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LIVE FROM SUNDANCE: “Grace is Gone” but not Forgotten
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The only double award winner for drama at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival was James C. Strouse’s powerful debut film, “Grace is Gone.” John Cusack gives a remarkably restrained performance as Stanley Philips, a father of two girls, confronted by a shocking reality. Stanley’s wife, Grace, dies serving as a soldier in Iraq. How and…
LIVE FROM SUNDANCE: Competing Monasteries
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Who would guess that the Sundance Film Festival would offer not one, but two compelling stories of life inside Russian Orthodox monasteries? “The Island” is a dark, foreboding, but ultimately transcendent film set on an icy Russian setting. “The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun” is a Danish documentary filled with eccentric humor and profound…
LIVE FROM SUNDANCE: The Fake Dakota Fanning Controversy
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The fake controversy surrounding Dakota Fanning’s new film, “Hounddog“–in which the child actress plays a victim of abuse who, in one much-discussed scene, is raped–demonstrates the unfortunate and continuing power of a press release. Political activists on both sides of the aisle have learned that well-timed (and unsubstantiated) accusations can be an effective fundraising tool…
LIVE AT SUNDANCE: The Next “Napoleon Dynamite”?
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Don’t mistake “Eagle vs. Shark” for your average love story. This “romantic comedy turned on its head” by New Zealand director Taiko Waititi was one of the most talked-about premieres at Sundance. I heard at a previous screening someone called it “the best movie ever made.” When I arrived at the line early, the waiting…
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