2012 Sundance Film Festival: Day 3
Day 3 links!
Deadline: How Did Last Year’s Festival Films Fare At The Domestic Box Office?
Deadline: Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Anton Yelchin Lead Naomi Foner’s ‘Very Good Girls’
FirstShowing: Review of “I Am Not A Hipster”
IndieWire: Review of “Detropia”
IndieWire: Review of “The End of Love”
IndieWire: ‘The Orator’ Director/Writer Tusi Tamasese On Making the First-Ever Samoan Film
THR: ‘Beasts,’ ‘Celeste and Jesse,’ ‘The Words’ Pick Up Heat
THR: Review of “Keep The Lights On”
THR: Review of “Robot & Frank”
THR: Screaming, Anger at Tension-Filled ‘Compliance’ Premiere
THR: Ice-T’s ‘The Art of Rap’ Has Head-Bopping Premiere
Total Film: Day 3 notes and news
24 Frames: Bradley Cooper gets naughty in ‘The Words’
24 Frames: An independent film, by way of Natalee Holloway
24 Frames: Buyers cautious as big titles continue to play
24 Frames: Is “Arbitrage” this year’s “Margin Call”
Check out the first part of this review of Beasts of the Southern Wild from Todd McCarthy [THR]:
One of the most striking films ever to debut at the Sundance Film Festival, Beasts of the Southern Wild is a poetic evocation of an endangered way of life and a surging paean to human resilience and self-reliance. Shot along the southernmost fringes of Louisiana, cast with non-actors and absolutely teeming with creativity in every aspect of its being, Benh Zeitlin’s directorial debut could serve as a poster child for everything American independent cinema aspires to be but so seldom is. A handcrafted look at the struggles of some of the poorest people in the United States is no prescription for commercial success, but the presence of a dynamite little girl at the center of things could, along with critical praise and enlightened handling, push this most unlikely but entirely elating drama into a successful specialized theatrical release.
Franklin Leonard said as much and every other Tweet or review I’ve read about the film. Excellent to hear!
The movie’s IMDB site.
Written by Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin.
And some Sundance photos from the LAT.
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