As you know, I am a total film festival geek, so when I heard back in December that a movie I co-wrote and associate produced was going to be screened at a fancy “name” film festival like Slamdance, well…I was kinda blown away. And after spending five plus days in Park City, Utah e...

One of the more fascinating and gut-wrenching films at this year's festival, Sin Nombre managed to snag a couple of awards (Best Director and Best Cinematography in U.S. Dramatic Competition) before skipping town with a writer-director who's sure to become Hollywood's next great filmmaker. The film,...

Filed under: Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Independent, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sundance, Noir, Mystery & Suspense, IFC, Magnolia, Sony Classics, Distribution, Fox Searchlight (Warning: This one goes up to eleven...) 1. Moon -- Most were admittedly intrigued by the prospect of Sam Rockwell ...

Filed under: Drama, Foreign Language, Independent, Sundance, Theatrical Reviews, Focus Features, Sundance Reviews 2009 One of the more fascinating and gut-wrenching films at this year's festival, Sin Nombre managed to snag a couple of awards (Best Director and Best Cinematography in U.S. Dramatic Co...

Filed under: Drama, Independent, New Releases, Sundance, Theatrical Reviews, Festival Reports The premise of Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire is so unsettling and bleak that no one would blame you if you didn't want to see it: It's the story of an obese 16-year-old illiterate Harlem girl who's pre...

Among the items on the prop list for Grace are: one (1) baby bottle filled with blood and one (1) dead baby. Now that you know that, a review might be superfluous -- you already know whether or not you want to see this movie. If you are the sort of person who might enjoy an effed-up gore-fest about ...

Filed under: Horror, Independent, New Releases, Sundance, Theatrical Reviews, Festival Reports, Sundance Reviews 2009 Among the items on the prop list for Grace are: one (1) baby bottle filled with blood and one (1) dead baby. Now that you know that, a review might be superfluous -- you already know...

"You haul 16 tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go; I owe my soul to the company store. ..." -- "Sixteen Tons," Merle Travis Know thyself. -- Solon of Athens Moon, the directorial debut of Duncan Jones, opens with a bright, bre...

Filed under: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sundance, Theatrical Reviews, Festival Reports, Sundance Reviews 2009 "You haul 16 tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go; I owe my soul to the company store. ..." -- "Sixteen Tons," Mer...

This morning, I got up and picked up my press pass at the Headquarters Marriott with a friend of mine, a fellow member of the press; after, we had a sit-down breakfast. And we talked -- about movies, sure, but about apartments and life and buffet etiquette and mutual friends and mutual enemies and t...