DVD: Spend Two Weeks in Another [Overacted, Histrionic] Town
If you long for the days when actors routinely slapped pipes out of their co-stars' faces and cups out of each other's hands, for dialogue where the last word gets…
At Sundance: Great Buzz for Becoming Chaz and Pariah
2011 marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Sundance Film Festival when Todd Haynes' Poison took the Dramatic Jury Prize and Jennie Livingston's Paris is Burning won…
What Does Sundance Darling My Idiot Brother Have Against Gays, Women?
The idea of Paul Rudd playing a bearded, long-haired stoner whose sweet idiocy gets in the way of his good intentions guarantees lots of laughs in Jesse Peretz's My…
DVD: Glee and Our Other Favorite Singin' Teens
Glee Season 2, Volume 1 is out this week from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, giving you the opportunity of watching Chord Overstreet's shower scenes and…
The Lurid Blu-ray Brilliance of The Naked Kiss and Shock Corridor
Samuel Fuller's twisted 1960s masterpieces The Naked Kiss and Shock Corridor (both of which made their Blu-ray debuts last week from the Criterion Collection) may…
Hot Sundance Trends: Actors Directing!
"But I really want to direct" isn't just a cliché -- it's also a burning ambition among the movies' thespian class. And where better for actors-turned-filmmakers to…
Kevin Smith Debuts Red State, Maybe Goes Insane
Striding onto the stage before a sold-out crowd at the Eccles Theatre on Sunday night at the Sundance Film Festival, Kevin Smith channeled legendary hucksters like P.T…
Hot Sundance Trend: Naifs!
The clueless will inherit the earth, apparently, or at least Park City, Utah, since holy innocents keep popping up in some of the hottest titles at this year's Sundance…
Hot Sundance Trend: Religious Fundamentalists!
The sign-bearing loons at the Westboro Baptist Church have threatened to show up at Sundance to protest Kevin Smith's horror flick Red State -- and Smith, having…
Oscar 2012 Watch: Elizabeth Olsen Dazzles in Martha Marcy May Marlene
Perhaps you're already sick of hearing about this year's Oscar race, but given that contenders like The Kids Are All Right, Animal Kingdom, and Winter's Bone all…
Best and Worst Publicity Ideas of Sundance (As of Saturday)
When you've got press credentials at the Sundance Film Festival, your e-mail in-box overflows with press releases, party invites, notifications of red carpet…
DVD: Dennis Hensley Wants to Show You His Five-Pack
Dozens of filmmakers are screening their work at the Sundance Film Festival, and a lucky few will leave Utah with a distribution deal. Those who don't could take a page…
DVD: Why Paper Man Might Be the Ultimate Insufferable Indie
The 2011 Sundance Film Festival kicks off today, and this prestigious annual event has yielded dozens of essential indies over the years, from sex, lies and videotape to…
DVD: Philip Seymour Hoffman Goes Directing in Jack Goes Boating
One of the best films of 2011 that's not getting much love during this awards season (outside of the Independent Spirit Awards, which bestowed three nominations upon it)…
DVD: Reginald Hudlin on Black Panther and Letting His Geek Flag Fly
Certain comic book characters remain popular on the page but seem to defy adaptation to the big screen -- Entertainment Weekly recently asked whether or not we'd ever…
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