I Live In, Charlotte ...
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,Never Sorry LLC Bully, The Bully Project LLC Chasing Ice, Exposure Detropia, Loki Films Ethel, Moxie Firecracker Films 5 Broken Cameras, Guy DVD Films The Gatekeepers, Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil The House I Live In, Charlotte ...
- 12/4/2012
- by IDA Editorial Staff
- International Documentary Association
Nyfcc Awards
The New York Film Critics Circle have just announced their annual awards, one of the most important non-guild awards on the circuit. After the usual fist fights, twitter craziness and needlessly drawn out balloting process, here's the complete list of winners.
Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" and Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" proved the big winners. Zdt won Best Film after numerous voting rounds put it ahead of "Argo" in second and "The Master" in third.
Best Film: "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Non-fiction Film: "The Central Park Five"
Best Animated Film: "Frankenweenie"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Amour"
Best First Feature: "How To Survive a Plague"
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln"
Best Actress: Rachel Weisz for "The Deep Blue Sea"
Best Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey for "Magic Mike" & "Bernie"
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field for "Lincoln"
Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner...
The New York Film Critics Circle have just announced their annual awards, one of the most important non-guild awards on the circuit. After the usual fist fights, twitter craziness and needlessly drawn out balloting process, here's the complete list of winners.
Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" and Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" proved the big winners. Zdt won Best Film after numerous voting rounds put it ahead of "Argo" in second and "The Master" in third.
Best Film: "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Non-fiction Film: "The Central Park Five"
Best Animated Film: "Frankenweenie"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Amour"
Best First Feature: "How To Survive a Plague"
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln"
Best Actress: Rachel Weisz for "The Deep Blue Sea"
Best Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey for "Magic Mike" & "Bernie"
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field for "Lincoln"
Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner...
- 12/4/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Academy Awards are still a long way off, but the recent Gotham Awards, the Spirit Award nominations, today’s New York Film Critics Circle Awards and now the Oscar doc longlist mean that awards season is truly kicking into gear. The 15 docs still in Academy Award contention are: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Never Sorry LLC Bully, The Bully Project LLC Chasing Ice, Exposure Detropia, Loki Films Ethel, Moxie Firecracker Films 5 Broken Cameras, Guy DVD Films The Gatekeepers, Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil The House I Live In, Charlotte Street Films, LLC How to Survive a …...
- 12/3/2012
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
As is their wont, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the fifteen documentary titles that round out their shortlist for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. The newly-announced titles will now “advance in the voting process” in order to whittle the list down to the requisite five final nominees. In short terms, one of the fifteen films listed below is an Oscar winner in the making. Exciting! Still more exciting? Looks like our own Chris Campbell’s hypothesis that Searching for Sugar Man is a guaranteed lock for a nomination is inching ever-closer to fruition. Victory! The fifteen titles that make up the shortlist are as follows (listed alphabetically, per the Academy): Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Bully, Chasing Ice, Detropia, Ethel, 5 Broken Cameras, The Gatekeepers, The House I Live In, How to Survive a Plague, The Imposter, The Invisible War, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Searching for Sugar Man...
- 12/3/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Another day, another spate of movies advancing in the Oscar race for 2013.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday announced that 15 documentary features — including highly touted anti-bullying film Bully, How to Survive a Plague, about AIDS activism, Searching for Sugar Man, about the search for an elusive 1970s rock musician, and The Invisible War, about sexual assault within the U.S. military — will advance in the voting process for next year’s 85th annual Academy Awards, whittled down from 126 qualifying movies.
From those 15, documentary branch members of the Academy will choose five as official nominees. Oscar nominations...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday announced that 15 documentary features — including highly touted anti-bullying film Bully, How to Survive a Plague, about AIDS activism, Searching for Sugar Man, about the search for an elusive 1970s rock musician, and The Invisible War, about sexual assault within the U.S. military — will advance in the voting process for next year’s 85th annual Academy Awards, whittled down from 126 qualifying movies.
From those 15, documentary branch members of the Academy will choose five as official nominees. Oscar nominations...
- 12/3/2012
- by Solvej Schou
- EW - Inside Movies
Searching for Sugar Man
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards®. One hundred twenty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category.
First off, here what’s missing:
Amy Berg’s West Of Memphis, Central Park Five (winner of the Nyfcc Best Documentary), and Lauren Greenfield’s Queen Of Versailles. It was a great year for Docs, but its sad that these three are off the shortlist.
Below are the 15 in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
”Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,” Never Sorry LLC
”Bully,” The Bully Project LLC
”Chasing Ice,” Exposure
”Detropia,” Loki Films
”Ethel,” Moxie Firecracker Films
”5 Broken Cameras,” Guy DVD Films
”The Gatekeepers,” Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil
”The House I Live In,” Charlotte Street Films, LLC
”How to Survive a Plague,...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards®. One hundred twenty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category.
First off, here what’s missing:
Amy Berg’s West Of Memphis, Central Park Five (winner of the Nyfcc Best Documentary), and Lauren Greenfield’s Queen Of Versailles. It was a great year for Docs, but its sad that these three are off the shortlist.
Below are the 15 in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
”Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,” Never Sorry LLC
”Bully,” The Bully Project LLC
”Chasing Ice,” Exposure
”Detropia,” Loki Films
”Ethel,” Moxie Firecracker Films
”5 Broken Cameras,” Guy DVD Films
”The Gatekeepers,” Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil
”The House I Live In,” Charlotte Street Films, LLC
”How to Survive a Plague,...
- 12/3/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 15 films in the ever-controversial Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards. A whopping 126 pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," Never Sorry LLC "Bully," The Bully Project LLC "Chasing Ice," Exposure "Detropia," Loki Films "Ethel," Moxie Firecracker Films "5 Broken Cameras," Guy DVD Films "The Gatekeepers," Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil "The House I Live In," Charlotte Street Films, LLC "How to Survive a Plague," How to Survive a Plague LLC "The...
- 12/3/2012
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
I have seen six of the 15 films that have made the Academy's shortlist of 15 films that will compete for Best Documentary at the 2013 Oscars, but I am extremely surprised to see neither The Central Park Five or West of Memphis didn't make it, particularly the former, which was named Best Documentary just this morning by the New York Film Critics. Personally, of the documentaries I've seen this year, Central Park Five is one of my favorite, though the chronicling of the AIDS/HIV epidemic in How to Survive a Plague and the change of policy instituted as a result of The Invisible War are definitely worthy of note as well. Two additional docs that will also be among my favorites of the year, that didn't make the shortlist, include the wordless Samsara, which needs to be seen on the largest screen possible to truly be appreciated, and Side by Side,...
- 12/3/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards. One hundred twenty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry , Never Sorry LLC Bully , The Bully Project LLC Chasing Ice , Exposure Detropia , Loki Films Ethel , Moxie Firecracker Films 5 Broken Cameras , Guy DVD Films The Gatekeepers , Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil The House I Live In , Charlotte Street Films, LLC How to Survive a Plague , How to Survive a Plague LLC The Imposter , Imposter Pictures Ltd. The Invisible War , Chain...
- 12/3/2012
- Comingsoon.net
The followup to 2009's surprise hit Nativity! enjoys a straightforward delivery, holding off competition from Silver Linings Playbook, Gambit and End of Watch
The winner
It may not have been a hit with the nation's critics, but Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! proved comfortably the top new release at the UK weekend box-office, beating bigger-budget offerings starring Hollywood A-listers Cameron Diaz, Bradley Cooper and Jake Gyllenhaal. With an impressive opening of £1.61m, that's more than double the debut of the original Nativity! (£794,000) three years ago. Nativity! went on to accumulate £5.2m during its 2009 run, 6.5 times its opening, thanks to positive word-of-mouth among its target audience of families, and the natural tendency of Christmas-themed movies to sustain and build as the holiday approaches. A similar multiple would deliver a total above £10m for Nativity 2.
Debbie Isitt's original Nativity! flew relatively under the radar – the big festive movie...
The winner
It may not have been a hit with the nation's critics, but Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! proved comfortably the top new release at the UK weekend box-office, beating bigger-budget offerings starring Hollywood A-listers Cameron Diaz, Bradley Cooper and Jake Gyllenhaal. With an impressive opening of £1.61m, that's more than double the debut of the original Nativity! (£794,000) three years ago. Nativity! went on to accumulate £5.2m during its 2009 run, 6.5 times its opening, thanks to positive word-of-mouth among its target audience of families, and the natural tendency of Christmas-themed movies to sustain and build as the holiday approaches. A similar multiple would deliver a total above £10m for Nativity 2.
Debbie Isitt's original Nativity! flew relatively under the radar – the big festive movie...
- 11/27/2012
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Amour | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Mental | Up There | Hit So Hard | Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet | Happy Happy | The Pool | Son Of Sardar
Amour (12A)
(Michael Haneke, 2012, Aus/Fra/Ger) Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, 127 mins
Most romantic stories are beginnings; this is the endgame – the "till death us do part", as experienced by a cultured, elderly French couple after the wife's stroke. Call it a last slow dance in Paris. Watching body, mind and possibly love slowly diminish in their claustrophobic apartment, Haneke's gaze is stately and unflinching. However, there's also a slight remove, making this less emotional than you'd expect but rich in deeper themes.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (12A)
(Bill Condon, 2012, Us) Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner. 115 mins
The love/hate teenage supernatural saga comes to a spectacular/preposterous climax, for better or worse. Bella's enjoyment of her newfound vampire skills is dented...
Amour (12A)
(Michael Haneke, 2012, Aus/Fra/Ger) Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, 127 mins
Most romantic stories are beginnings; this is the endgame – the "till death us do part", as experienced by a cultured, elderly French couple after the wife's stroke. Call it a last slow dance in Paris. Watching body, mind and possibly love slowly diminish in their claustrophobic apartment, Haneke's gaze is stately and unflinching. However, there's also a slight remove, making this less emotional than you'd expect but rich in deeper themes.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (12A)
(Bill Condon, 2012, Us) Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner. 115 mins
The love/hate teenage supernatural saga comes to a spectacular/preposterous climax, for better or worse. Bella's enjoyment of her newfound vampire skills is dented...
- 11/17/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Last night, at a special event in conjunction with the AFI Fest, the nominees for the 2013 Cinema Eye Honors were announced. And once again, the titles contending for the ten feature categories, all of which focus solely on nonfiction films (to make up for the Oscars’ minimal recognition), represent the year’s best in documentaries. As someone who professionally concentrates on docs elsewhere, I tend to feel kinda useless or redundant when Cinema Eye names its nominees, because now when someone asks me what’s great this year I can just point to their list of 31 features. Of course, some of these films are only up for specific honors, like those for original music score and graphic design, and may not be quite as necessary as the six up for the top award or the 10 nominated for the Audience Choice Prize (which sadly, for publicity-sake, lacks a Justin Bieber movie like last year). Also, I...
- 11/3/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Following the success of the first-ever Sundance London film and music festival this past April, the event will return in 2013 and 2014 to the British capital's famous martian-like venue, the O2. Sundance London 2013 will be take place April 25-28, with passes and tickets going on sale November 9 here. Much like the Park City fest, the London iteration focuses on presenting new work by American independent filmmakers, but to British audiences. The debut 2012 edition screened 27 films, including 14 exports from Park City, among them Lauren Greenfield's "The Queen of Versailles," Andrew Jarecki's "The House I Live In," Ry Russo-Young's "Nobody Walks," Julie Delpy's "Two Days in New York" and So Yong Kim's "For Ellen." ...
- 10/22/2012
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Brad Pitt is pretty confident -- even though his days of drug use are Long Gone, he thinks could land in any city, at anytime and score some dope ... just give him 24 hrs. Pitt is promoting a new film he executive produced called "The House I live in," a documentary that takes a hard look at the war on drugs, which Pitt believes is floundering. According to The Huffington Post, Pitt introduced a screening of...
- 10/13/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Following two weeks with outstanding new limited openings of anticipated Toronto premieres, this week offered only one new opening -- Film Arcade's "The Other Dream Team" -- with any traction in the market. At least ten other films opening in significant specialized theaters didn't even report grosses, suggesting very little business. Meanwhile, the wider marketplace has several outstanding films competing for adults ($32 million gross total in the top ten for three acclaimed films with smart-house appeal), plus "Arbitrage," which is still going strong. But the low grosses for most of the new openings were more a factor of their limited draw than their competition. Although several significant films are opening in the next few weeks ("The Paperboy," "The House I Live In," "The Sessions") it seems likely that September's specialized openings could wind up performing better than October's --which is...
- 9/30/2012
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Thompson on Hollywood
The World Before Her, Sujata, I.D. and Mumbai’s King (Mumbai Cha Raja) are selected for the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. The festival will be held from 11th – 20th October, 2012.
The World Before Her by Nisha Pahuja will make its Gulf premier under the Documentary Competition section of the festival. The film competes with noted documenatries like The House I Live In (Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2012 and the Honorable Mention Award at the Silverdocs Documentary Festival 2012), Meanwhile in Mamelodi ( 2nd place for the Golden Gate Award at San Francisco International Film Festival 2012) and Anton’s Right Here (Silver Mouse at Venice Film Festival 2012).
The foreign films from under this category will compete for Black Pearl Award, Special Jury Award and the Best New Director Award.
Sujata by Shlok Sharma will make its Gulf Premier under the Short Film Competition. The Centrifuge Brain Project that has won 10 awards so far,...
The World Before Her by Nisha Pahuja will make its Gulf premier under the Documentary Competition section of the festival. The film competes with noted documenatries like The House I Live In (Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2012 and the Honorable Mention Award at the Silverdocs Documentary Festival 2012), Meanwhile in Mamelodi ( 2nd place for the Golden Gate Award at San Francisco International Film Festival 2012) and Anton’s Right Here (Silver Mouse at Venice Film Festival 2012).
The foreign films from under this category will compete for Black Pearl Award, Special Jury Award and the Best New Director Award.
Sujata by Shlok Sharma will make its Gulf Premier under the Short Film Competition. The Centrifuge Brain Project that has won 10 awards so far,...
- 9/25/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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With production on the big-screen adaptation of Cassandra Clare's "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" in full swing, it was only a matter of time before we peeped the young cast — smiling angelically, of course — in an official photo. And, look! Here it is, courtesy of Hollywood Crush.
Bradley Cooper is handsome, talented, successful ... and has been sober since he was 29 years old. The star of "The Words" talks about leaving his wild days behind him in an candid interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Given the time-honored "go ugly, win an Oscar" strategy, a handful of surprising makeovers is to be expected during the fall movie season. This year, however, Vulture has notices that the various experiments have come together in one dominating trend: bad, or at least questionable, hair.
The Toronto Film...
With production on the big-screen adaptation of Cassandra Clare's "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" in full swing, it was only a matter of time before we peeped the young cast — smiling angelically, of course — in an official photo. And, look! Here it is, courtesy of Hollywood Crush.
Bradley Cooper is handsome, talented, successful ... and has been sober since he was 29 years old. The star of "The Words" talks about leaving his wild days behind him in an candid interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Given the time-honored "go ugly, win an Oscar" strategy, a handful of surprising makeovers is to be expected during the fall movie season. This year, however, Vulture has notices that the various experiments have come together in one dominating trend: bad, or at least questionable, hair.
The Toronto Film...
- 9/7/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
View before you vote. That is the message that digital indie-film distributor SnagFilms and artist Shepard Fairey hope to hammer home to all politics and film junkies in the lead-up to the presidential election in November. With a goal of helping Americans educate themselves on the biggest issues facing the candidates and their constituents, SnagFilms has launched Snag the Vote 2012, a comprehensive online film festival of award-winning documentaries that can be streamed for free through Election Day. “The recent naming of a Republican Vice Presidential nominee led both campaigns to declare this to be an election about ideas — and like every American, we hope so,” said SnagFilms CEO Rick Allen. “Snag the Vote 2012 brings the election’s big issues to life in the most compelling and thoughtful way — with great films from noted directors.” Read More: SnagFilms Acquires Award-Winning Docs 'The House I Live In,' 'Beware...
- 8/23/2012
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Gird your loins, Los Angeles, the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival is coming, and this time, the fest is bringing strippers with them. Lots and lots of (cinematic) strippers. The festival has already announced four titles, which include the North American Premiere of Woody Allen‘s To Rome With Love as the festival’s Opening Night Film, along with Gala screenings for Benh Zeitlin‘s Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lorene Scafaria‘s Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, and Ava DuVernay‘s Middle of Nowhere, but it’s high time Laff unveiled their full slate. And what a slate! As announced today, the festival will close with the World Premiere of Steven Soderbergh‘s Magic Mike and will also feature the World Premiere of Alex Kurtzman‘s People Like Us. Other titles announced today of note include Sundance favorites The Queen of Versailles, Teddy Bear, The House I Live In, Celeste...
- 5/1/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Sundance London
You won't bump into Robert Redford in a ski-lift queue, but you're at least promised the cream of Us indie cinema in the top festival's first event outside of Utah – plus some music. Redford will be at the opening night gig with T Bone Burnett, and introducing a documentary on that indie-est of subjects, Prince Charles. You also get 14 highlights from Sundance proper, including time-travel romcom Safety Not Guaranteed and college drama Liberal Arts, plus prize-winning documentaries The House I Live In and The Queen Of Versailles.
The O2, SE10, Thu to 29 Apr
Sensoria, Sheffield
Film and music come together in mysterious and moving ways here, in a rare festival that's equal parts both. So you get some "straight" live music (if the experimentalism of Laurie Anderson can be described as such), and a variety of music-related movies, whether it's those with great scores (such as Zbigniew Preisner...
You won't bump into Robert Redford in a ski-lift queue, but you're at least promised the cream of Us indie cinema in the top festival's first event outside of Utah – plus some music. Redford will be at the opening night gig with T Bone Burnett, and introducing a documentary on that indie-est of subjects, Prince Charles. You also get 14 highlights from Sundance proper, including time-travel romcom Safety Not Guaranteed and college drama Liberal Arts, plus prize-winning documentaries The House I Live In and The Queen Of Versailles.
The O2, SE10, Thu to 29 Apr
Sensoria, Sheffield
Film and music come together in mysterious and moving ways here, in a rare festival that's equal parts both. So you get some "straight" live music (if the experimentalism of Laurie Anderson can be described as such), and a variety of music-related movies, whether it's those with great scores (such as Zbigniew Preisner...
- 4/20/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Good news for fans of American independent cinema and indeed a wealth of filmmaking talent: Sundance is coming to the O2 in London this April, and the line-up has just been announced. The films concerned previewed at the January festival in Park City, Utah - but this will be the first chance to see them anywhere else.Fourteen films are showing at the Festival. There's Julie Delpy's directorial effort 2 Days In New York, climate change documentary Chasing Ice, Mexican drama Filly Brown, hunger crisis documentary Finding North, Paul Dano-starrer For Ellen, drug-war documentary The House I Live In, Josh Radnor's Liberal Arts, Baltimore-set drama Luv, NYC / La drama Nobody Walks, the partially animated An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty, American dream dissection The Queen Of Versailles, oddball time-travel discussion in Safety Not Guaranteed, LCD Soundsystem concert movie Shut Up And Play The Hits and Paul Simon-returning-to-Graceland in Under African Skies.
- 3/7/2012
- EmpireOnline
Sundance has a reputation for showing docs that hope to change the world, but while many of this year's social issue docs were audience favorites, most of have not hammered out distribution plans. Here's the look of where the films stand post-Sundance: "The Invisible War" What's it about? The Sundance U.S. Doc Audience Award-winner explores the ways that widespread rape of soldiers in the U.S. armed forces is allowed to persist and go by unnoticed because of institutional structures that lead to coverups and silencing. What happens now? After the film's world premiere at this year's Sundance, director Kirby Dick said that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is interested in seeing the film. Dick also mentioned that he would like to screen the film at the Pentagon. The film has already developed ties to organizations for women in the military and women veterans. "The House I Live In" What's it.
- 2/10/2012
- Indiewire
Indiewire was on the scene at this year's Sundance Film Festival checking out this year's crop of new independent films. Here's all of our reviews from the festival. 'Searching for Sugar Man' When 1970s Mexican-American singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez faded from view, he'd never had much visibility in the first place. Typically known only as "Rodriguez," the musician's gentle pop tunes and activist spirit came through in a handful of albums that were barely noticed in the U.S. However, "Searching for Sugar Man," documentarian Malik Bendjelloul's remarkable chronicle of Rodriguez's neglect on his home turf and unexpected stardom in South Africa, compellingly argues for his place in the canon of great American rock stars, whether or not he wants the spot. 'The House I Live In' "The war on drugs" has been a part of the national vernacular for so long that it seems old fashioned.
- 1/30/2012
- Indiewire
The Sundance Film Festival came to a close on Saturday night with its award ceremony and approximately 28 honours handed out for achievements in filmmaking. The awards that everyone vies for are the Grand Jury Prizes and the Audience Awards.
The Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Feature went to "Beasts of the Southern Wild", while the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary went to "The House I Live In".
The U.S. Dramatic Competition Audience Award went to "The Surrogate", while the U.S. Documentary Competition Audience Award went to "The Invisible War".
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film went to "Violeta Went to Heaven", the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Film went to "The Law in these Parts".
The World Cinema Audience Award for Dramatic Film went to "Valley of Saints", while the World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary Film went to "Searching for Sugar Man...
The Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Feature went to "Beasts of the Southern Wild", while the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary went to "The House I Live In".
The U.S. Dramatic Competition Audience Award went to "The Surrogate", while the U.S. Documentary Competition Audience Award went to "The Invisible War".
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film went to "Violeta Went to Heaven", the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Film went to "The Law in these Parts".
The World Cinema Audience Award for Dramatic Film went to "Valley of Saints", while the World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary Film went to "Searching for Sugar Man...
- 1/30/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
(via TheScreenTeen & thanks Sean Wu) Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – The House I Live In Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – Beasts of the Southern Wild World Cinema Jury Prize: …...
- 1/29/2012
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
Sundance 2012 is just about wrapped up in snowy Park City and Saturday evening saw the awards handed out in all the feature categories. The broad critical favorite Beasts of the Southern Wild took home the coveted Us Dramatic Grand Prize while Oscar-predicted The Surrogate won the Us Dramatic Audience Award. the Best of Next Audience Prize was awarded to Sleepwalk With Me. Check out all the awards below and stay tuned for more coverage as the films begin to roll out to theaters over the next year. The 2012 Sundance Film Festival Awards presented this evening were: The Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Charles Ferguson to: The House I Live In / U.S.A. (Director: Eugene Jarecki) -- For over 40 years, the War on...
- 1/29/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Self-Defeating War on Drugs, Military Rape, Oppression in the Occupied Territories: Sundance 2012 Winners World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic: Violeta Went to Heaven World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary: The Law in These Parts U.S. Dramatic: Grand Jury Prize: Beasts of the Southern Wild U.S. Documentary: Grand Jury Prize: The House I Live In World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic: Valley of Saints World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary: Searching for Sugar Man Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic: The Surrogate Audience Award: U.S. Documentary: The Invisible War World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic: Mads Matthiesen, Teddy Bear World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary: Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, 5 Broken Cameras U.S. Directing Award: Dramatic: Ava DuVernay, Middle of Nowhere U.S. Directing Award: Documentary: Lauren Greenfield, The Queen of Versailles World Cinema Screenwriting Award: Marialy Rivas, Camila Gutiérrez, Pedro Peirano, Sebastián Sepúlveda, Young & Wild Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Derek Connolly,...
- 1/29/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Congratulations to the Winners at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – The House I Live In
Directing Award: Dramatic – Middle of Nowhere
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary – The Queen of Versailles
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Safety Not Guaranteed
Excellence in Editing Award: U.S Documentary – Detropia
Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S Dramatic – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary – Chasing Ice
Special Jury Prize: Dramatic – Ensemble Cast: The Surrogate
Special Jury Prize: Dramatic – Film Producing: Smashed
Special Jury Prizes: U.S. Documentary – Love Free or Die; Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic – The Surrogate
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary – The Invisible War
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic – Valley of Saints
World Cinema Audience Award:...
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – The House I Live In
Directing Award: Dramatic – Middle of Nowhere
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary – The Queen of Versailles
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Safety Not Guaranteed
Excellence in Editing Award: U.S Documentary – Detropia
Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S Dramatic – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary – Chasing Ice
Special Jury Prize: Dramatic – Ensemble Cast: The Surrogate
Special Jury Prize: Dramatic – Film Producing: Smashed
Special Jury Prizes: U.S. Documentary – Love Free or Die; Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic – The Surrogate
Audience Award: U.S. Documentary – The Invisible War
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic – Valley of Saints
World Cinema Audience Award:...
- 1/29/2012
- by arno
- IMDb Blog - All the Latest
My first memory from this morning is turning over to find Eric D. Snider mooning at me and asking me what my plan for the day is. Then I checked my email to find a link to this story from my pal, Moviefone’s Mike Ryan (who is becoming a frequent hero of these daily wrap-ups), regarding the true story behind Compliance. When we saw the film together yesterday, he grabbed my notebook halfway through the film to scribble “Nobody is this stupid!!!” He titled his email “okay, I was wrong.” Then I ate muffins in bed. It was the best morning at Sundance yet. I made a quick run to the press ticketing office at Sundance HQ, looking for a ticket for The House I Live In for tomorrow and for Smashed on Friday. I’m anxious to see both, and ticketing alleviated my stress by sending me a confirmation email for my tickets before I...
- 1/26/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
[Premiere Screening: Saturday, January 21 6:00 pm –Temple Theatre, Park City]
“Why am I a filmmaker?” I often ask myself the same question. I ask it because first and foremost I guess I am less an artist than simply a small-p-political person who is moved by human struggle anywhere around me and who, however naively or presumptuously, wants to do something about it. My new film, The House I Live In, examines the destructive impact of the War on Drugs on poor and minority Americans and what can be done to reform it. It is my most personal film to date and probably most reflective of why I make films in the first place.
My parents both came from families that fled persecution (in Russia and Germany), and from early on I was taught that my life would only make sense if I took the knowledge of my family’s experience in Europe and brought it to bear in the defense...
“Why am I a filmmaker?” I often ask myself the same question. I ask it because first and foremost I guess I am less an artist than simply a small-p-political person who is moved by human struggle anywhere around me and who, however naively or presumptuously, wants to do something about it. My new film, The House I Live In, examines the destructive impact of the War on Drugs on poor and minority Americans and what can be done to reform it. It is my most personal film to date and probably most reflective of why I make films in the first place.
My parents both came from families that fled persecution (in Russia and Germany), and from early on I was taught that my life would only make sense if I took the knowledge of my family’s experience in Europe and brought it to bear in the defense...
- 1/19/2012
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Jeff Orlowski's Chasing Ice U.S. Documentary Competition I The world premieres of 16 American documentary films. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry / U.S.A., China (Director: Alison Klayman) — Renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations and increasingly public clashes with the Chinese government. The Atomic States of America / U.S.A. (Directors: Don Argott, Sheena M. Joyce) — In 2010, the United States announced construction of the first new nuclear power plant in more than 32 years. A year later, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Fukushima Power Plant in Japan sparking a fierce debate in the U.S. over the safety and viability of nuclear power. Chasing Ice / U.S.A. (Director: Jeff Orlowski) — Science, spectacle and human passion mix in this stunningly cinematic portrait as National Geographic photographer James Balog captures time-lapse photography of glaciers over several years...
- 12/2/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
“Valley of Saints”, a love story set in Kashmir is all set to compete for the top award in the World Dramatics category of Sundance Film Festival 2012. The film, directed by an American filmmaker Musa Sayeed, had earlier won Film Independent and Sloan Foundation Producer’s Grant for the same films.
“Valley of Saints” is about a Kashmiri boatman Gulzar, who plans to run away from the war and poverty surrounding his village in Kashmir with his best friend, but a beautiful young woman researching the dying lake leads him to contemplate a different future. Sundance Film Festival announced its competition line up on November 30, 2011. Here is the complete lineup:- U.S. Dramatic Competition The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and...
“Valley of Saints” is about a Kashmiri boatman Gulzar, who plans to run away from the war and poverty surrounding his village in Kashmir with his best friend, but a beautiful young woman researching the dying lake leads him to contemplate a different future. Sundance Film Festival announced its competition line up on November 30, 2011. Here is the complete lineup:- U.S. Dramatic Competition The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and...
- 12/1/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
For Ellen, Luv, and the other competition films have been announced for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival is “a film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States…the festival is the premier showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers.” For the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, “110 feature-length films were selected, representing 31 countries and 44 first-time filmmakers, including 26 in competition. These films were selected from 4,042 feature-length film submissions composed of 2,059 U.S. and 1,983 international feature-length films. 88 films at the Festival will be world premieres.”
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival will run from January 19, 2011 to January 29, 2011 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
The full listing of the competition films in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival are below.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival will run from January 19, 2011 to January 29, 2011 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
The full listing of the competition films in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival are below.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
- 12/1/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
I love the Sundance Film Festival. The winners of the fest normally have long legs enough to last all the way until the Oscars. This year, for example, "Pariah" was one of the breakout hits from Sundance, and the Dee Rees coming-of-age flick is being distributed by Focus this month. Its star, Adepero Oduye, recently received the Best Female Lead nomination from the Independent Spirit Awards.
So now, Sundance has unveiled its in-competition slate for 2012 and the films, as always, are quite intriguing. The fest runs from Jan. 19th to the 29th in Park City, Utah. Check out the full list below:
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) . Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin. under,...
So now, Sundance has unveiled its in-competition slate for 2012 and the films, as always, are quite intriguing. The fest runs from Jan. 19th to the 29th in Park City, Utah. Check out the full list below:
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) . Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin. under,...
- 11/30/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Park City, Ut – Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival will take place January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.
Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute remarked, “We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. So what are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world we are living in. Some are straight-forward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. One can never predict. We know only at the end, and I love that.”
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “In these challenging economic times, filmmakers have had to be more resourceful and truly independent in their approaches to filmmaking.
Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute remarked, “We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. So what are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world we are living in. Some are straight-forward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. One can never predict. We know only at the end, and I love that.”
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “In these challenging economic times, filmmakers have had to be more resourceful and truly independent in their approaches to filmmaking.
- 11/30/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, the festival is a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The Festival has changed over the decades from a low-profile venue for small-budget, independent creators from outside the Hollywood system to a media extravaganza for Hollywood celebrity actors, paparazzi, and luxury lounges set up by companies that are not affiliated with Sundance.
Now the festival is getting ready for the 2012 edition and today they announced the films competing in all categories.
Here is the Sundance press release.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin’ under,...
Now the festival is getting ready for the 2012 edition and today they announced the films competing in all categories.
Here is the Sundance press release.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin’ under,...
- 11/30/2011
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The 2012 Sundance Film Festival unveiled the first wave of programming for its upcoming event, scheduled for Jan. 19-29, 2012. Multiple titles have been handpicked for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions. Additional programming announcements will come over the following week.
“We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. So what are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world we are living in. Some are straight-forward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. One can never predict. We know only at the end, and I love that,” said Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute.
Information on the full slate of announced titles follows, directly from the Sundance press release. For more details, visit www.sundance.org/festival.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Hollywoodnews.com: The 2012 Sundance Film Festival unveiled the first wave of programming for its upcoming event, scheduled for Jan. 19-29, 2012. Multiple titles have been handpicked for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions. Additional programming announcements will come over the following week.
“We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. So what are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world we are living in. Some are straight-forward, some novel and some offbeat but always interesting. One can never predict. We know only at the end, and I love that,” said Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute.
Information on the full slate of announced titles follows, directly from the Sundance press release. For more details, visit www.sundance.org/festival.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
- 11/30/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Every January, a little film festival called the Sundance Film Festival is held in Park City, Utah, and Sundance has officially announced the first half of this year’s Sundance 2012 competition line-up. This year 58 individual films are gunning for the top award in four different competition categories. The second half of the Sundance lineup will be introduced tomorrow. Some of the biggest names on this Sundance list includes Antonio Campos, Mark Webber, Ry Russo-Young and So Yong Kim. Check out the list below.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin’ under, in this tale of a six year old named Hushpuppy, who lives with her daddy at the edge of the world.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Beasts of the Southern Wild / U.S.A. (Director: Benh Zeitlin, Screenwriters: Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar) — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun from the grave, and everything south of the levee is goin’ under, in this tale of a six year old named Hushpuppy, who lives with her daddy at the edge of the world.
- 11/30/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
The Sundance Film Festival announced its 2012 slate of Dramatic and Documentary competition features, with the non-fiction fields including 16 American documentary films and 12 World Cinema docs. In the U.S. Documentary Competition, Festival attendees will be able to check out the latest features from Sundance favorites like Eugene Jarecki ("Why We Fight"), who returns with the War on Drugs-centered "The House I Live In," and Kirby Dick ("Sick"), whose "The Invisible War" tackles the epidemic of rape in the military. Other U.S. doc subjects include artist Marina Abramovic, Chinese activist Ai Weiwei, the American health care system, the...
- 11/30/2011
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
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