There are three things to know about going to the Sundance Film Festival: One – it’s very cold and there is a lot of snow. Two – you will not see all the films you want to see, no matter how well you plan ahead. Three – even if you’ve been before your brain will re-set itself so when you arrive back you will have forgotten how everything works, from accessing movie tickets to using the shuttle route. But it’s also one of the best festival experiences you will ever be lucky enough to have. In between, passing beanie-clad actors on the bustling Main Street, to chatting to complete strangers in…
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Entertainment Express: Sundance, Quentin Tarantino, Damon Albarn, Beats Music, Grammys
Hello from the snow-globe that is New York City! * The Sundance Film Festival is into its second week – Anne Hathaway’s new film Song One debuted on Monday, and on Tuesday night a secret screening of Lars von Trier’s controversial Nymphomaniac, which has already opened in Europe but hasn’t yet in the US, took place. More from the fest here. * Also at Sundance, Damon Albarn previewed songs off his debut solo album, Everyday Robots, which is due out in April. * Quentin Tarantino is not happy. Someone leaked the script to his new movie, The Hateful Eight, so the director says he’s not making it anymore. * There’s a new…
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The 2014 Sundance Film Festival kicks off
The Sundance Film Festival kicks off today! It’s the festival’s 30th anniversary, and my third time here. Even though I feel like I know a bit about how to do things, it still takes some time to figure out the film timetable, and how to juggle movie screenings, with Q-and-As and the odd concert/party. It still tickles me pink to think I get to come to the fest now, after years of just watching from afar. Last year Fruitvale Station and Blood Brother were two of my top films out of the batch that I managed to see. Unfortunately, Fruitvale didn’t manage to ride the buzz it started receiving here…
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Richard Linklater’s Curious Case of Boyhood
Originally titled Growing Up, Richard Linklater’s ambitious project that’s been filming, quietly, each year for the past decade, will finally be shown to the public at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It’s one of those movies that has many fans eager to see what comes of this latest venture from the man who gave us the Before… series. We’re told it’s shot in documentary style, and it’s a drama about a couple, played by Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette, who are raising a young boy – only we get to see the characters really age, unaided by Benjamin-Button theatrics. Ellar Salmon, pictured above, plays the boy who ages from 6 to 18…
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Sundance 2013 Snippet: Of Photgraphers, Families and Friends
“I’m probably the only person at Sundance not happy to have his film here.” With these words, Sebastian Junger introduced his documentary, Which Way is the Front Line From Here: The Life and Times of Tim Hetherington, to the audience gathered at the Egyptian Theatre on Wednesday night. It’s true that for so many filmmakers, screening at Sundance, no less in one of the official selections, is a much coveted aim. For Hetherington and Junger, that was a dream realized three years ago, when their film, Restrepo won the top documentary prize here and went on to score an Oscar nomination in that category too. Six weeks after attending the…
