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Because You Didn't Ask
by Patricia Vidal

Well, it’s that Sundance time of year again! Another year of smart girls, horny guys and gay men spending all their time moisturizing. Best of all, my snow boots aren’t going to get stained by any f**king snow. People claim that they come here for the movies, but I know better. They come here to find some people they can fantasize about having sex with when they get back home.
(If you break it, you buy it!) (More)

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In America
by David Poland

After a "tentative title" screening at the Toronto Film Festival, Jim Sheridan's In America has settled on a name and knocked out the kinks before re-premiering at Sundance this week. I'm not sure whether I agree with Fox Searchlight's current strategy on this film, scheduled to premiere in theaters in early summer. In America is a classic underdog Oscar-type movie, sure to be lost on moviegoers anxious for summer thrills, but a serious contender if handled just right. From Sheridan to his daughters, who collaborated on the screenplay, to Declan Quinn's beautiful cinematography to Djimon Hounsou, who finally gets a role worthy of his weighty on-screen presence, to Samantha Morton, who will, eventually, be appreciated as movie royalty. .

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People I Know
by David Poland

If you want one clear distinction between the Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance try this – big-money studio movies that turn up at Sundance can always be assumed to be “in trouble” and a bit desperate. Toronto, which has no pretense about being an independent fest, is less interested in newcomers (at least ones who are not Canadian) and provides a cushy promotional pad for studios. But if you are trying get “indie cred” for your high-priced, big starred, sitting-on-the-shelf-gathering-dust film, well, thanks for coming to the mountain, Al.

Review: Irreversible
Review: Stevie
Review: Comandante

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Golden (Globes) Hangover
by David Poland

Two obsessive compulsions dominate this period of the year. So, with the Golden Globes out of the way, the second wave of Sundance business starts today (Monday), as the mini-majors with Globe-al interests (which seems like all of them lately) report to the mountains (or back to the mountains)

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Pride Unprejudiced
by Ray Pride

I’ve seen several documentaries in advance, and among premieres, there’s a lot to consider in Sam Green and Bill Siegel’s ambitious The Weather Underground, which attempts to capture the political fire of a complicated era.

American Spendor
Directors: Robert Pulcini
and Shari Springer Berman
Producer: Ted Hope
Screenwriters: Robert Pulcini,
Shari Springer Berman
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, James Urbaniak, Judah Friedlander

Capturing the Friedmans
Director: Andrew Jarecki
Producers: Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling Editor: Richard Hankin
Cinematographer: Adolfo Doring

Thirteen
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Executive Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Liza Chasin, Holly Hunter Producers: Jeff Levy-Hinte,
Michael London
Screenwriters: Catherine Hardwicke,
Nikki Reed
Cast: Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto, Brady Corbet, Deborah Kara Unger, Kip Pardue

My Flesh and Blood
Director:Jonathan Karsh
Producer: Jennifer Chaiken Cinematographer: Amanda Micheli
Editor: Eli Olson

The Station Agent
Director: Tom McCarthy

 

What I Want My Words to Do To You
Directors: Madeleine Gavin, Judith Katz, Gary Sunshine

 

Quattro Noza
Director: Joey Curtis

 

 

For Performance
Patricia Clarkson
Chalres Busch

For Artistic Merit And Emotional Truth
All The Real Girls
What Alice Found

Documentary
Special Award
The Murder Of EmmittTill

Special Award
A Certain Kind Of Death

Short Filmmaking
Terminal Bar

Dopamine
Director: Mark Decena

 

The Station Agent
Director: Tom McCarthy Screenwriter: Tom McCarthy
Producers: Mary Jane Skalski,
Robert May, Kathryn Tucker k
Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Peter Dinklage, Bobby Cannavale, Michelle Williams, Raven Goodwin, Paul Benjamin

My Flesh and Blood
Director:Jonathan Karsh
Producer: Jennifer Chaiken Cinematographer: Amanda Micheli
Editor: Eli Olson

Whale Rider
Director: Niki Caro
Screenwriter: Niki Caro Executive Producers: Bill Gavin,
Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Producers: Tim Sanders,
John Barnett, Frank Hubner
Coproducer: Reinhard Brundig
Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis