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Festivals (10 posts found)
SXSW Review: Young Love Genuinely Depicted In Coming of Age Gem, The Spectacular Now
B+
Addiction is a tough nut to crack in cinematic storytelling. Treat it too seriously, and a film can often devolve into a PSA of unsubtle, parodic levels. Treat it too lightly, and the portrayal can come off as trivial. It’s a tightrope that filmmakers mu...
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SXSW Review: Jeff Nichols Strikes Gold Again with Mud
A
Few modern directors capture the American spirit so perfectly as Jeff Nichols. A resident of Austin, Texas, Nichols has managed to give a voice to the working class American in each of his films, a voice so clear and distinct that one can’t help but feel ...
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Runyon’s 20 Most Anticipated Films of Sundance 2013
Like the majority of movie-buffs, I wasn't able to go to Sundance. One of these days, perhaps my dream will become a reality, but this year it was not meant to be.
In the meantime, all I could do was fawn over my Twitter feed to see what movies were getting...
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Wrapping up the Sundance Film Festival
After consuming and writing about 26 films over the past ten days, I'm a bit fatigued. Alas, below is a full roundup of every film I caught at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Full reviews of each movie will be published adjacent to their release in theater...
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Saying Goodbye to the Sundance Film Festival
Before my plane departs and I head back home to glorious Fresno, California, I’m taking a few moments to reflect on the last 10 days. I keep circling around the people, the films, the bliss. But it’s the individual moments that I remember with such lucidity.
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The 2013 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners (updated live)
As the awards come, so will the updates. If you want to know what the winners are, stay here. If you want to express your joy or outrage over what the winners are, stay in our comments section! Either way, stay here... and wait in great anticipation.
Grand ...
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Sundance Day Six: David Gordon Green’s Prince Avalanche, The East, and the Polarizing Upstream Color
Prince Avalanche (dir. David Gordon Green)
(Grade: C) -- David Gordon Green’s return to independent cinema, after a string of achingly awful films (Pineapple Express, Your Highness,and The Sitter), may very well be the definition of mediocrity.
Languis...
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Delightful Day Five at Sundance Includes Lake Bell’s Directorial Debut, Chan-wook Park’s Stylish Stoker, and the Masterful Before Midnight
No small talk to include in today's wrap-up post. Enjoy the writing.
In a World (Dir. Lake Bell)
(Grade: B) -- Lake Bell’s charming In A World may be the first film to explore the occupation of voice-over artists (otherwise known as the folks with soothi...
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Day Four at Sundance Showcases Breathe In, Sightseers, and Escape From Tomorrow
Day four at the Sundance Film Festival proved to be an exciting one with one interview, three films, and a temperature far below what I'd like it to be. Speaking of which, my discussion with Mud director Jeff Nichols will be posted within the next few hours. S...
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Day Three at Sundance: The Good, the Bad, and ‘Austenland’
If day three of the Sundance Film Festival proved anything, it's that ridiculous notion that at some point in your day, you should eat food. Bizzarre concept. And one I didn't follow through with - aside from a mini-box of Cheez-Its and a granola bar from Ms....
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