Park City

The Movies to Know From Sundance -- and the Year Ahead

Park City's Breakouts

Sundance 2013: Sex with James Franco, Sultry Scarlett Johansson, Daniel Radcliffe's Jew-Fro, and a Great Film From Jordan

Yelling to the Sky

Sundance Film Festival 2012: Chris Rock Talks to Barack Obama, and Other Random Festival Notes

​After eight days in Park City, I'm back in Los Angeles; the festival continues through the weekend, with the awards announced Saturday night. Here are some notes on films I didn't get a chance to write about at length. Keep an eye out for my wrap-up of the festival in next week's print edition.2 ... More >>

Sundance Film Festival 2012: The Biggest Disappointment Thus Far, and A Mid-Festival Notebook Drop

​With Monday marking the midway point of my stay in Park City, here's a notebook dump on a few films I haven't had a chance to write about at length.

Bingham Ray, Indie Film Distribution & Marketing Legend, Dies While Attending Sundance

​Jaw dropping news came down around noon Park City time Monday, when Sundance issued a press release confirming that Bingham Ray -- indie film legend, co-founder of seminal 90s indie distribution outlet October Films and current executive director of the San Francisco Film Society -- had died. Ray ... More >>

Strained Vibes, Excellent Scenario in Beats, Rhymes & Life

Michael Rapaport’s A Tribe Called Quest documentary eclipses the surrounding drama

Cults and Ingenue Fever at Sundance

The Stars of Sundance Past Make Strong Returns

NYC Nomad, Who Says He's Not a Hipster, Lives New York One Hood at a Time

Via NYC Nomad on Facebook​The NYC Nomad, who was totally at our Web Awards last week, is starting to achieve a certain Internet fame, as evidenced by a recent piece on him in the New York Times. Ed Casabian, the nomad's real name, is a financial analyst for Outside.in during the day who goes h ... More >>

Jet Blue Contest Winner Tells All

​ Surely you remember my contest where the best travel essay won a free month on JetBlue. Well, Courtney Sampsell nabbed the prize, and though she never sent me a postcard, she did come home with a lovely new essay about the experiences she enjoyed around the country, and that's good enough ... More >>

Birdemic: Shock and Terror, One More for the Trash-terpiece Heap

HEAVENLY CINEMA

Move over, Sundance—it's our turn

Sundance Highlights Come to BAM

Non-fiction-filled mini-fest opens with a bust, then rocks

THURSDAY | 5.29

Holland Days

Rotterdam report: Film fest hearts 16mm

The Kids Are Not Alright

Sundance kiddie porn, from Dakota’s rape to Cusack’s daddy issues

Dissent for Sale

Opposition is a commodity in Sundance docs

Date My Mom

Diane Keaton subjects herself to more indignities in Michael Lehmann's latest vapid comedy

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

Sundance 2.0

Redford vs. De Niro: Utah fest moves into Tribeca's backyard

Tiger Beat

After Sundance short-shrift, American independent films get their due in Rotterdam

This Year's Dramatic Competition Largely Devoid of Drama

Who Let the Dog Out?

Particles of Truth

Illness docs, an unembedded Iraq exposé, and Al Gore vie for attention in a chilly Sundance market

Friends Without Money

All quiet on the Western front: The best fiction entries at Sundance '06 were also the smallest

Remote Patrol

Sell Shock

Raw deal: Acquisition disputes and pricey buys at Toronto film fest

Lessons of Darkness

Struggling to stay positive, documentarians fight the power, reach for the gold at Sundance

Prognosis: Negative

Prankster Danes and Memphis musicians shine amid dispiriting indie-cinema trends

Living in Oblivion

Reagan-era callousness sparked an indie film renaissance. Will Bush II inspire another?

Supersize Me

Sundance docs: Board youth, iMacs, Big Macs and big mouths—who in Tarnation is next

Feeding Frenzy

Stunts, moguls, buffed-up people, and sharks—fitting for a film festival at a ski resort

Pause for Commercial

Sundance '04: A growth industry, but Biskind's tell-all both thrills and chills the indie set

A Palestinian Director Subverts a Symbol of Oppression—Twice

Unnatural Selection

Evaluating a Movie Lover's Chances of Survival at a Topsy-Turvy Sundance

The Big Chill

Brats and Boomers Dominate Sundance Docs

Sell it on the Mountain

Risky Business at Sundance 2003

Necessary Roughness

Gimme Shelter

Sundance's Real Deals

Low-Budget Movies

Park City Real-Life Consumer Guide

Search and Rescue Operations

Losing the Plot at Sundance

Amazed and Confused at Sundance

Troubled Buyers and True Believers

Blind Ambition

Steve Me Alone, You Drive Me Lazy

Performance Anxieties

Out of the Glare of Sundance

Beyond the Buzz

Knockouts

Docs and Female Jocks in the Ring at Sundance

World in Motion

Slippery Slopes

Sundance Takes a Tumble