Sundance Film Festival 2008 Articles

Liam Lacey on Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges at the Toronto Globe and Mail: "Colin Farrell [above] and Brendan Gleason [sic] appear to draw on the model of the comedy team of Laurel and Hardy, with Farrell as the anxious, not-so-bright apprentice and Gleeson as his composed, epicurean partner, as they await orders from their irascible overseer (Ralph Fiennes). McDonagh’s dialogue is consistently clever, though his [...]

Sundance 2008: World Cinema Dramatic Competition   Just Another Love Story by Ole Bornedal Film information from the Sundance Film Festival press release ABSURDISTAN/ Germany/Azerbaijan (Director: Veit Helmer; Screenwriters: Veit Helmer, Zaza Buadze, Gordan Mihic, Ahmet Golbol)— This inventive and allegorical comedy centers on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward [...]

Sundance 2008: World Cinema Documentary Competition   A Complete History of My Sexual Failures by Chris Waitt Film information from the Sundance Film Festival press release ALONE IN FOUR WALLS (ALLEIN IN VIER WÄNDEN)/ Germany (Director and Screenwriter: Alexandra Westmeier)—Adolescent boys struggle to grow up in a home for delinquents in rural Russia where life behind bars may be better than the release to freedom. [...]

Sundance 2008: Documentary Competition   I.O.U.S.A. by Patrick Creadon Film information from the Sundance Film Festival press release AN AMERICAN SOLDIER (Director and Screenwriter: Edet Belzberg)—Uncle Sam really wants you! A compelling exploration of army recruitment in the United States told through the story of Louisiana Sergeant, First Class Clay Usie, one of the most successful recruiters in the history of the U.S. Army. World [...]