Sundance Report: Three Great Thrillers
The thriller is a genre whose films are so often done so poorly, it can be a real shock when we’re reminded just how effective they can be when they’re done well. Here are three of the best from Sundance 2012:... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesSundance Report: Three Great Documentaries
This year’s best Sundance documentaries so far feature everyone from wrongfully accused prisoners to passionate street organizers to American royalty. Here’s a rundown of our three early favorites.... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesSundance Report: Three Great Comedies
Among the narrative films at Sundance 2012, the comedies seem to be getting the most buzz. Here’s an early report on three of the best:... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesSundance Report: James Murphy, Drake & Wiz Khalifa To Play The Bing Bar
Many brands, large and small, have attempted to reach Sundance crowds to increase awareness of their offerings, but over the past few years no one has gotten more extravagant than Bing. This year, the Bing Bar expands to three floors with more activities—and bigger names—than ever.... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesSundance Filmmaker Preview: Katie Aselton, Director of Black Rock
Some readers will likely know Katie Aselton as “that bombshell from The League.” Others will know her as the wife and frequent collaborator of mumblecore icon Mark Duplass. If she continues on her recent path, though, she’ll soon be best known as a director. This week she brings Black Rock, her second straight feature as a director, to Sundance, where she premiered The Freebie in 2010.... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesWatch Every Available Sundance Trailer
If you want a one-stop-shopping place to see every single Sundance trailer available, there’s only one place to go. And, surprisingly, it’s not the official Sundance site. Prescreen.com, a new site, has collected all of those trailers for you. Founder Shawn Bercurson tells us that the concept started because they loved the festival.... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesWatch the Trailer for I Am Not A Hipster
With Sundance in full force, a lot of art-house films will be releasing their official trailers for the first time in hopes of gaining buzz and getting picked up by a studio. Today, a film by director Destin Daniel Cretton about an indie musician forced to reevaluate his life after his family shows up to spread the ashes of his mother released its trailer. read more
Found in: Movies, News25 Sundance Films We're Looking Forward To
The 2012 Sundance Film Fest begins tomorrow, and Paste film editor Michael Dunaway will be on hand to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here's what already has him excited to be in Park City, Utah. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySundance Filmmaker Preview: Cindy Cowan, Producer of Red Lights
Producer Cindy Cowan wants you to know that virtually everyone else in the world is just as much in the dark about Red Lights as you and I are. The thinking person’s thriller, which debuts this week at Sundance, stars Robert DeNiro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy, and current It Girl Elizabeth Olsen, so you might think the filmmakers would have wanted to get it in front of as many people as quickly as possible. But Cowan insists, “No one has seen Red Lights. It’s literally getting its premiere next Friday night at Sundance and we’ve kept it very under the... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesPeter Jackson's West of Memphis Documentary Trailer Debuts
The trailer for Jackson's documentary, West of Memphis, was released exclusively to Entertainment Weekly, which runs over four minutes to recap the entire case and reintroduce people to the circumstances surrounding the trial. read more
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