The 2010 Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals have come to a close here in Park City, Utah, and indieWIRE has rounded up all our coverage over the course of the fest (and will continue to add articles until the fest ends). Features, reviews, new…
Director Vincenzo Natali won plaudits for his low-budget 1997 film, Cube, in which he demonstrated an ability to create a moody, atmospheric thriller. This year, his sci-fi film Splice screened at Sundance. Having won some acclaim already at Sitges …
A few days ago we featured the first teaser poster for David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom, one of my favorite Sundance films that I saw a week ago during the first half of the fest. Also a few days ago, while working at our condo, Dave Chen from SlashFi…
One location. One actor. One phenomenal filmmaking achievement. Directed by Rodrigo Cortes, starring Ryan Reynolds, Buried is the story of Paul Conroy who, after his convoy is attacked in Iraq, is buried alive inside a coffin with only a lighter and…
This week’s biggest noise came not from a film in competition. The festival’s Spotlight section premiered the new documentary “Catfish.” Over the week since its premiere, though, many critics and audience members doubted the film’…
David Michôd has had a pretty big year at Sundance. Hesher, which he wrote along with director Spencer Susser, was one of the most anticipated films of the festival (read Peter’s review here). He also directed Animal Kingdom, an Australian crime dr…
Michael Winterbottom’s controversially violent and gratuitous film, The Killer Inside Me, was picked up early this morning by IFC Films for approximately $1.5 million for U.S. distribution, according to Variety. The film, based on a Jim Thomps…
When I hear the name John Wells, I think of paramedics hurriedly rushing onto the scene of an accident, arriving just in time to barely save someone’s life. I fondly recall verbose walk-and-talks in the halls of the Bartlett White House. And I remem…
Earlier this week, Brandon reviewed Adam Green’s Frozen from Sundance, giving it a measly 3 out of 10. Despite that negative review, I still stayed up tonight to catch a midnight screening of Frozen and I’m glad I did. For what it is, essentially a …
Immediately after the end credits completed, I tweeted: “Catfish is mind-blowing. Seriously one of the most odd, funny, weird, terrifying, sad, unique films I’ve ever seen. Honestly speechless.” I still kind of am. Good thing all of this is in writi…