One of the biggest surprises in my Spirit Award ventures, Marwencol is a touching true story full of poignancy and charm. This documentary unravels the tale o...
Mumblecore goes mainstream, or somewhat so, in Cold Weather, writer/director/editor Aaron Katz's second feature film. His first, Quiet City, helped spark wh...
Sanctum, directed by Alister Grierson, is a 3-D effects slide show that wants desperately to be a feature film. Set in an underwater cave that no human has ev...
Certainly one of the darkest films at Sundance 2011, thespian Paddy Considine's directorial debut Tyrannosaur tells a simple story: girl finds boy, boy want...
Steve James’ dense, meticulously-focused documentary, The Interrupters, about urban violence in Chicago and those who’ve chosen to prevent it is an epic chron...
The Mechanic is a professionally-made product: we’ve been sold a Jason Statham action film; CBS Films and Simon West have delivered. So what?
West’s firs...
For a genre film, The Rite takes the subject matter of faith as seriously as it can while retaining mainstream appeal. If it were to dive either way we mig...
With Jill Sprecher's The Convincer, Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin reunite on the independent film scene after achieving success with Little Miss Sunshine. Unf...
After breaking out with The Blair Witch Project, Joshua Leonard has had a steady career in the indie film scene, most recently starring in the mumble-core pro...
Premiering in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category at Sundance Film Festival 2011 is Azazel Jacobs' Terri. The coming-of-age dramedy follows Terri (Jacob Wy...
