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NEWS ABOUT: Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival stories: 10 news summaries
MOVIE REVIEW

 The Maid Cleans Up With Critics 

Chilean film has an unexpected ending that's worth waiting for

Oct 16, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sundance darling The Maid, directed by Sebastián Silva, is a Chilean black comedy focusing on a longtime employee’s struggles with her employers and a succession of new maids. Critics say it’s an absorbing character study with an impressive lead performance:
  • “There’s more to
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entertainment • film • Chile • movie review • Sundance Film Festival • The Maid • Catalina Saavedra • Sebastian Silva

 DJ Remixes 
 Birth of a Nation for MoMA 

This up-and-comer does a little bit of everything

May 29, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - DJ Spooky is not your average turntabilist. The sci-fi-writing, French-lit-and-philosophy-studying 39-year-old has created arguably the greatest remix ever with his trip-hop soundtrack for the controversial 1915 film Birth of a Nation, the Stimulist reports. Next on the list for this soon-to-be household name? Showing his Rebirth of a Nation at... More »

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entertainment • music • MIT • James Joyce • Sundance Film Festival • avant-garde • New York Museum of Modern Art • Jay-ZTV • DJ Spooky • Birth of a Nation • Rebirth of a Nation • Marcel Duchamp

OPINION

 What to See From Sundance 

Film festival spawns potential hits

Jan 26, 09 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - This year’s indie love-fest Sundance spawned several movies that have a shot at real commercial success, with a roster of films showcasing “more old-fashioned storytelling,” writes Andrew O’Hehir in Salon. Jury prizes went to Push and We Live in Public, but here’s a sampling of... More »

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independent film • film • movie review • Sundance Film Festival • movies • indie film • I Love You Phillip Morris

OPINION

Sundance Stunner Sheds Light on Dolphin Slaughter

The Cove filmmakers aim to curb demand for mammals from aquariums, for food

Jan 22, 09 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Planning a trip to Sea World? You might want to go before you see The Cove—because you sure won’t want to after. The documentary, made by a National Geographic photographer and Flipper’s former trainer, takes viewers inside a secret cove in Japan, Andrew O’Hehir, from Sundance,... More »

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Japan • Sundance Film Festival • mercury • dolphins • Sea World

 Carrey Gambles on 
 Gay Jailbird Role 

Ventures outside comedy, like I Love You Phillip Morris, haven't been big at box office

Jan 21, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Jim Carrey is getting rave reviews for his new film, I Love You Phillip Morris, but the story of a cop-turned-con man who repeatedly breaks out of jail to be with his former cellmate is a gamble for the actor, Reuters reports. “I don’t think it’s a... More »

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homophobia • prison • escape • Sundance Film Festival • Ewan McGregor • Jim Carrey • gays • con man • I Love You Phillip Morris

 BET Debuts 
 First Sitcom 
 for Somebodies 

First original BET scripted series

Sep 9, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - BET premieres a new cutting-edge sitcom today—the first original scripted series in its 28-year history. Called Somebodies, it's already being compared with Seinfeld, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It's set in Athens, Ga., and stars newcomer Hadjii as Scottie, a character who has been a university student far too... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • University of Georgia • Sundance Film Festival • Somebodies • Black Entertainment Television • BET • Hadjii • Scottie • Rusty Cundieff • Brett King

Did Spurlock Find Osama?

Well, no. But filmmaker says that's not the point anyway

Jan 24, 08 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - When Morgan Spurlock, the maverick mind behind the hit 2004 documentary Super-Size Me, decided to make the film Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?, his initial goal was to find and capture the terrorist leader. But as the project evolved (and Osama remained too hard to locate), Spurlock... More »

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US foreign policy • Osama bin Laden • Sundance Film Festival • Morgan Spurlock

Dutch Brace
for Terror
Before Koran Shredding

Right-wing pol vows to air anti-Muslim film

Jan 21, 08 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - The Dutch government expects violent protests in response to an anti-Muslim film—said to include images of the Koran being shredded—that a right-wing lawmaker has vowed to make public this month. Geert Wilders, one of nine members of an extremist party in the Dutch lower house, aims to expose... More »

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Islam • terrorism • Muslims • Netherlands • freedom of expression • Oliver Stone • Josh Brolin • Sundance Film Festival • Geert Wilders • Dutch government • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • George W. Bush

Redford Kid Debuts at Sundance

Amy Redford establishes herself behind the camera

Jan 20, 08 7:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Robert Redford's daughter doesn’t back away from questions about bias regarding a decision by the Sundance film festival—founded by her pop—to show the first movie she's directed. "I've been involved in other films that haven't made it, and it's a democratic selection process," Amy... More »

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Robert Redford • Sundance Film Festival • Amy Redford • movies

TRAVEL

Hit the Winter Festival Circuit

Things are heating up around the globe

Dec 22, 07 7:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Even though it's freezing outside, you don't have to shut yourself up at home. Party on three continents at these amazing festivals, selected by Sherman's Travel:
  1. Barbados Jazz Festival, Jan. 14–20
  2. Buenos Aires Tango Festival, Feb 22-Mar 3
  3. Carnival in Rio, Feb 2–5
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travel • list • festival • Mardi Gras • Sundance Film Festival

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