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“Fake It So Real”
Robert Greene combines his love of wrestling and docs to highlight a group of DIY “wrasslin” fanatics. ̷...
“Compliance”
Craig Zobel talks about his new psychological drama … Read the rest
“Safety Not Guaranteed”
Colin Trevorrow on his meme-inspired time-traveling romance … Read the rest
“An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty ...
Director Terrence Nance discusses his poetic Sundance debut. … Read the rest
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“Fake It So Real”
Robert Greene combines his love of wrestling and docs to highlight a group of DIY “wrasslin” fanatics. ̷...
“Compliance”
Craig Zobel talks about his new psychological drama … Read the rest

The Guide

READ: Sundance 2012 Coverage
WATCH: Sleepwalk With Me
IN THEATERS: The Grey, Declaration of War, opens Fri.

THE BLUE VELVET PROJECT

THE ‘BLUE VELVET’ PROJECT, #71
Wed Jan 25, 2012 Nicholas Rombes
Second #3337, 55:37 1. Jeffrey, struggling. Working through over and over again the evil equation that is Frank. 2. The sound of sound has come apart. Everything that matters is between his ears. 3. His ear; the fact of his non-severed ear. 4. The haircut to reveal the ear. 5. An actor, preparing ...read more

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DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS

GERARDO NARANJO, “MISS BALA”
Wed Jan 18, 2012 Howard Feinstein
A model hybrid of seemingly effortless form and true-to-life action is the astonishing Miss Bala, by 42-year-old Mexican director Gerardo Naranjo. His earlier, teen-focused works, Drama/Mex and I’m Gonna Explode, while they are expertly crafted (and especially alluring for those with a ...read more
ROBERT GREENE, “FAKE IT SO REAL”
Wed Jan 11, 2012 Brandon Harris
Big-time professional wrestling has long been a lucrative business, but for the men of Lincolnton, North Carolina’s Millenium Wrestling Federation, the social cohesion and outlet for their imagination the sport provides is their primary compensation. As chronicled in director Robert ...read more

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WEB EXCLUSIVES

AN INNOVATIVE LAUNCH FOR “JOFFREY: MAVERICKS OF AMERICAN DANCE”
Wed Jan 18, 2012 Jon Reiss
For the past four months, my company Hybrid Cinema has been working on the release of Bob Hercules’s new film Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, about the history of the Joffrey ballet. I will be writing a number of posts outlining the unique path that I and my partner on this release, ...read more
MICHAEL BARRY ON HIS CAREER IN FILM SOUND
Wed Jan 11, 2012 Alix Lambert
Michael Barry has been a re-recording mixer for more than two decades, working on over 100 films. Some of the directors he has collaborated with include Tony Gilroy (Duplicity, Michael Clayton), Stephen Daldry (The Reader), David Koepp (Ghost Town, Secret Window), Robert Altman (Short Cuts, A ...read more

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COLUMNS

MEDIA CURRENT: END TO CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULES?
Wed Jan 04, 2012 David Rosen
In December 2011, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 to propose loosening media cross-ownership rules relating to a television or radio station and a newspaper. Under the new rules, cross ownership of a newspaper and either a television or a radio station would be allowed in the ...read more
MEDIA CURRENT: YOUR TV FUTURE
Wed Dec 21, 2011 David Rosen
Internet Video (IV) will play an increasingly important role in the distribution of independent “film.” Even for the few who still shoot, edit and distribute on 16mm or 35mm stock, your future – if only for marketing and promotion — is tied to the digital 1s and 0s that are redefining media ...read more

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OUR VIDEOS

GARY OLDMAN TALKS “TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY” AND HIS LEGENDARY CAREER
Thu Dec 08, 2011
In the first of a series of videos we did at this year’s Gotham Independent Film Awards, Gary Oldman talks to Filmmaker about his new film, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (which opens Fri.) as well as what he’s gotten out of working on franchises like Batman and Harry Potter and why acting ...read more

THE BLOG

Photo Stream: More Sundance Films and Events
Thu Jan 26, 2012 alexandra byer
Producer Nekisa Cooper (Pariah) and the IFP’s deputy director Amy Dotson joined Chicken & Egg Pictures in Park City to honor WMM‘s Debra Zimmerman with the 2012 Good Egg Award. Director Josh Radnor spoke about his film Liberal Arts, his experiences at Kenyon College, and David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. Sarah Barnett, the EVP of the Sundance Channel, and Nancy Klasky Gribler, the EVP of Marketing for Sundance Cinemas, caught up at the Sundance Channel’s party. ...read more
MUSICIANS AND FRIENDS IN THE SNOW: SUNDANCE SNAPS
Thu Jan 26, 2012 Scott Macaulay
Here outside Zoom following BMI’s annual seat-switching dinner are elusive rock icon Rodriguez and Malik Bendjelloul, the director of his doc, Searching for Sugar Man. At the dinner, I asked Bendjellaul whether he was a fan of Rodrgiuez’s before the film. No, he said. He was looking for a story and hear about the Rodriguez saga from a private detective. The film was acquired at Sundance by Sony Pictures Classics. Left behind after the Sundance premiere of Exit to the Gift Shop was ...read more
SUNDANCE VIDEO: “ROBOT AND FRANK”‘S FRANK LANGELLA
Thu Jan 26, 2012 Scott Macaulay
One of the hits of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival has been Robot and Frank, Jake Schreier’s tale of a retired jewel thief and the caretaker robot his kids purchase to assist him in his final days. In addition to Frank Langella, the film costars James Marsden, Susan Sarandon and Liv Tyler, and it was jointly acquired at the festival by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions and Samuel Goldwyn in a deal reported at over $2 million. In addition to being a great actor, Langella is a great ...read more
ADAM BOWERS EXPLAINS “WHY FILMMAKERS DON’T NEED MONEY”
Wed Jan 25, 2012 Dan Schoenbrun
Over at IFP, filmmaker and comedian Adam Bowers has a hilarious new blog entry entitled “Why Filmmakers Don’t Need Money.” In the post, Bowers argues that poverty breeds creativity. As he writes: “Think about it: when do filmmakers make their best movies? When they’re at their most miserable and desperate. Raging Bull pulled Scorsese out of his biggest career slump, and Beethoven’s 4th saved David Mickey Evans after the disastrous Beethoven’s 3rd, which obviously ...read more
SUNDANCE ANNOUNCES JURY PRIZES IN SHORT FILMMAKING
Wed Jan 25, 2012 Dan Schoenbrun
At a ceremony last night, Sundance announced this year’s short film prize winners. The 2012 shorts jury, which included Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge, Pariah director Dee Rees, and TIFF public program director Shane Smith, narrowed down the sixty-four shorts currently playing at the festival to six winners. The big winner was Cutter Hodierne’s fictional Somali pirate expose Fishing Without Nets, which took home the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking. Meanwhile, Ben and Josh ...read more
PHOTO STREAM: SUNDANCE DIRECTORS, CAST, AND CREW
Wed Jan 25, 2012 alexandra byer
Celeste and Jesse Forever‘s Question & Answer Portion: Andy Samberg joked that it was finally nice to be acting in something where he “wasn’t rapping or wearing a bird suit.” Director Lee Toland Krieger. Elijah Wood’s co-stars cleared the stage, leaving him alone to answer a question regarding his influences for his gay character. Wood answered that most of the inspiration came from costume designer Julia Caston’s impeccable wardrobe choices. The End of ...read more
WATCH TEN SUNDANCE SHORTS ONLINE, INCLUDING NEW WORKS BY JEREMIAH ZAGAR AND TODD SKLAR
Wed Jan 25, 2012 Dan Schoenbrun
Jeremiah Zagar, the prolific documentary filmmaker behind 2008′s In a Dream is back with Heart Stop Beating: A Body Without A Pulse, a new short screening before Escape Fire this week at Sundance. Heart Stop Beating is a brief, fascinating look at Billy Cohn & Bud Frazier, two doctors who successfully replaced a dying man’s heart with a mechanical device this past March, proving that human physiology can be supported without a pulse. Over its four minute run-time, the documentary ...read more

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FESTIVAL COVERAGE

2011 ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL
Fri Dec 16, 2011 Brandon Harris
A few years back, the Zurich Film Festival burst onto the map, but for all the wrong reasons. In 2009, Roman Polanski, en route to the festival to receive a lifetime achievement award, was apprehended shortly after landing on Swiss soil. He was never extradited to the United States to stand trial ...read more
PAIRING FILMS AT IDFA 2011
Mon Dec 05, 2011 Lauren Wissot
The Jack the Ripper weather that blanketed part of the 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam this year seemed poetically apropos. Rushing from P&I screenings, to public showings, to private viewing booths I often felt like I was lost in a heavy fog of docs. In addition I took ...read more