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Sundance Post #2, In Which I Get to See My Own Movie at Sundance

Sundance Post #2, In Which I Get to See My Own Movie at Sundance

My film Pioneer premiered last night. As you can see from the pictures, I was, in fact, there. Any suspense over whether or not I would gain admittance to my own screening can now be laid to rest.

Day 2: Black Power and Lots of Fire and Ice

Day 2: Black Power and Lots of Fire and Ice

It is kind of hard to imagine that I only arrived in Park City at 7 PM Thursday. Something about seeing 7 feature films makes a day seem much too epic to have lasted merely 24 hours. But it was a tremendously satisfying day, to be sure, and I have already seen several films that […]

Sundance Review: Dee Rees’ “Pariah”

Sundance Review: Dee Rees’ “Pariah”

Dee Rees’ debut feature film Pariah demonstrates an insightful give and take of love and need, anger and forgiveness, anguish and growth in the life of a gay black teenage girl in Brooklyn.

Rooftop ’09 Film “45365” In Theaters Now

Rooftop ’09 Film “45365” In Theaters Now

45365, one of the most beautiful, fascinating, unique feature films of Rooftop’s 2009 season, is playing at the Anthology Film Archives from June 17-24. The glowing review in The Times called it “a beguiling slice of Midwestern impressionism.”

Watch: “Drunk History: Tesla and Edison”

Watch: “Drunk History: Tesla and Edison”

We’ve got a few of these playing throughout the summer in unexpected places. Tesla and Edison played at our Opening Night, on May 14, 2010, in “This Is What We Mean By Short Films.” (I.e., what we mean is a simple but brilliant idea.) Starring John C. Reilly and Crispin Glover.

Watch: Star Wars (Retold)

Watch: Star Wars (Retold)

We began Rooftop Films 2010 festival, a celebration of independent films, with this skewed homage to one of cinema’s greatest blockbusters.

CHECK OUT <em>ST. NICK</em> AT 92Y TRIBECA ON FEB. 27 <br/> PLUS a Q&A with Director David Lowery <br/>(discount for Rooftop Fans)

CHECK OUT ST. NICK AT 92Y TRIBECA ON FEB. 27
PLUS a Q&A with Director David Lowery
(discount for Rooftop Fans)

One of the finest fiction films we’ve ever shown at Rooftop is coming back to NYC on February 27–David Lowery’s St. Nick. The soft-spoken, thought-provoking director will be in town for a Q&A at the 92Y Tribeca.

SEE OCTOBER COUNTRY THIS WEEK AT THE IFC CENTER

SEE OCTOBER COUNTRY THIS WEEK AT THE IFC CENTER

The film has gone on to dozens of festivals and won numerous awards. Now it’s coming out in theaters, and of course I can’t recommend a film more highly.

SUNDANCE REVIEW: LUCY WALKER’S “WASTELAND” Because 99 Is Not 100

SUNDANCE REVIEW: LUCY WALKER’S “WASTELAND” Because 99 Is Not 100

Vik Muniz is an internationally-acclaimed artist best known for his playful recreations of famous masterpieces using quotidian materials–the peanut butter and jelly Mona Lisa, for example. But coming from a lower class background in Brazil, Muniz is now developing an interest in breaking out of art world gags and doing something more global, more socially significant.

SUNDANCE REVIEW: RODRIGO CORTES’S “BURIED” <br class=lazy />“One actor, in a coffin. You’re still here. I don’t know why.”

SUNDANCE REVIEW: RODRIGO CORTES’S “BURIED”
“One actor, in a coffin. You’re still here. I don’t know why.”

Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes introduced his film Buried thusly: “I am sorry that Ryan Reynolds cannot be here today, because he is much taller and better looking than I am, but I have this accent, which perhaps to you is sexy. This is a film about a man in a coffin. That’s it. And yet you are still here. I don’t know why.”

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