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Sundance gets more annoying.
Wed, Sep 2 2009 2:53 PM

So Sundance woke up all sweaty and hungover a few days ago and apparently decided it was time to change its ways. The quirky Fox Searchlight acquisitions, the earnest Amerindie movies like "Sin Nombre" going nowhere slowly but self-righteously...something didn't feel right. Was this the same festival that gave us Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, mumblecore, Andrew Bujalski, Sundance, Shotgun Stories, Berlinale, John Cooper, Beeswax

Joe Swanberg doesn't stop.
Wed, Apr 1 2009 10:19 AM

I had a good half-hour talk with Joe Swanberg at SXSW, two days after the world premiere of his latest film "Alexander the Last" and a few days before my laptop hard drive failed, taking with it my audio files and transcripts. I'm slowly getting everything back, and while this interview isn't so timely anymore, I didn't want to let it go... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Joe Swanberg, Nights and Weekends, mumblecore, SXSW 2009, Jane Adams, Jess Weixler, Alexander the Last, Kissing on the Mouth, LOL

Sundance 2009: "You Wont Miss Me."
Sat, Jan 17 2009 12:30 AM

"You Wont Miss Me" is all about Shelly Brown, a girl with the kind of problems plenty of 20-somethings dream of moving to New York for the express purpose of having: substance abuse, reckless hookups in her bedraggled Williamsburg apartment with shaggy boys who mistreat her, sudden fights with friends and strangers, an unseen actress mother who doesn't... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Sundance 2009, Ry Russo-Young, Julian Schnabel, Stella Schnabel, You Wont Miss Me, mumblecore