As per tradition, the 4-day Telluride Film Festival announced its schedule just 24 hours ahead of its Friday kick off. Though there isn’t much in the way of high-profile world premieres, there are a number of anticipated films including a couple that LiC has managed to catch up with in the last few weeks. Also, [...]

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One of the favorite games of studios and entertainment journalists alike is looking under rocks to find the next big indie sensation. Studios want the break-out hit and journalists want to be the first to proclaim the next Juno or the next Little Miss Sunshine. This year, eyes are turning to Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire [...]

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Judging an entire movie by 20 minutes is madness, but SpoutBlog’s Karina Longworth has seen the preview of David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Telluride and she liked it. In my book, she’s kind of an anti-fanboy and also one of the sharper characters out there when it comes to indie films [...]

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