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Posted Jan 28, 2012, by Eric Hynes
Wide Angle Thinker: Evolutionary Psychologist Helen Fisher Discusses Film’s Role as the ‘Global Campfire.’
In addition to the 181 of films being presented at this year’s Festival, there’s also an ambitious slate of panels, populated…
Posted Jan 28, 2012, by Eric Hynes
In the Presence of the Artist: A Conversation with Marina Abramovic and Matthew Akers
Marina Abramovic is ready for her close-up. Eight months after the completion of her historic retrospective at the Museum of…
Posted Jan 27, 2012, by Claiborne Smith
For A Good Time, Call... Rings in a New Dimension of Female Storytelling
The buzz about Jamie Travis’ feature debut, For a Good Time, Call..., is that it’s a comedy starring raunchy women. That’s…
Posted Jan 26, 2012, by Claiborne Smith
Alice Rohrwacher’s Corpo Celeste Explores the Perilous Intersection of Faith and Adolescence
It’s not technically true that Marta, the meek but intent girl at the heart of Alice Rohrwacher’s Corpo Celeste, is in every…
Posted Jan 25, 2012, by Jeff Hansen
Vera Farmiga and David Duchovny Headline the Stoner Coming-of-Age Saga, GOATS
Coming-of-age stories in film are as ubiquitous as the human condition itself. But rarely does such a story come together as…
Posted Jan 25, 2012, by Bridgette Bates
From the Collection: Julie Dash’s 1991 Sundance Award-Winning Daughters of the Dust
Earlier this week, a newly restored print of writer/director Julie Dash’s vibrant homage to her Gullah ancestors, Daughters of…
Posted Jan 25, 2012, by Eric Hynes
Parker Posey Offers a Tough Loving Assessment of the State of Indie Film and Her Role as its Truth-Telling Human Embodiment
Erstwhile Indie Queen, sardonic girl next door and trailblazer for a generation of quirked-out Emmas, Kats and Zooeys -- Parker…
Posted Jan 24, 2012, by Eric Hynes
Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall Double-Down for Stephen Frears’ Lay the Favorite
Celebrated filmmaker Stephen Frears was positively giddy about introducing the world premiere of his latest film, Lay the…
Posted Jan 24, 2012, by Claiborne Smith
The SOPA Debate Hits Center Stage at the Cinema Café with MPAA Chairman Christopher Dodd
Moderator and New York Times media columnist, David Carr, kicked off Monday’s Cinema Cafe panel at the Filmmaker Lodge with an…
Posted Jan 24, 2012, by Eric Hynes
Lizzy Caplan Takes Sundance by Storm with Breakout Roles in Bachelorette and Save the Date
Lizzy Caplan is a woman on the verge of stardom. Just don’t tell Lizzy Caplan. With two high-profile, markedly different films…
