Filmmaking
Filmmaking
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PARK CITY CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK #2: BEATS, RHYMES, ODDBALLS
After its first weekend has drawn to a close, the 2011 Sundance Film Festival has seen a flurry of buying activity from movies both expected to sell for significant amounts (Jesse Peretz’s My Idiot Brother, which went to the Weinstein Company for $7 million) and movies no one expected to go for as much as they did (Drake Doremus‘ Like Crazy, which without a significant movie star in it went for $4 million to Paramount). While I haven’t seen either film, they both seem to have both their admirers and detractors. In a U.S. Dramatic Competition heavy on formally ambitious […]
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SUNDANCE VOLUNTEER KNAR KITABJIAN
As part of our spotlight on volunteerism with Kenneth Cole, here we profile Knar Kitabjian, who is volunteering at the Sundance Film Festival this year at the Music Cafe.
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WINTER 2011 ISSUE NOW ONLINE
Now up on the site are select stories from the Winter 2011 issue. Michelle Williams talks about her upcoming film Meek’s Cutoff, as well as the challenges of trying to shake her Blue Valentine character to prepare. We chat with Apichatpong Weerasethakul about his Palme d’Or winner, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. DP Eric Lin (The Exploding Girl) talks shop with Monogamy cinematographer Doug Emmett. As well as interviews with Limitless director Neil Burger and Mike Ott‘s Gotham Awards’ Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You winner, Littlerock. Lance Weiler also delves into his project, […]
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Trolls Vs. Lou Reed at Sundance
Quintessential Sundance experience: I arrived in Park City earlier today. Got my badge. Went to The Troll Hunter because, well, I like monster movies. And trolls? I love trolls! The Troll Hunter is kind of like Troll 2, except with, you know – good special effects, decent actors, a coherent story…that being said, I’m a die-hard Troll 2 fan and will continue to sing its praises. But I digress. After The Troll Hunter, I saw a film that will probably go down as the worst of the festival. Tons of walkouts. Awkward laughter. Not really a “so-bad-it’s-good” movie. Just awful. […]
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7 Fresh Faces in Film Converge on Sundance
On Friday night the IFP and 7 For All Mankind put the spotlight on seven talents that soon will get your attention. Nestled in the TR Suites in Park City, the 7 Fresh Faces In Film party rocked late into the night. Attendees included industry vets like producers Ted Hope, Vanessa Hope, and Jamie Patricof; Visit Films topper Ryan Kampe; Slated’s Duncan Cork; new media expert and consultant Brian Newman; filmmaker and distribution guru Jon Reiss; the much buzzed about cast of Pariah and even Olympic snowboarder Shaun White. But the night belonged to these seven faces. Olivia Crociccha – […]
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“PANDEMIC” DIRECTOR LANCE WEILER
Lance Weiler talks about his new interactive project, Pandemic.
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“WIN WIN”‘S PAUL GIAMATTI AND TOM MCCARTHY
Below, Jamie Stuart sits down with writer/director Tom McCarthy and actor Paul Giamatti to discuss their very-well-received Sundance premiere, Win Win, and the difficulties of dramatizing virtuous people.
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SUNDANCE VOLUNTEER JEFF AGUIRRE
When first-time Sundance filmmakers ask me for advice on attending the festival, I always tell them, “Get to know the volunteers.” Park City can be a difficult place to navigate. Seasoned vets already know the tricks for making their way around, and sage guidance from the volunteers can be the only for newcomers to level the playing field. But there’s another reason I recommend people get to know the volunteers. And that’s because they’re really interesting people. While a lot of festivals rely on recently graduated local students whose ranks turn over every year, Sundance has a cadre of volunteers, […]
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Culture Hacker: A Storytelling Pandemic
A storytelling pandemic. By Lance Weiler. -
35 Is The New 25, 40 Is Basically 50: The Next Gen Crisis Of Indie Film
To grow up or not to grow up? Three days into Sundance, three very different films have asked this same question. Bellflower, The Future and The Lie are all, nominally, about the same thing: white people in Los Angeles, unsure of their relationship, trying to reconcile their adulthood with their self-image. Surely these topics – who am I? who should I be with? — are not new to cinema, but their prevalence in the films here at Sundance and in recent American indies can sometimes overwhelm. Last year’s The Freebie, for instance, followed a Los Angeles couple on a journey […]
