Writer/director David Ferino’s feature directorial debut, “Wardcliffe,” starring Joel McKinnon Miller and Shane Coffey.
Inspired by real events, Ferino’s script takes place over the course of a single day as Dennis (Miller) and his son Ronnie (Coffey) quarantine together during the 2020 pandemic lockdown. Decades of tension escalate to a boiling point when the two find themselves confined inside. And as the outside world is seized by confusion and terror, the gulf between the men becomes ever more pronounced, and ever more destructive.
“Wardcliffe” is produced and independently financed by Roger M. Mayer through his production company, Brooklyn Reptyle.
“When I first heard of this news event in 2020, I knew it had the right criteria for a first feature. The film could be made on a small production scale, but with big emotional weight. It’s a tragedy that encapsulates the heightened anxiety we collectively shared throughout the pandemic,...
Inspired by real events, Ferino’s script takes place over the course of a single day as Dennis (Miller) and his son Ronnie (Coffey) quarantine together during the 2020 pandemic lockdown. Decades of tension escalate to a boiling point when the two find themselves confined inside. And as the outside world is seized by confusion and terror, the gulf between the men becomes ever more pronounced, and ever more destructive.
“Wardcliffe” is produced and independently financed by Roger M. Mayer through his production company, Brooklyn Reptyle.
“When I first heard of this news event in 2020, I knew it had the right criteria for a first feature. The film could be made on a small production scale, but with big emotional weight. It’s a tragedy that encapsulates the heightened anxiety we collectively shared throughout the pandemic,...
- 11/2/2023
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Well it is not as cold as we all thought it would be, but there is snow everywhere. My first rented car was not a 4 wheel drive and so I could not drive up the unpaved, snow-packed road to my host's large house in the Wasatch mountains. I got lost and the sun set, a beautiful pink sky over white mountains, really spectacular. The highway patrolman was kind enough to lead me up the dark mountain road to where my host awaited me and my hostess laid out a delicious meal of vegetarian quiche, green salad and cherry pie which we ate after a good shot of scotch and where we got to know each other a bit. Their home accommodates their 7 grown children and their 14 grandchildren. Since no one is visiting now, we have a third of the house for ourselves. It is surrounded by snowy acres of land where deer, elk and moose roam. My hosts are friends of my friend and former Sundance roommate from the early days in the 80s at Sundance when he, Todd McCarthy and I used to share a condo in Deer Valley. Harlan Jacobson of Talk Cinema invited Peter and me to stay with him again. I just saw him last month in Cuba at the Havana Film Festival, and this continuation is perfect. However so far, I am alone here in Sundance, driving unfamiliar cars up unfamiliar roads, because my partner Peter was felled by the flu and had to stay home. We hope he gets better so he can join me on Saturday. Job One on Day One was to return my car and find a 4 wheel drive somewhere, which I did online from Budget, so I returned to the airport, returned my first car at one company and went to the other, took the car and got lost again returning to Park City. I thought I would reach Nebraska as I realized I was driving on the I 80 East way too far. Saw some spectacular mountains until I turned off at Castle Rock, read about the Mormon's migration through the area and found my way back where I registered with the festival with very little trouble. I thought I had plenty of time for the 6:00 pm press screening of the Marc Silver-directed, Gael Garcia Bernal-produced documentary, Who is Dayani Cristal? except my car got stuck in a snowbank and I had to wait for Aaa to tow me out. However, I still made it to this beautiful and very sad film about the too well known story of young migrants coming from South and Central America to North America in pursuit of the American Dream. Those that die in the Arizona desert (the numbers of deaths per year has reached 2,000 in spite of increasing the size of the border patrol and building a wall between Mexico and USA which cost billions of dollars to build – money that could have better been spent on human beings seeking a better life from countries our own country has exploited for the past two centuries. An anonymous body found in the desert sparked the beginning of a real-life human drama as a group formed to track down the identities and seek the families of those who die so anonymously found his home in Honduras, the former Banana Republic and the poorest of all Latin American countries. The human face this documentary puts on this cycle of human migration, like salmon spawning upstream, was inexplicably beautiful and deeply moving. With an hour to kill, I went to my favorite sports store near the Holiday Village (where my films are showing) and bought me a sleeping shirt with the motto, "My second bike is a bike", listened to a funny story of the salesman about a colleague, and then went to stand in line for an hour for the next film. What's great about these cattle lines you must stand in for an hour (I'll send a picture next time) is you see people and actually can catch up with news. Richard Lorber of Kino Lorber and several other brands of showcase films was my partner in line, and I got to hear news not only from him but all the friends also lining up five deep. Richard picked up 129 films last year. Discussions with peers are so valuable as they are all about the new forms of distribution, theatrical and digital, that are quickly evolving by being tested, some working well, others being discarded, and mostly being shared among distributors and theater exhibitors. The previous day I had attended the Arthouse Convergence, now in its 6th year and grown from 20 to 350 attendees. The energy was incredible, again with sharing among all the arthouse owners of what works or does not work and what are the new challenges they are all facing. I attended only one session on Day Three, to hear my much admired colleague, Ula Sneigowska the Director of Programming for The American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland and Us in Progress (for films in post). Us in Progress is held in November during The American Film Festival and also in July in Paris! I was lucky to be on all 3 editions' jury. Only in its second year, it can boast of 3 films here in Sundance which were in post production when I last saw them -- The winner in Paris: A Teacher, and last November in Wroclaw: Milkshake and I Used to be Darker. All are in the next section of the festival and it looks like a good relationship between Us in Progress and Sundance is beginning. Ula previously curated an arthouse theater in Warsaw for ten years and so was an authoritative speaker on behalf of Cicae, the International Association of Arthouse Cinemas on a panel moderated by David Bordwell from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The panel, The Digital ArtHouse: Lessons and Experiences from Europe, composed entirely of women, included Sophie DeVinck, a senior researcher of iMinds-smit, a think tank based at the Free University Brussels (Vrij Universitat Bruxelles), devoted to studying digital challenges facing the European film industry; Fatima Djoumer, head of international relations for Cinemas Europa, an association of theater owners throughout Europe and extending to the Americas, Asia and Africa, and Ann Overbergh of Bam Art (www.bamart.be), the Flemish (Belgian) institute for the audiovisual and cinema, visual and media arts dedicated to keeping these creative sectors informed and knowledgeable in contemporary programming, work and business models. The audience left feeling upbeat to hear there is more than merely adversarial relations possible between the distributors and the exhibitors. In Europe the age-old rivalry, akin to "the farmer and the cowboy" syndrome in America seems to have been resolved when it comes to digitizing all the theaters and even keeping 35mm projectors working. To return to Day One at Sundance, Ula and Karolina Pasternak, a Polish film journals and I exited Crystal Fairy with mixed feelings which we discussed as we proceeded to the annual Indiewire Chili (cooked by Dana Harris herself!) party and then to Sundance's official Day One party for filmmakers and the press. Crystal Fairy's director Sebastian Silva (The Maid) and his two Chilean brothers, Juan Andres and Jose Miguel are wonderful to watch, dryly funny, infinitely patient and totally accepting of the two young, naïve Americans who go on trip with them seeking mescaline. Ula loved the film and the funniness of the Americans; Carolina and I both were put off by the typical American naiveté of the two young people. I was especially peeved and even embarrassed by their neurotic self-centeredness. It is only now, the following morning, as I write this that I realize the title Chrystal Fairy means much more because of the revelation of Isabelle which was witnessed by the others. Now I love the film and once again congratulate Chile on what this new generation of filmmakers is bringing to the world. Everyone is aware that Chile is outpacing Argentina in producing new and interesting films in Latin America. But watch out for Peru which is gaining on them from what I hear. Certainly another prize winner from Palm Springs which first played in Havana, The Cleaner (El Limpiador) is a great beginning for its director, Adian Saba. El Limpiador will next be in Guadalajara Film Festival in March.
The parties were filled with good people we knew and new acquaintances like Jacques Telemaques of Filmmakers Alliance and Todd Goldman (www.WestRimPictures.com), finally realizing this feature film worked on for the past 17 years (!), Melissa a beautiful young actress caught in the drama of the house she and three other couch-surfers are staying and many others and Roger M. Mayer of Brooklyn Reptyle Films from Studio City California and here with his second film. Coincidently, Melissa said as we were cruising the room at the Day One Party, her three roommates are also Polish. Just as she said that, they appeared. Three Lodz University graduates, these young women are at Sundance with their short, On Suffocation. The director Jenifer Malmqvist (www.tangramfilm.se) turns out to be Swedish, her producer is French and their star is actually Polish. This international mix of talent, even at the primarily American indie Sundance Film Festival, is so on the mark for me about why I love the film business. The international mix of films and people creates an excitement and belief that films can and do change the world. See you tomorrow!
The parties were filled with good people we knew and new acquaintances like Jacques Telemaques of Filmmakers Alliance and Todd Goldman (www.WestRimPictures.com), finally realizing this feature film worked on for the past 17 years (!), Melissa a beautiful young actress caught in the drama of the house she and three other couch-surfers are staying and many others and Roger M. Mayer of Brooklyn Reptyle Films from Studio City California and here with his second film. Coincidently, Melissa said as we were cruising the room at the Day One Party, her three roommates are also Polish. Just as she said that, they appeared. Three Lodz University graduates, these young women are at Sundance with their short, On Suffocation. The director Jenifer Malmqvist (www.tangramfilm.se) turns out to be Swedish, her producer is French and their star is actually Polish. This international mix of talent, even at the primarily American indie Sundance Film Festival, is so on the mark for me about why I love the film business. The international mix of films and people creates an excitement and belief that films can and do change the world. See you tomorrow!
- 1/19/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Anchor Bay has purchased The Rambler, starring Dermot Mulroney, prior to its midnight premiere at Sundance. Above is the official artwork from Sundance, and below is the official press release.
Official Synopsis:
Anchor Bay Films kicks off the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with the pick-up of The Rambler starring Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Grey). Written and directed by Calvin Lee Reeder, the film is set to premiere on Monday, January 21st (11:59pm) during Park City at Midnight. The agreement covers theatrical, home entertainment, television and digital distribution rights in the North America, the U.K. and Australia. Today’s announcement was made by Anchor Bay Entertainment’s President Bill Clark.
“Anchor Bay is the perfect partner for Calvin’s film The Rambler,” stated Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Co-Productions. “It has all the elements that our fans truly love and we look forward to working with Calvin.
Official Synopsis:
Anchor Bay Films kicks off the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with the pick-up of The Rambler starring Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Grey). Written and directed by Calvin Lee Reeder, the film is set to premiere on Monday, January 21st (11:59pm) during Park City at Midnight. The agreement covers theatrical, home entertainment, television and digital distribution rights in the North America, the U.K. and Australia. Today’s announcement was made by Anchor Bay Entertainment’s President Bill Clark.
“Anchor Bay is the perfect partner for Calvin’s film The Rambler,” stated Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Co-Productions. “It has all the elements that our fans truly love and we look forward to working with Calvin.
- 1/19/2013
- by Jim Napier
- GeekTyrant
More acquisition news has hit the wire as another horror flick has been snapped up at this year's Sundance Film Festival which is currently lighting up the screens in Park City, Utah, and we have the latest for you right here!
From the Press Release
Anchor Bay Films kicks off the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with the pick-up of The Rambler starring Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Grey). Written and directed by Calvin Lee Reeder, the film is set to premiere on Monday, January 21st (11:59pm) during Park City at Midnight. The agreement covers theatrical, home entertainment, television and digital distribution rights in the North America, the U.K. and Australia. Today’s announcement was made by Anchor Bay Entertainment’s President Bill Clark.
“Anchor Bay is the perfect partner for Calvin’s film The Rambler,” stated Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Co-Productions. “It has...
From the Press Release
Anchor Bay Films kicks off the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with the pick-up of The Rambler starring Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Grey). Written and directed by Calvin Lee Reeder, the film is set to premiere on Monday, January 21st (11:59pm) during Park City at Midnight. The agreement covers theatrical, home entertainment, television and digital distribution rights in the North America, the U.K. and Australia. Today’s announcement was made by Anchor Bay Entertainment’s President Bill Clark.
“Anchor Bay is the perfect partner for Calvin’s film The Rambler,” stated Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Co-Productions. “It has...
- 1/18/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Park City, Ut – Anchor Bay Films kicks off the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with the pick-up of The Rambler starring Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Grey). Written and directed by Calvin Lee Reeder, the film is set to premiere on Monday, January 21st (11:59pm) during Park City at Midnight. The agreement covers theatrical, home entertainment, television and digital distribution rights in the North America, the U.K. and Australia. Today’s announcement was made by Anchor Bay Entertainment’s President Bill Clark. “Anchor Bay is the perfect partner for Calvin’s film The Rambler,” stated Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Co-Productions. “It has all the elements that our fans truly love and we look forward to working with Calvin.” Xyz Films’ (“The Raid”) co-founder Nate Bolotin produced alongside Brooklyn Reptyle Films’ Roger M. Mayer and Christo Dimassis. Clayton Young of Benaroya Pictures is also producing...
- 1/18/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
All signs are pointing to another Park City showing for Calvin Reeder’s latest, as the hard to classify filmmaker is a regular at the fest having premiered his debut feature film, The Oregonian (Sundance ’11 – here’s our interview with him) and before that, short films Little Farm (Sundance ’07), and The Rambler (Sundance ’08) which is actually the basis for his sophomore project. We haven’t heard anything new on The Rambler since principal photography was announced/began back in Roswell, New Mexico in April, which means that the project which stars Dermot Mulroney (official still above), Lindsay Pulsipher (who reprises the role she had in the short) and Natasha Lyonne has had loads of time to be readied in post-production.
Gist: After being released from prison, a man known as The Rambler (Mulroney) stumbles upon a strange mystery as he attempts a dangerous journey through treacherous back roads and small...
Gist: After being released from prison, a man known as The Rambler (Mulroney) stumbles upon a strange mystery as he attempts a dangerous journey through treacherous back roads and small...
- 11/21/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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 competition and will be included in Premieres, Next, Spotlight, New Frontiers and Midnight categories. Most are big name projects from already established filmmakers and some have already made their way around film festival in 2010. The list includes Kevin Smith’s Red State, Tom McCarthy’s Win Win, Morgan Spurlock’s documentary The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Submarine, I Saw the Devil (which had plenty of buzz at Tiff) and my most anticipated film of 2011, Hobo With a Shotgun.
Here is the full list:
Premieres
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films.
Here is the full list:
Premieres
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films.
- 12/3/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Festival Adds New Native Showcase
As Previously Announced, Slacker to Screen From the Collection
Park City, Ut – Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Next (<=>), Spotlight, New Frontier, Park City at Midnight, as well as a new Native Showcase. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at http://www.sundance.org/festival/.
Trevor Groth, Director of Programming said, “The Sundance Film Festival is uniquely a festival of discovery and we are once again privileged to showcase the work of talented new artists, including a special section devoted to Native filmmakers. But it’s also exciting to see returning directors honing their skills and emerging with dazzling new films. And the Next section highlights visionary work that shows aesthetic creativity is not limited by budget.
As Previously Announced, Slacker to Screen From the Collection
Park City, Ut – Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Next (<=>), Spotlight, New Frontier, Park City at Midnight, as well as a new Native Showcase. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at http://www.sundance.org/festival/.
Trevor Groth, Director of Programming said, “The Sundance Film Festival is uniquely a festival of discovery and we are once again privileged to showcase the work of talented new artists, including a special section devoted to Native filmmakers. But it’s also exciting to see returning directors honing their skills and emerging with dazzling new films. And the Next section highlights visionary work that shows aesthetic creativity is not limited by budget.
- 12/3/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As you no doubt noticed, Uncle Creepy has been busily bringing you early news and photos from several of the recently announced films that will be playing at Sundance 2011, both in competition and out. But he hasn't quite covered everything yet so here's a list of all the even slightly genre-related offerings that are a part of the upcoming Sundance film festival (running January 20-30).
In Competition:
On the Ice (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean) - On the snow-covered Arctic tundra, two teenagers try to get away with murder. Cast: Josiah Patkotak, Frank Qutuq Irelan, Teddy Kyle Smith, Adamina Kerr, Sierra Jade Sampson. (More thriller than horror, we still thought it worth mentioning).
Take Shelter (Director and screenwriter: Jeff Nichols) - A working-class husband and father questions whether his terrifying dreams of an apocalyptic storm signal something real to come or the onset of an inherited mental illness he's feared his whole life.
In Competition:
On the Ice (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean) - On the snow-covered Arctic tundra, two teenagers try to get away with murder. Cast: Josiah Patkotak, Frank Qutuq Irelan, Teddy Kyle Smith, Adamina Kerr, Sierra Jade Sampson. (More thriller than horror, we still thought it worth mentioning).
Take Shelter (Director and screenwriter: Jeff Nichols) - A working-class husband and father questions whether his terrifying dreams of an apocalyptic storm signal something real to come or the onset of an inherited mental illness he's feared his whole life.
- 12/3/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Yes, you read that right, they are out of competition but into lesbians courtesy of the midnight lineup.
What do we have to look forward to waiting two years for? Let's see..
Hobo With a Shotgun
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (you had me at lesbian)
Attenberg (I'm loving the coming Greek weird wave)
And many many more films, some of which we'll probably never get to see. Damn.
Full list after the break.
Next ()
Eight American films selected for their innovative and original work in low- and no-budget filmmaking. Each is a world premiere.
Bellflower / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Evan Glodell) - A ballad for every person who has ever loved and lost - with enough violence, weapons, action and sex to tell a love story with apocalyptic stakes. Cast: Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson, Rebekah Brandes.
The Lie / U.S.A. (Director: Joshua Leonard; Screenwriters: Jeff Feuerzeig,...
What do we have to look forward to waiting two years for? Let's see..
Hobo With a Shotgun
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (you had me at lesbian)
Attenberg (I'm loving the coming Greek weird wave)
And many many more films, some of which we'll probably never get to see. Damn.
Full list after the break.
Next ()
Eight American films selected for their innovative and original work in low- and no-budget filmmaking. Each is a world premiere.
Bellflower / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Evan Glodell) - A ballad for every person who has ever loved and lost - with enough violence, weapons, action and sex to tell a love story with apocalyptic stakes. Cast: Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson, Rebekah Brandes.
The Lie / U.S.A. (Director: Joshua Leonard; Screenwriters: Jeff Feuerzeig,...
- 12/2/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Following yesterday's announcement of the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions, the Sundance Film Festival has unveiled the second part of their lineup, which includes the more starry-eyed Premieres section, the best-of-fests Spotlight section, the sure-to-be-culty Park City at Midnight section, the low-budget Next section, and the more experimental New Frontier section (an extension of New Frontier Program, the collection of video art installations which has already been noted here for playing James Franco's dramatic multimedia examination of "Three's Company.")
In addition to the return of filmmakers like "Chuck & Buck"'s Miguel Arteta, "Clockwatchers" director Jill Sprecher, Kevin Smith and "The Station Agent"'s Thomas McCarthy to Park City, the festival will also welcome less frequent or first-time Sundance attendees such as Hollywood types Al Pacino ("Son of No One") and Tobey Maguire ("The Details") and mumblecore alums Joe Swanberg ("Uncle Kent," which announced it's been...
In addition to the return of filmmakers like "Chuck & Buck"'s Miguel Arteta, "Clockwatchers" director Jill Sprecher, Kevin Smith and "The Station Agent"'s Thomas McCarthy to Park City, the festival will also welcome less frequent or first-time Sundance attendees such as Hollywood types Al Pacino ("Son of No One") and Tobey Maguire ("The Details") and mumblecore alums Joe Swanberg ("Uncle Kent," which announced it's been...
- 12/2/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Michael Tully (Septien), Todd Rohal (The Catechism Cataclysm) and Lucky McKee (The Woman featuring Amazonian beauty Pollyanna McIntosh) are seven of the eight filmmakers who'll be premiering their latest films in a Park City at Midnight Section. On paper, this year's eight selected titles is perhaps the best since I've been going to the fest and shows that should be quick sell outs are Hobo with A Shotgun, Corman’s World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel and the international preem for Troll Hunter will remind some of The Blair With Project from several years back. Here are the lucky eight. The Catechism Cataclysm /U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Todd Rohal) After becoming disinterested with the church, a priest tracks down his old classmate, a former metalhead whom he idolized in high school. When the two embark on a canoeing trip together, all hell breaks loose. Cast: Steve Little, Robert Longstreet,...
- 12/2/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The Sundance Film Festival announced the in competition film line-up for the film festival running January 20th through January 30th 2011 in Park City, Utah.
Today the festival has announced the line-up for the non-competition films and there is one hell of a line-up! There are a ton of great films that will be premiering at the festival, and if you're going you have a lot of great films to choose from!
Each film has an incredible cast and a great story. These films include Cedar Rapids, about a man traveling to an insurance conference, featuring Ed Helms, John C. Reilly and Sigourney Weaver; Kevin Smith's Red State, about a group of misfits encounter extreme fundamentalism in Middle America; The Details, about domestic tensions spawned by raccoons with Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Dennis Haysbert; I Melt With You, starring Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe, Christian McKay,...
Today the festival has announced the line-up for the non-competition films and there is one hell of a line-up! There are a ton of great films that will be premiering at the festival, and if you're going you have a lot of great films to choose from!
Each film has an incredible cast and a great story. These films include Cedar Rapids, about a man traveling to an insurance conference, featuring Ed Helms, John C. Reilly and Sigourney Weaver; Kevin Smith's Red State, about a group of misfits encounter extreme fundamentalism in Middle America; The Details, about domestic tensions spawned by raccoons with Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Dennis Haysbert; I Melt With You, starring Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe, Christian McKay,...
- 12/2/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Well, yesterday, we saw the full list of films in-competition; today, we get to see those titles that have been selected for Sundance 2011′s out-of-competition lineup.
And as I said with yesterday’s post, I’ll be going over the complete list, highlighting titles that need to be, taking into consideration this blog’s specific interests. The only title that immediately stands out is Brit John Akomfrah’s The Nine Muses, which MsWOO positively reviewed, after seeing it at the London Film Festival in October. Read her review Here.
But look for future posts profiling any other titles I deem worthy. I’ve applied for press credentials to attend next year’s festival. I won’t know until the 23rd of this month, whether I’ve been granted press access or not. If I am, I will attend the festival; and if I’m not, well, I probably won’t.
And as I said with yesterday’s post, I’ll be going over the complete list, highlighting titles that need to be, taking into consideration this blog’s specific interests. The only title that immediately stands out is Brit John Akomfrah’s The Nine Muses, which MsWOO positively reviewed, after seeing it at the London Film Festival in October. Read her review Here.
But look for future posts profiling any other titles I deem worthy. I’ve applied for press credentials to attend next year’s festival. I won’t know until the 23rd of this month, whether I’ve been granted press access or not. If I am, I will attend the festival; and if I’m not, well, I probably won’t.
- 12/2/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Well, if the Competition titles at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival don't generate any early year Oscar buzz, I think it's safe to say the Out of Competition titles will. Several films that have already been seen and positively reviewed can be found in the fest's Spotlight Line-Up along with a batch of anticipated hopefuls in the Premiere Section.
Beginning with the festival's premieres, Miguel Arteta (Youth in Revolt) is bringing Cedar Rapids to Park City where it will debut before it hits theaters only a couple weeks later on February 11. "Big Love" co-producers, Jill and Karen Sprecher are bringing an impressive cast for their crime drama The Convincer. Jacob Aaron Estes's The Details, which was shot only a few miles from my house in the Queen Anne district of Seattle, arrives with Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Tobey Maguire in tow.
Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies) will debut I Melt with You,...
Beginning with the festival's premieres, Miguel Arteta (Youth in Revolt) is bringing Cedar Rapids to Park City where it will debut before it hits theaters only a couple weeks later on February 11. "Big Love" co-producers, Jill and Karen Sprecher are bringing an impressive cast for their crime drama The Convincer. Jacob Aaron Estes's The Details, which was shot only a few miles from my house in the Queen Anne district of Seattle, arrives with Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Tobey Maguire in tow.
Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies) will debut I Melt with You,...
- 12/2/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Wednesday, the 2011 Sundance Film Festival announced the 58 films in four categories [1] that would be eligible for awards. Today, they've announced the next slice of their line up - 57 out of competition films in the Premieres, Next, Spotlight, New Frontiers and Midnight categories. This is generally where you get many of the bigger name projects and this year is no exception. We already knew [2] that Kevin Smith's Red State would be on the list, but there's also Tom McCarthy's new film Win Win, Morgan Spurlock's documentary The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, the highly buzzed-about Submarine, Fantastic Fest darling I Saw the Devil as well as Hobo With a Shotgun and a whole bunch more including films with Al Pacino, Tobey Maguire, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Spacey, Demi Moore, Paul Rudd and others. As we said yesterday, the announcement of the movies playing the 2011 Sundance Film Festival is like looking into our film futures.
- 12/2/2010
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Yesterday we revealed the in-competition line-up for this years Sundance Film Festival. Today the programmers have announced the second wave, the out-of-competition line-up. It includes six categories and you can check them all out below. We already knew Kevin Smith‘s Red State would be screening, as he announced on his podcast last night. The rest of this out-of-competition line-up is pretty unbelievable.
We get Cedar Rapids (from Youth In Revolt‘s Miguel Arteta), Mark Pellington‘s I Melt With You, My Idiot Brother starring Paul Rudd, Tom McCarthy‘s Win Win, as well as Dito Montiel‘s third feature The Son of No One. We also have new documentaries by Morgan Spurlock and Eugene Jarecki. Some of my favorite Tiff films are also making an appearance, including Submarine (pictured above) and Meek’s Cutoff. Check it out below.
Premieres
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance...
We get Cedar Rapids (from Youth In Revolt‘s Miguel Arteta), Mark Pellington‘s I Melt With You, My Idiot Brother starring Paul Rudd, Tom McCarthy‘s Win Win, as well as Dito Montiel‘s third feature The Son of No One. We also have new documentaries by Morgan Spurlock and Eugene Jarecki. Some of my favorite Tiff films are also making an appearance, including Submarine (pictured above) and Meek’s Cutoff. Check it out below.
Premieres
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance...
- 12/2/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The lineup at the 2009 Downtown Film Festival-Los Angeles will range from Jeffrey Jay Orgill's "Boppin' at the Glue Factory," a dark comedy about a junkie nurse working the night shift of a convalescent hospital, to Barbara Ettinger's doc "A Sea Change," about the acidification of the oceans. The fest runs from Aug. 12-22 at the At&T Center Theater.
"The year's feature film line-up reflects themes of personal discovery and societal angst -- perhaps a sign of the times. How the individual films tackle these broad themes is wildly divergent, from illuminating nonfiction to dark comedies and unconventional dramas," festival programming director Roger M. Mayer said.
Other films on tap include Mickey Blaine's "Commit," David Russo's "The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle," Richard Sears' "In the Drink," Gabriel Sunday's "My Suicide," Philippe Diaz's "Now & Later," and Nina Menkes' "Phantom Love."...
"The year's feature film line-up reflects themes of personal discovery and societal angst -- perhaps a sign of the times. How the individual films tackle these broad themes is wildly divergent, from illuminating nonfiction to dark comedies and unconventional dramas," festival programming director Roger M. Mayer said.
Other films on tap include Mickey Blaine's "Commit," David Russo's "The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle," Richard Sears' "In the Drink," Gabriel Sunday's "My Suicide," Philippe Diaz's "Now & Later," and Nina Menkes' "Phantom Love."...
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