With the 2014 edition of the Sundance Film Festival launching on Thursday, it's the perfect time to highlight some past Sundance hits which are available to stream for free right now at SnagFilms (Indiewire's parent company). Sad you can't be there to brave the cold? Despair no longer. Click the film's title to watch the movie at SnagFilms and browse SnagFilms' Sundance Film Festival Channel for more Sundance classics. 10 Past Sundance Hits (in order of the year they premiered): Advise and Dissent (2012) Prom Night in Mississippi (2009) Nanking (2007) In Between Days (2006) The Puffy Chair (2005) Brother to Brother (2004) Primer (2004) Super Size Me (2004) L.I.E. (2001) Blessing (1994)Watch A Selection of Sundance Shorts at SnagFilms...
- 1/14/2014
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
While it could be the weather or the crowds that might dissuade people from heading to the theaters this holiday season, a handful of distributors are providing plenty of reasons to stay in with plenty of films available at just the touch of a button. IFC and Magnolia continue to bring the arthouse to your house with hot festival favorites such as Lena Dunham's comedy "Tiny Furniture" and the Kerry Washington-Anthony Mackie drama "Night Catches Us" arriving on demand at the same time they hit theaters, while companies like FilmBuff and Gravitas are debuting new films from Edward Burns ("Nice Guy Johnny") and Melissa Leo ("One Night") on an array of platforms to choose from. A complete guide to what's not at your local multiplex is below.
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- 10/21/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
By Sean O’Connell
Ryan Piers Williams’ “The Dry Land,” a Sundance Film Festival favorite, took home the top prize at the Dallas International Film Festival Friday evening, earning a $25,000 cash prize for the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature. In addition, Lucy Walker’s “Waste Land” received a $25,000 cash prize for the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary Feature.
“Dry Land” stars America Ferrera and Wilmer Valderrama were on hand during the fest. Their film follows a U.S. soldier as he returns home from Iraq to Texas and tries to assimilate back into society.
The Documentary competition jury also gave a Special Jury Prize to Michael Pertnoy’s and Michael Kleiman’s “The Last Survivor” and a Special Mention for Editing (for Claire Didier’s work on the film) to Mark Landsman’s “Thunder Soul.”
Dallas Star Award recipient John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) made the...
Ryan Piers Williams’ “The Dry Land,” a Sundance Film Festival favorite, took home the top prize at the Dallas International Film Festival Friday evening, earning a $25,000 cash prize for the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature. In addition, Lucy Walker’s “Waste Land” received a $25,000 cash prize for the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary Feature.
“Dry Land” stars America Ferrera and Wilmer Valderrama were on hand during the fest. Their film follows a U.S. soldier as he returns home from Iraq to Texas and tries to assimilate back into society.
The Documentary competition jury also gave a Special Jury Prize to Michael Pertnoy’s and Michael Kleiman’s “The Last Survivor” and a Special Mention for Editing (for Claire Didier’s work on the film) to Mark Landsman’s “Thunder Soul.”
Dallas Star Award recipient John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) made the...
- 4/17/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
So last year I joined Twitter and desperately struggled to figure out a good use for it. Assuming most people following my account might come from the Film Junk podcast, I thought it might be an idea platform to keep track of what films I've been watching and what ratings I give them. My first post was March 9th, 2009 with David Cronenberg's The Brood (3.5/4) and since then I've managed to check out a good number of great films over the last year. (Jacques Tati's Play Time and Wim Wender's Paris, Texas are definitely two stand outs on this list.) Many of these are first time viewings, but a there are also a lot of movies I just felt the urge to revisit. So what do you think? Any favourites? Have a look for yourself after the jump! The Brood, (Cronenberg, 1979) 3.5/4 Operation Crossbow (Anderson, 1965) 3.5/4 Watchmen, (Snyder, 2009) 3/4 Pontypool, (McDonald, 2008) 4/4 Pinocchio,...
- 3/10/2010
- by Jay C.
- FilmJunk
Maxim Gaudette in Polytechnique The 30th Genie Awards will take place Monday, April 12 at Toronto’s Guvernment / Kool Haus Entertainment Complex. Best Motion Picture 3 saisons – Maude Bouchard, Jim Donovan, Sandy Martinez, Bruno Rosato Before Tomorrow – Stephane Rituit Fifty Dead Men Walking – Shawn Williamson, Stephen Hegyes, Peter La Terriere, Kari Skogland Nurse.Fighter.Boy – Ingrid Veninger Polytechnique – Maxime Remillard, Don Carmody Best Feature Length Documentary A Hard Name – Kristina McLaughlin, Michael McMahon, Alan Zweig Les Dames En Bleu / Ladies In Blue – Claude Demers Inside Hana’s Suitcase – Larry Weinstein, Rudolf Biermann, Jessica Daniel Prom Night In Mississippi – Patricia Aquino, Paul Saltzman Rip: A Remix Manifesto – Mila Aung-Thwin, Kat Baulu, Brett Gaylor, Germaine Ying-Gee Wong Achievement [...]...
- 3/3/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
0:00 - Intro / In-House Stuff 04:55 - Headlines: - Avatar Passes Titanic and Gets Beat By Dear John, Oscar Nominees, Up Wins at the Annie Awards, Taylor Lautner is Stretch Armstrong, Percy Jackson Could Be Spider-Man, Danny Bride in L.A.P.I., The Thing Prequel May Not Be a Prequel, MacGyver Creator Trying to Shut Down MacGruber, David Goyer Writing Batman 3 37:05 - Review: Frozen 58:40 - Trailer Trash: The Last Airbender, Cop Out 1:06:48 - Other Stuff We Watched: Prom Night in Mississippi, Good Hair, Dirty Work, Tommy Boy, Billy Madison, More Than a Game, District B13: Ultimatum, Lost 1:29:36 - Junk Mail: Film Junk Diagnoses Diabetes / Jay's Medical Update, Are Movies Getting Shorter?, Relationship with Reed, Jay's Last Driving Test, Movies Shot on the Red Camera, Buying Used DVDs, Kids Movies from the '80s, From Burger It Came 2:19:20 - This...
- 2/9/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
It’s almost February and some really great movies are hitting store shelves this week for the first time and for the first time on Blu-ray. This week’s releases include This Is It, Surrogates, Whip It, Saw IV, the complete run of NBC’s canceled-too-soon Southland and the Blu-ray release of Wim Wenders’ classic Paris, Texas with Nastassja Kinski and Harry Dean Stanton. (pictured above).
Check out this week’s new releases:
Movies
Atonement ~ James McAvoy (Blu-ray)
Bright Star ~ Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw (Blu-ray and DVD)
Fame (1980) ~ Irene Cara (Blu-ray)
Give ‘Em Hell Malone ~ Doug Hutchison, Thomas Jane (Blu-ray and DVD)
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell ~ Matt Czuchry, Geoff Stults (Blu-ray and DVD)
IMAX: Wild Ocean ~ (Blu-ray)
Little Ashes ~ Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson (Blu-ray and DVD)
Michael Jackson: This Is It ~ Michael Jackson (Blu-ray and DVD)
Paris, Texas (Criterion Collection) ~ Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell...
Check out this week’s new releases:
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Atonement ~ James McAvoy (Blu-ray)
Bright Star ~ Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw (Blu-ray and DVD)
Fame (1980) ~ Irene Cara (Blu-ray)
Give ‘Em Hell Malone ~ Doug Hutchison, Thomas Jane (Blu-ray and DVD)
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell ~ Matt Czuchry, Geoff Stults (Blu-ray and DVD)
IMAX: Wild Ocean ~ (Blu-ray)
Little Ashes ~ Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson (Blu-ray and DVD)
Michael Jackson: This Is It ~ Michael Jackson (Blu-ray and DVD)
Paris, Texas (Criterion Collection) ~ Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell...
- 1/27/2010
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
Prom Night In Mississippi is a documentary that shouldn’t exist, since the issue it explores forthrightly and tenderly—integration—belongs in the distant past, not the uncertain present. The United States remains powerfully divided, yet its de facto segregation tends to fall along invisible class and geographic lines. Rarely is it as overt and shameful as a high school in Mississippi still holding separate black and white proms more than half a century after the Supreme Court officially banned school segregation. Prom Night In Mississippi chronicles Morgan Freeman’s attempts to drag his home state kicking and screaming into ...
- 1/27/2010
- avclub.com
From Jigsaw to Jacko, this week's DVD release are a real mixed bag. Some of the higher profile films hitting a digital format today include Drew Barrymore's Whip It, the Bruce Willis sci-fi action film Surrogates, Saw VI, the poorly received comedy I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, and Michael Jackson's This Is It. Digging a bit deeper, we also have the indie drama Little Ashes, which stars Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali, Jennifer Baichwal's metaphysical documentary Act of God, and the direct-to-dvd Thomas Jane noir-thriller Give 'Em Hell Malone. All this plus the U.S. release of Pontypool and Parker Lewis Can't Lose: Season 2! What movies will be in your queue this week? Whip It [1] (+ Blu-ray [2]) Michael Jackson's This Is It [3] (+ Blu-ray [4]) Surrogates [5] (+ Blu-ray [6]) Saw VI [7] (+ Blu-ray [8]) Bright Star [9] I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell [10] The Boys are Back [11] Little Ashes [12] Pontypool [13] St. Trinian's...
- 1/26/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
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Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy (Criterion Collection) Believe me, I am mindful of the price of Criterion releases when I review and recommend them for purchase. It just so happens I view this three film release as an absolute must buy and at $57.49 at Amazon right now I don't see how you can pass it up and if you are looking to buy two DVDs this week perhaps check out Barnes and Noble, which is having their "Buy Two Get One Free" sale, which includes box sets.
As for my complete thoughts on this set you can click here to read my extensive review. WWII in HD I guess it's only fitting the History Channel's WWII in HD arrives the same week as Rossellini's War Trilogy gets a superb refinishing via Criterion. I have this set here and...
Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy (Criterion Collection) Believe me, I am mindful of the price of Criterion releases when I review and recommend them for purchase. It just so happens I view this three film release as an absolute must buy and at $57.49 at Amazon right now I don't see how you can pass it up and if you are looking to buy two DVDs this week perhaps check out Barnes and Noble, which is having their "Buy Two Get One Free" sale, which includes box sets.
As for my complete thoughts on this set you can click here to read my extensive review. WWII in HD I guess it's only fitting the History Channel's WWII in HD arrives the same week as Rossellini's War Trilogy gets a superb refinishing via Criterion. I have this set here and...
- 1/26/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Nope, it's not a prosthetic. Morgan Freeman let his fingers breathe in what looked like a compression glove at the Thursday night premiere of his new movie 'Invictus,' in which he plays Nelson Mandela. Freeman suffered nerve damage to his arm during a 2008 car accident. He was driving when the car containing him and suspected mistress Demaris Meyer flipped over several times, seriously injuring them both. Four days later he announced his divorce from wife Myrna. Freeman said in January his hand was paralyzed, but it might be getting better as his gloves keep getting smaller. Below you can watch his recovery in reverse chronological order. MSN Canada described his hand as "limp and swaddled in a tan glove" when he was promoting his documentary 'Prom Night In Mississippi' last month. Photos: Get HuffPost Entertainment On Facebook and Twitter! ...
- 12/4/2009
- by Katy Hall
- Huffington Post
The 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) will be held October 1-16, 2009. Founded in 1982, Viff's mandate is "...to encourage the understanding of other nations through the art of cinema, to foster the art of cinema, to facilitate the meeting in British Columbia of cinema professionals from around the world and to stimulate the motion picture industry in British Columbia and Canada..." Over 150,000 people are expected to attend 640 screenings of 360 films from 80 countries. Here is an up-to-date list of directors, confirmed to attend Viff 2009, along with their films : "1428" Du Haibin "1999" Lenin Sivam "65_RedRoses" Philip Lyall & Nimisha Mukerji "Adelaide" Liliana Greenfield-Sanders "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector" Vikram Jayanti "Ana & Arthur" Larry Young "The Anchorage" Anders Edström & Curtis Winter "Antoine" Laura Bari "Argippo Resurrected" Dan Krames "The Art of Drowning" Diego Maclean "At Home By Myself... With You" Kris Booth "At The Edge Of The World" Dan Stone...
- 9/27/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Jennifer Aniston has got her producer hat on once again as she teams up with Screen Gems to pick up the script for Holler, about the continuing racial segregation in America's Deep South.The film - which was originally set to be called Mutt - was written by Oscar-nominated Murderball director Dana Adam Shapiro taken from real events which were also dissected in the HBO documentary Prom Night In Mississippi.It will follow the mixed race teen who moves to Mississippi with his white mother - who could in theory be played by Aniston - and falls in love with a white girl. When he realises that they cannot be eachother's date to the prom because it is racially segregated, he is inspired to put the school to rights and fight to change the values of the whole town.Aniston is still fairly new to producing films of her own...
- 7/21/2009
- EmpireOnline
Matt Aselton's "Gigantic" was named best narrative feature, a prize worth $25,000, at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, which concluded Thursday.
Peter Callahan's "Against the Current" received a special jury prize.
Paul Saltzman's "Prom Night in Mississippi" was the winner of the best documentary feature prize, also worth $25,000, while Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi's "Suddenly Last Winter" took the special jury prize.
Joe Berlinger's "Crude" won the $10,000 cash prize for the Current Energy Filmmaker Award, while David Lowery took home the Texas Filmmaker Award and $20,000 in cash, goods and services for his film "St. Nick."
Kazik Radwanski's "Princess Margaret Blvd." was named best short, with honorable mentions handed out to Todd Luoto's "Oil Change" and Denis Villeneuve's "Next Floor." The award for best student short went to Khary Jones' "Hug." Stephen Neary's "Chicken Cowboy" was hailed as best animated short.
Audience...
Peter Callahan's "Against the Current" received a special jury prize.
Paul Saltzman's "Prom Night in Mississippi" was the winner of the best documentary feature prize, also worth $25,000, while Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi's "Suddenly Last Winter" took the special jury prize.
Joe Berlinger's "Crude" won the $10,000 cash prize for the Current Energy Filmmaker Award, while David Lowery took home the Texas Filmmaker Award and $20,000 in cash, goods and services for his film "St. Nick."
Kazik Radwanski's "Princess Margaret Blvd." was named best short, with honorable mentions handed out to Todd Luoto's "Oil Change" and Denis Villeneuve's "Next Floor." The award for best student short went to Khary Jones' "Hug." Stephen Neary's "Chicken Cowboy" was hailed as best animated short.
Audience...
- 4/3/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We here at Cinematical usually dive head first into movies when we take on Sundance, but there's so much else going on here -- like panels, concerts, parties and ridiculous film critic fist fights. So while we finish up our coverage of this year's festival, feel free to scroll through the giant photo gallery below and catch up on all the action that was the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Live from Sundance 2009 Designer LisaBeth Weber smiles following the oath of office by President Barack Obama during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Katy Winn)
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Park City, Ut - January 20: Writer/director Paul Saltzman of the film "Prom Night In Mississippi" pose for a portrait at the Film Lounge Media Center during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2009 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Matt Carr/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Paul Saltzman
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Live from Sundance 2009 Designer LisaBeth Weber smiles following the oath of office by President Barack Obama during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Katy Winn)
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Park City, Ut - January 20: Writer/director Paul Saltzman of the film "Prom Night In Mississippi" pose for a portrait at the Film Lounge Media Center during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2009 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Matt Carr/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Paul Saltzman
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- 1/25/2009
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
Morgan Freeman's 11-year bid to integrate proms for black and white students at a school in his native Mississippi has been turned into a documentary, which will air at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah this weekend.
Freeman offered to pay for one mixed race prom at his local high school in Charleston after learning teachers still held separate end-of-year dances for black and white pupils. It took the school over 10 years to take him up on his offer.
Director Paul Saltzman's Prom Night in Mississippi will compete as part of the world documentary competition at Sundance.
Freeman admits parents initially ignored his offer to integrate the event even though their kids loved the idea.
He says, "It's kind of disheartening. In the little town we live in - this is a really small town - I don't know how you can live in such a small place and try to be separate."
Saltzman filmed Freeman as he made the initial pitch to the administration and then followed Freeman and the students as they prepared for the first mixed race prom.
The actor reveals the prom cost him about $17,000 (GBP11,300), which he calls "money very well spent".
Freeman offered to pay for one mixed race prom at his local high school in Charleston after learning teachers still held separate end-of-year dances for black and white pupils. It took the school over 10 years to take him up on his offer.
Director Paul Saltzman's Prom Night in Mississippi will compete as part of the world documentary competition at Sundance.
Freeman admits parents initially ignored his offer to integrate the event even though their kids loved the idea.
He says, "It's kind of disheartening. In the little town we live in - this is a really small town - I don't know how you can live in such a small place and try to be separate."
Saltzman filmed Freeman as he made the initial pitch to the administration and then followed Freeman and the students as they prepared for the first mixed race prom.
The actor reveals the prom cost him about $17,000 (GBP11,300), which he calls "money very well spent".
- 1/17/2009
- WENN
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