Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Craig Kennedy
Following up last week’s announcement detailing the first half of the Tribeca Film Festival lineup, here’s another group of 40+ films from the Encounters, Discovery, Cinemania and Spotlight sections of the program.
In the Encounters section, Alex Gibney captures Lawrence Wright’s one-man play in the world premiere of My Trip To Al-Qaeda; Nip/Tuck producer/writer Richard Levine [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Craig Kennedy
The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival released the first 34 titles of the 85 features and 47 shorts that will be playing the festival this year. The categories announced include the World Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition, Showcase and Special Event films.
Shrek Forever After has already been announced as the opening night film. This year also for [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Craig Kennedy
The Sundance Film Festival keeps rolling through to Sunday, but all of the world premieres have been seen. Many journos and industry types will be packing their bags and heading home while others will be mopping up and catching additional screenings of hot titles they missed the first time around.
Consider this post a similar attempt [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Craig Kennedy
Is KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT w/Bening, Moore, Ruffalo and Wasikowska the first Sundance darling of 2010?
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Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Craig Kennedy
BURIED gets bought, plus the documentary about Pat Tillman and scenes from a marriage between Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 by Craig Kennedy
Kristen Stewart is solid as Joan Jett but it sounds like Michael Shannon steals the show in THE RUNAWAYS, while Philip Seymour Hoffman’s directorial debut JACK GOES BOATING is an acting showcase and the Duplass Brothers turn up with their most mainstream film to date with CYRUS starring John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill and Catherine Keener
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 by Craig Kennedy
Sundance round-up: Holofcener, Guggenheim tackles education, Kristin Stewart strips for James Gandolini, a Jihadist farce, but Ryan Reynolds BURIED in a box might be the find of the festival.
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 by Craig Kennedy
Longworth and Taubin take a look at Soderbergh’s Spaulding Gray documentary AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE.
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Posted on January 23rd, 2010 by Craig Kennedy
Coverage from around the internet of Sundance’s first buzzworthy title CATFISH, plus Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s HESHER and John Wells’ THE COMPANY MEN starring Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper and Tommy Lee Jones.
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Posted on January 22nd, 2010 by Craig Kennedy
And so begins another Sundance, ground zero for independent film in the United States. Films from 2009 that first popped on to LiC radar at Sundance include An Education, Precious, Amreeka, In the Loop, World’s Greatest Dad, Adventureland, Cold Souls, The September Issue, Big River Man, (500) Days of Summer, Lymelife, Moon, Humpday, Sugar, Anvil, [...]
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