Sundance Preview Week: 10 Slamdance & Smaller Sundance Films We're Looking Forward To

By Michael Dunaway at 1:14 PM on January 17, 2011

Experienced Sundancers get a twinkle in their eye when they tell you about the exquisite little film they discovered...  read more

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Beastie Boy MCA Directs Fight For Your Right Revisited Short Film

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 5:00 PM on December 7, 2010

We smell a potential Awesome of the Day…...  read more

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Catching Up With... Tim Rutili of Califone and All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

By Josh Jackson at 7:30 AM on February 5, 2010

Sometimes, when you watch five movies a day at Sundance, they tend to start blurring together. But there was no way to forget...  read more

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Grizzly Bear Featured Prominently at Sundance

By Kristen Callihan at 4:30 PM on January 28, 2010

Those Grizzly Bear dudes sure are making a name for themselves in Hollywood. According to TwentyFourBit, the Brooklyn indie rockers wrote the score to two films premiering at this year’s Sundance festival: the previously-reported Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s directorial debut, Jack Goes Boating....  read more

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Drunk History Takes Sundance Short Film Jury Prize

By Rachel Bailey at 3:36 PM on January 28, 2010

On March 22, Jen Kirkman drank two bottles of wine and then discussed a historical event…and began the making of what would become one of the most successful short films at Sundance this year. “Drunk History: Douglass and Lincoln,” directed by Jerry Konner, has won the Sundance Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking (via indieWire)....  read more

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Graffiti Documentary (Possibly) Directed by Banksy to Premiere at Sundance

By Anna Swindle at 2:00 PM on January 22, 2010

Banksy, the notoriously ambiguous London street artist, might be behind a documentary about graffiti art set to premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The trailer for Exit Through the Gift Shop describes the film as “the world’s first street art disaster movie.”...  read more

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Eight Films at Sundance With Musical Connections

By Josh Jackson at 7:00 AM on January 20, 2010

Sundance has always been a time to experience great music. This year, music plays a particularly big role in several films, and these are just eight that I'm going to try to see...  read more

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New Duplass Brothers Film, Cyrus, to Premiere at Sundance

By Anna Swindle at 10:30 AM on January 13, 2010

No, it’s not about Billy Ray or Miley. Yeah, we were a little disappointed at first as well. Try to keep reading, though....  read more

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Grizzly Bear to Soundtrack Ryan Gosling's New Film

By Gage Henry at 3:00 PM on December 15, 2009

Grizzly Bear has the honors of scoring Ryan Gosling’s new film, Blue Valentine, which will premiere at Sundance in 2010, according to Prefix Magazine....  read more

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Spike Jonze's Robot Love Story Short Premiering at Sundance 2010

By Christina Lee at 2:30 PM on December 9, 2009

Questions regarding Spike Jonze’s next short film will soon be answered, as I’m Here is set to premiere at next year’s Sundance Festival....  read more

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