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Lorber Films Acquires Sundance Winner: The Red Chapel

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:41:18 +0000

Coming out of film festivals like Sundance, the winners of the festivals respective top prizes more often than not spark a bidding war from [...]

Lionsgate Teases With Claustrophobic BURIED Trailer

Rudie Obias — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:34:14 +0000

Buried was a small film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year. It was one of the big surprises from [...]

Redford Sent Us Trailer

Rudie Obias — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:59:40 +0000

While Travis and I were in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival, we stayed in a [...]

Animal Kingdom Trailer

Ryan Gallagher — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:07:20 +0000

David Michôd’s Australian crime film, Animal Kingdom, made its U.S. premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. I was lucky enough to be [...]

National Geographic Acquires Restrepo

Rudie Obias — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:26:52 +0000

National Geographic Entertainment has obtained the domestic rights to the documentary Restrepo. This film was one of the opening films at the 2010 [...]

Spike Jonze’s I’m Here Is Available To Watch Online

Rudie Obias — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:32:46 +0000

The most recent short film by filmmaker Spike Jonze is now available to watch on the film’s official website. This is [...]

Sundance Film Festival 2010 – Videoblogs

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:46:24 +0000

I took a good amount of video in Park City during Sundance. I wish I would’ve taken more, but I was [...]

Rudie Review’s Spencer Susser’s Hesher [Sundance 2010 Film Review]

Rudie Obias — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:29:35 +0000

One of the reasons why I chose to screen Happythankyoupleasemore was so I can ensure myself a seat to see Hesher. Both [...]

2010 Sundance Film Festival Awards Announced

Ryan Gallagher — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:50:31 +0000

Tonight the Sundance Film Festival held it’s awards ceremonies, calling an end to 10 days of movie watching. We are so honored [...]

Rudie Reviews David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom [Sundance 2010 Reviews]

Rudie Obias — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:57:12 +0000

Welcome to the jungle! In this jungle, it is survival of the fittest. Animal Kingdom is the newest film from Australian [...]

Travis Reviews Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman’s Catfish [Sundance 2010 Reviews]

Travis George — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:01:49 +0000

The immediacy of information in the age of the Internet, at the most basic consideration, has been double-edged. Knowledge at our [...]

Rudie Reviews Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman’s Catfish [Sundance 2010 Film Review]

Rudie Obias — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:27:18 +0000

Friendship and having a sense of connection is the one of the many things that makes us human. Let’s face it, [...]

Rudie Reviews Rodrigo Cortés’ BURIED [Sundance 2010 Reviews]

Rudie Obias — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:33:18 +0000

The concept is easy, a man buried alive in a coffin in the desert armed only with a flashlight, a zippo and [...]

Sundance Film Festival 2010 Bonus Episode 3 – MiniDisc

Ryan Gallagher — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:13:51 +0000

Alright folks, we are treated to our third installment of Rudie and Travis discussing the various films they’ve seen on their [...]

Travis Reviews Adam Green’s Frozen [Sundance 2010 Reviews]

Travis George — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:31:31 +0000

The horror/thriller/suspense/whatever genre tends to suffer from an inherent douchebaggery in its leads. When bad things happen to people with few redeeming [...]

Travis Reviews Taika Waititi’s BOY [Sundance 2010 Review]

Travis George — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:23:54 +0000

“What if the hero you’ve been waiting for is a dick?”

That is one of a few choice taglines of Taika [...]

Travis Reviews Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet [Sundance 2010 Reviews]

Travis George — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:36:35 +0000

Jacques Audiard’s Un Prophete (A Prophet) is unlike any other I’ve seen. It is a veritable molotov cocktail — a prison drama [...]

Rudie Reviews Drake Doremus’ Douchebag [Sundance Film Review]

Rudie Obias — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:43:32 +0000

There has been a buzz created around this film from the moment I set foot in Park City. Every line I waited [...]

Gaspar Noé’s Enter The Void [Sundance 2010 Review]

Rudie Obias — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:47:01 +0000

Enter The Void was on the top of my list for movies to watch in Park City. So when I got to [...]

Ken Wardrop’s His & Hers [Sundance 2010 Review]

Travis George — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:28:06 +0000

From the first line of dialogue in Ken Wardrop’s documentary, I had a smile on my face. His & Hers tells, in [...]

Sam Taylor Wood’s Nowhere Boy [Sundance 2010 Film Review]

Rudie Obias — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:32:40 +0000

The first official film Travis and I watched at the Sundance Film Festival was Nowhere Boy. A strange biopic about the early [...]

Adam Green’s Frozen [Sundance 2010 Film Review]

Rudie Obias — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:29:07 +0000

A common theme I’ve been noticing at Sundance this year is fear in unlikely and abrupt circumstances. Films like Buried, Nowhere [...]

Sundance Film Festival 2010 Bonus Episode 2 – MiniDisc

Ryan Gallagher — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:06:52 +0000

Well everyone, it looks like Travis and Rudie have survived most of their first real [...]

Sundance Film Festival 2010 Bonus Episode 1 – MiniDisc

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:45:16 +0000

Well folks, they made it. After much talking, and a little planning, Rudie and Travis have arrived in Park City [...]