Tag: Sundance
Sundance 2012: First look at ‘Filly Brown’
Filly Brown / U.S.A. (Directors: Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos, Screenwriter: Youssef Delara) — A Hip Hop-driven drama about a Mexican girl who rises to fame and consciousness as she copes with the incarceration of her mother through music. Cast: … [Read the Rest]
Sundance 2012: First look at ‘The First Time’
The First Time / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jonathan Kasdan) — Two high schoolers meet at a party. Over the course of a weekend, things turn magical, romantic, complicated and funny, as they discover what it’s like to fall in … [Read the Rest]
Sundance 2012: First look at ‘Keep the Lights On’
Keep the Lights On / U.S.A. (Director: Ira Sachs, Screenwriters: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias) — An autobiographically inspired story of a passionate long-term relationship between two men driven by addiction and secrets but bound by love and hopefulness. Cast: Thure … [Read the Rest]
Sundance 2012: First look at ‘Marina Abramović The Artist is Present’
Marina Abramović The Artist is Present / U.S.A. (Director: Matthew Akers) — Marina Abramović prepares for a major retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York hoping to finally silence four decades of skeptics who … [Read the Rest]
Sundance 2012: First look at ‘The Other Dream Team’
The Other Dream Team / Lithuania, U.S.A. (Director: Marius Markevicius) — The 1992 Lithuanian National Basketball Team went from the clutches of Communism to the Summer Olympics in Barcelona – a testament to the powerful role of sports as … [Read the Rest]
Watch The Trailer For ‘Rubber’ Director Quentin Dupieux’s ‘Wrong’
One of the most divisive movies from last year (at least within the Sound On Sight staff), was Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber, a coming of age tale about a killer tire with telepathic powers, who goes on a killing spree. Simon … [Read the Rest]
Competition Films For The 2012 Sundance Film Festival Announced
The Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, the festival is a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The Festival has … [Read the Rest]
Video of the Day: You are not prepared for Tim and Eric’s Sundance short ‘The Terrys’
A harrowing tale of street drugs, illicit sex, and spousal abuse, The Terrys is a deeply vulgar 14-minute short brought to you by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!), who star as the titular … [Read the Rest]
Hot Docs 2011: Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles Directed by Jon Foy 2011, USA, 88 mins. “Toynbee idea / in Kubrick’s 2001 / resurrect dead / on planet Jupiter” – this message, appearing in colourful tiles sunk into asphalt, has … [Read the Rest]
Sound on Sight Radio #258: The King’s Speech / Open Forum
The Academy Award nominations are upon us, and leading the way with 12 is Tom Hooper’s historical melodrama The King’s Speech, which also happens to be the only one of the 10 Best Picture nominees we’ve yet to discuss on … [Read the Rest]
2011 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners
The Sundance Film Festival Juries have selected the winners of the 2011 awards. Since they give out so many awards, the list is extremely long. We shound be playing catch up on the festival now that it is over and … [Read the Rest]
Kevin Smith Buys His Own Film At Sundance and Announces Retirement
Red State had its World Premiere at the Eccles Theatre at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival where director Kevin Smith was auctioning his film after the screening. After a 30 minute long rant about his problems with distribution companies, Smith … [Read the Rest]
User-Generated Documentary “Life In A Day” Will Stream Live on YouTube
Academy Award-winning director Director Kevin Macdonald (State of Play, Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void ) set out to create the world’s largest user-generated film compiled from 4,500 hours of footage sent in from 192 countries, with each selected … [Read the Rest]
Sundance Unveils 2011 Out-of-Competition Lineup
After announcing the 58 films in four categories that would be eligible for awards at Sundance, the film fest has now announced the next 57 movies to be screened this coming January. These 57 films are of course out of … [Read the Rest]
Winter’s Bone
Winter’s Bone Directed by Debra Granik A critical darling since its Sundance debut, Debra Granik’s second feature (following the touching drug-addiction drama Down to the Bone) cements her, along with Kelly Reichardt and Andrea Arnold, as one of the most … [Read the Rest]
