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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Sundance Film Festival 2009</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/sundance-2009/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>2009 Sundance Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-sundance-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-sundance-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:01:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15481</guid> <description><![CDATA[Among the top winners at Sundance 2009 were Grand Jury and Audience: U.S. Dramatic winner Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire (as opposed to the upcoming sci-fi thriller Push, starring Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans). Directed by Lee Daniels and adapted by Damien Pearl, Push follows an overweight, pregnant teenager living in Harlem who must struggle to find her place in the world. Mo'Nique, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-sundance-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-awards-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-awards-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:00:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7402</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards 2009 Sundance Film Festival: January 15-25, 2009 &#160; Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic: Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniels Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary: We Live in Public, directed by Ondi Timoner World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic: The Maid (La Nana), directed by Sebastián Silva World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary: Rough Aunties, directed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-awards-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS, Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-phillip-morris-sarandon-gere/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-phillip-morris-sarandon-gere/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:35:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7391</guid> <description><![CDATA[Damon Wise in the London Times: &#34;Written by the team responsible for the similarly dark Bad Santa and based on a true story, I Love You Phillip Morris is an extraordinary film that serves as a reminder of just how good [Jim] Carrey [above, with Ewan McGregor] can be when he's not tied into a generic Hollywood crowd-pleaser. His comic timing remains as exquisite as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-phillip-morris-sarandon-gere/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Gay Themes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-gay-themes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-gay-themes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:30:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7224</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor in I Love You Phillip Morris Gay boycott or no, Sundance 2009 has several films dealing &#8212; at least to some extent &#8212; with gay characters. The most publicized gay-focused film at Sundance is I Love You Phillip Morris, about a scary-looking ex-cop (Jim Carrey) who becomes a criminal and is arrested. While in jail, he falls for a fellow inmate [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-gay-themes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009 Buzz</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-buzz/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-buzz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:29:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7222</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter Travers in Rolling Stones: &#34;It begins again. Here I am in Park Cty [sic], Utah, where Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary by trying to bust through the gloom of a nation's economic crisis and the growing pissy impatience among audiences for any movies that don't have cute dogs or horror scenes in 3D. What does that mean for indie films [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-buzz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Ten Shorts on itunes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-ten-shorts-on-itunes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-ten-shorts-on-itunes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:28:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7223</guid> <description><![CDATA[James by Connor Clements The following Sundance 2009 short films are available for viewing/downloading &#8212; free of charge &#8212; via itunes stores in the US, UK, and Canada. They'll remain available until Jan. 25. Go to www.iTunes.com/sundance. The available films are (synopses from the Sundance Festival's press release): Acting for the Camera (Director: Justin Nowell; Screenwriter: Thomas Nowell) &#8212; An acting class. Today's scene: the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-ten-shorts-on-itunes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Frontier</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-frontier/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-frontier/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:44:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5389</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: Frontier Where Is Where by Eija-Liisa Ahtila Artist Spotlight: The Works of Maria Marshall / U.S. (Director: Maria Marshall) Maria Marshall's disturbing and gorgeously composed video projections provoke the psychological dimensions of cinema. Often violent and always visually charming, Marshall often uses her two sons in the main roles of her films. Her work tackles fundamental subjects of motherhood, socialization and life experience [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-frontier/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Park City at Midnight</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-park-city-at-midnight/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-park-city-at-midnight/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:43:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5388</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: Park City at Midnight Dead Snow by Tommy Wirkola &#160; Black Dynamite / U.S. (Director: Scott Sanders; screenwriters: Michael Jai White, Scott Sanders, Byron Minns) When &#34;The Man&#34; murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to take him on. Cast: Michael Jai White, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-park-city-at-midnight/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Spectrum &#8211; Documentary Films</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum-documentary-films/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum-documentary-films/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:41:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16386</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: Spectrum The Yes Men Fix the World by Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr Documentary Films: It Might Get Loud / U.S. (Director: Davis Guggenheim) The history of the electric guitar from the point of view of three legendary rock musicians. Cast: The Edge, Jimmy Page, Jack White. U.S. premiere No Impact Man / U.S. (Directors: Laura Gabbert, Justin Schein) The film follows [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum-documentary-films/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Spectrum &#8211; Dramatic Films</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:40:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5386</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: Spectrum Johnny Mad Dog by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire Dramatic Films: Against the Current / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Peter Callahan) Facing the anniversary of his pregnant wife's tragic death, 35-year-old Paul Thompson enlists the help of two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River. Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Justin Kirk, Elizabeth Reaser, Mary Tyler Moore, Michelle Trachtenberg. World premiere The Anarchist's Wife (La [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-spectrum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: Premieres</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-premieres/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-premieres/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:38:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5384</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: Premieres Mary and Max by Adam Elliot Adventureland / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Greg Mottola) In 1987, a recent college graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers the job is perfect preparation for the real world. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader. World premiere Brooklyn's Finest / U.S. (Director: Antoine Fuqua; screenwriter: Michael C. Martin) After enduring vastly different [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-premieres/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-film-line-up/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-film-line-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:03:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5354</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Daniels, Lou Taylor Pucci in The Dream of Romans (top); Emma Thompson, Carey Mulligan in An Education (bottom) Perhaps it's just my impression, but the 25th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 15-25, 2009, in Park City, Utah, seems to be focused on more commercial fare. If so, that's understandable considering that for the most part Sundance films have been [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-film-line-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: World Cinema Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-documentary-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-documentary-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:02:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5341</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: World Cinema Documentary Competition &#160; Afghan Star (above) / Afghanistan and U.K. (Director: Havana Marking) After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, &#34;Pop Idol&#34; has come to television in Afghanistan &#8212; and millions are watching and voting for their favorite singer. This film follows the dramatic stories of four contestants as they risk their lives to sing. North American premiere Big River [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-documentary-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: World Cinema Dramatic Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5337</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: World Cinema Dramatic Competition &#160; Nathalie Baye in A French Gigolo &#160; Before Tomorrow (Le Jour Avant Lendemain) / Canada (Directors: Madeline Piujuq, Marie-Helene Cousineau) A wise old woman fights to survive impossible circumstances with her young grandson in the Canadian Arctic. Cast: Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Mary Qulitalik, Tumasie Sivuarapik. U.S. premiere Bronson / U.K. (Director: Nicolas Winding Refn; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-world-cinema-dramatic-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: US Documentary Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-us-documentary-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-us-documentary-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:58:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5335</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: US Documentary Competition &#160; The General by Natalia Almada &#160; Art &#38; Copy (Director: Doug Pray; screenwriter: Timothy J. Sexton) Rare interviews with the most influential advertising creative minds of our age illustrate the wide-reaching effect advertising and creativity have on modern culture. Boy Interrupted (Director: Dana Perry) An intimate look at the life, mental illness and death of a young man told [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-us-documentary-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: US Dramatic Competition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-us-dramatic-competition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-us-dramatic-competition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:55:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5333</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sundance 2009: US Dramatic Competition &#160; Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon in The Greatest &#160; Adam (Director-screenwriter: Max Mayer) A strange and lyrical love story between a somewhat socially dysfunctional young man and the woman of his dreams. Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison. Amreeka (Director-screenwriter: Cherien Dabis) When a divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son move to rural Illinois [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-us-dramatic-competition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sundance 2009: To Boycott or Not to Boycott</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:20:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5072</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; David Poland at Movie City News: &#34;Movie City News will spend a lot of money in Park City to cover Sundance this year. I will be happy to pledge, right now, that we will not spend a dime that money in businesses that were financial supporters of California's Prop 8. &#34;So&#8230; activists&#8230; make that list. Make it honestly. Don't tell me all Mormons are [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
