Sundance Film Festival

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #28: Youssef Delara & Michael D. Olmos, 'Filly Brown'

Maria Jose 'Majo' Tonorio is "Filly Brown," the star within the film of the same name.  The film takes on the music industry and its mechanic image-molding practices through the story of the central powerful protagonist.

Sundance Trailer Watch: Middle of Nowhere - Written and Directed by Ava Duvernay

I am so impressed by this woman and how she is making movies about African American women on her terms. I really liked her first film, I Will Follow. We will try and cover this at Sundance, but here is a taste.

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #27: David France, 'How To Survive A Plague'

David France, a contributing editor to New York magazine, has had three of his published pieces of work (they've appeared everywhere from GQ and Vanity to Rolling Stone and Glamour, where he served as national affairs editor) turned into films for Showtime Network ("Thanks for a Grateful Na...

Parker Posey to Host Sundance Awards Ceremony; Jury Members Revealed

Parker Posey will be doing double duty at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival by attending in support of her turn in "Price Check" (playing the Premieres section) and hosting this year's awards ceremony on January 28. Posey has appeared in over a dozen Sundance films including "Party ...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #26: Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky, 'Indie Game: The Movie'

Winnipeg, Canada's Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky produced, directed, shot and edited "Indie Game: The Movie" (World Documentary). It considers the twenty-first century's new addition to the struggling artist category: indie game designers. After ten years of working in lifestyle ...

Paradise Lost 3 Comes to HBO

When Paradise Lost 3  premieres on HBO on Thursday, it will be the same smart, cogent doc that was shown at the New York Film Festival last fall: the absorbing story of the West Memphis 3, who were wrongly accused of murder as teenagers and recently freed after nearly 20 years in prison. B...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #25: Destin Daniel Cretton, 'I Am Not A Hipster'

Destin Daniel Cretton grew up in Maui with five siblings. Because their parents didn't let them watch TV, they got outside and got creative. Choreographing ninja fight sequence, putting on pays and -- once they got their hands on a VHS camcorder -- making movies was the norm. He regularly names ...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #24: Ava DuVernay, 'Middle of Nowhere'

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #23: Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke, 'Escape Fire'

Matthew Heineman learned the "Truth is stranger than fiction" maxim while traveling across America in an RV with friends. They were out to discover what made their generation tick; with no formal training they began The Young Americans Project and interviewed a spectrum of American youth (...