By the time I saw Sugar at AFI Fest last November, I was awash in finely rendered, spare, character-driven bits of American independent film: Ballast, Wendy & Lucy, Momma’s Man – there were others but they’re all kind of a blur to me at the moment. So it is that I liked the latest film [...]

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From Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the writing and directing team behind Half Nelson, here’s one you might want to keep an eye out for.

Sugar is a Dominican with a mean curve ball that just might be his ticket from poverty at home to riches and fame in the United States. He quickly finds however [...]

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AFI announced yesterday that two highly anticipated films, Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler and Steven Soderbergh’s Che will be making their West Coast premieres at the 2008 AFI Fest.
Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival, The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke will screen November 1 at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Che starring Benicio Del Toro [...]

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