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Sundance Film Festival 2012

Festival Director: John Cooper
Runtime: 105 min.
Period: 19-29 January 2012


About: "Every year the Sundance Film Festival brings to light exciting new directions and fresh voices in independent film, and this year is no different,” said John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival. “While these awards further distinguish those that have had the most impact on audiences and our jury, the level of talent showcased across the board at the Festival was really impressive, and all are to be congratulated and thanked for..." (view more)

 

Thriller

Contagion

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Scott Z. Burns
Cast: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne, John Hawkes & more
Release Date: 3 September 2011 (Venice Film Festival)
Awards: 3 nominations
User Rating: 6,8/10


Contagion online

Review: "I can see why some people might be a bit disappointed in this movie, because it's a pretty realistic on
a pandemic, without a main heroic character or even action really. It's full..." Written by Everythingcritic (view more)

 

Short

World of Glory

Director: Roy Andersson
Writer: Roy Andersson
Cast: Klas-Gösta Olsson, Lennart Björklund, Gun Fors,
Christer Christensen, Bernard Eiger, Rolf Engström & more
Runtime: 14 min.
Release Date: February 1991 (Sweeden)
Awards: 1 win
User Rating: 7,5/10


World of Glory

Review: "This short Swedish film starts off both confusingly and also is very dull through the first half. I honestly felt compelled to..." Written by Planktonrules (view more)

 

Drama

Land of Plenty

Director: Wim Wenders
Writers: Wim Wenders, Scott Derrickson & more
Cast: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce,
Shaun Toub, Richard Edson, Burt Young & more
Release Date: 10 September 2004 (Italy)
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
User Rating: 6,4/10


Land of Plenty online

Review: "Somewhere in Trona, a near-ghost town you pass through on the road to Death Valley, the full extent of Uncle Paul's delusions is demonstrated. And at that same moment, I realized he..." Land of PLenty (view more)

 

Documentary

The Source

Director: Chuck Workman
Writer: Chuck Workman
Cast: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Dennis Hopper,
Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Ken Kesey & more
Release Date: 23 January 1999 (Sundance Film Fest)
Awards: 3 nominations
User Rating: 7,2/10


The Source online

Review: "No comment can make them alive again: they have gone some other place, some other time... Those crazy poets, wonderful wanderers, so human and so divine, so simple and still..." Written by Diglt (view more)

 

Comedy

The Squid and the Whale

Director: Noah Baumbach
Writer: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney,
Jesse Eisenberg, William Baldwin, Anna Paquin & more
Release Date: January 2005 (Sundance Film Fest)
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 18 wins & 26 nom
User Rating: 7,5/10


The Squid and the Whale online

Review: "More acutely than I've experienced in a long time, this film captures the process of personality inheritance within families. The interaction/influence between Bernard and Walt is almost..." Written by GDSoul (view more)

 

Biography

Basquiat

Director: Julian Schnabel
Writers: Lech Majewski (story), John Bowe & more
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro,
Claire Forlani, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper & more
Release Date: 9 August 1996 (USA)
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations
User Rating: 6,8/10


Basquiat online

Review: "I enjoy Basquiat's artwork. When I look at it, It doesn't look like it took a great amount of talent. His work tended to look very simple, really basic ideas. However, the creativity is..." Written by Tiger_Mark (view more)

 
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