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Culture Warrior: The Paradoxical Importance of Film Festivals

Culture Warrior: The Paradoxical Importance of Film Festivals

With movie websites getting clogged with stories and reviews about movies that will never reach the public, are film festivals more ado about nothing than we’d like to admit?

By Dr. Cole Abaius on March 16, 2010 | View Comments

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 151 – From Paris With Fat

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 151 – From Paris With Fat

Neil has finished his gallivanting, and he makes his triumphant return to the Magical Studio in the Sky. Get ready to be offended, folks! The Fat Guys are back in action. (And by “action,” we mean “sitting their fat asses on the couch.”)

By Kevin Carr on February 5, 2010 | View Comments

A Quick and Dirty Look at the Sundance Sales So Far

A Quick and Dirty Look at the Sundance Sales So Far

You’ve been on the edge of your seat wondering what movies out of Sundance you’d actually get to see. Well, now you know.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on January 29, 2010 | View Comments

Movies We Love: Better Luck Tomorrow

Movies We Love: Better Luck Tomorrow

With Neil at Sundance, I decide to take my own personal trip by remembering a Sundance film from a few years back that deserves more recognition.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on January 27, 2010 | View Comments

Watch: ‘Four Lions’ Terrorists Explain How Not To Terrorize

Watch: ‘Four Lions’ Terrorists Explain How Not To Terrorize

Get ready to laugh at terrorism! In this completely non-exclusive clip, we take a look at the lighter side of stockpiling bleach for bomb-making.

By David Baxter on January 24, 2010 | View Comments

Sundance 2010 Competition Films Announced

Sundance 2010 Competition Films Announced

The Sundance Institute announced today the first list of films that will play at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, which I will once again be attending and covering for FSR.

By Neil Miller on December 2, 2009 | View Comments

Reject Radio: Episode 24: That Mockingbird is Gonna Sail Away

Reject Radio: Episode 24: That Mockingbird is Gonna Sail Away

This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we laugh and cry about the state of independent filmmaking while eating leftover Halloween candy.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 2, 2009 | View Comments

Exclusive: Bobcat Goldthwait Talks ‘World’s Greatest Dad’

Exclusive: Bobcat Goldthwait Talks ‘World’s Greatest Dad’

Rejoice in another fantastic Reject Interview! As you can imagine, when discussing a movie of this emotional weight and dramatic consequence, we end up discussing Robin Williams’s penis for most of the piece.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on August 19, 2009 | View Comments

Jim Carrey Posters: A Christmas Carol, I Love You Phillip Morris

Jim Carrey Posters: A Christmas Carol, I Love You Phillip Morris

Poster goodness for I Love You Phillip Morris and A Christmas Carol.

By David Baxter on July 8, 2009 | View Comments

Join In: /FilmCast’s Sundance Recap Show: Tonight 7p EST!

Join In: /FilmCast’s Sundance Recap Show: Tonight 7p EST!

A little later this evening yours truly will be appearing on the /FilmCast’s Special Sundance Recap Show, where I will be joining some of my good friends from around the web to discuss some of the highlights — both inside and out of the theaters — from this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

By Neil Miller on January 30, 2009 | View Comments

Sundance Sales So Far: Now with Nazi Zombies!

Sundance Sales So Far: Now with Nazi Zombies!

Sure the Tango in the Snow is about the art of independent film, but it’s also about selling your hard work to the highest bidder. Here’s a look at what has sold so far…

By Dr. Cole Abaius on January 21, 2009 | View Comments

A Slasher Movie From Judd Apatow And Bill Hader?

A Slasher Movie From Judd Apatow And Bill Hader?

Straw Dogs meets Halloween meets Home Alone meets The Monster Squad. Seriously.

By Rob Hunter on January 21, 2009 | View Comments

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 99 – Notorious F.A.T. Guys (and a Girl)

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 99 – Notorious F.A.T. Guys (and a Girl)

Neil is hob-nobbing around Park City, Utah with his flunkies, hoping to score some make-out moments with John Stamos or Garry Shandling. So, Kevin is left in the Magical Studio in the Sky with special guest host Kristin Dreyer Kramer from NightsAndWeekends.com to talk January releases.

By Fat Guys at the Movies on January 16, 2009 | View Comments

Zombie Nazis. Aliens. Vikings.

Zombie Nazis. Aliens. Vikings.

As if you needed more than those four words to click through, we’ve got some new posters for Dead Snow and Outlander as well as a new trailer.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on January 15, 2009 | View Comments

Daily Diversion: A Triple Dose of Adventureland

Daily Diversion: A Triple Dose of Adventureland

Here’s a little Daily Diversion, Sundance style. Since I’m kickin’ it old school — 1987 style — in my Ghostbusters backpack around our Park City condo, I thought I would share a trailer and two clips for the Sundance premiere Adventureland.

By Neil Miller on January 14, 2009 | View Comments

New ‘Dead Snow’ Clip Highlights The Gore, Laughs, and Nazis Heading To Sundance

New ‘Dead Snow’ Clip Highlights The Gore, Laughs, and Nazis Heading To Sundance

One of the many very cool films premiering at Sundance Film Festival this month is a Norwegian genre flick called Dead Snow.

By Rob Hunter on January 7, 2009 | View Comments

Word is Spreading About Michael Cera’s Paper Hearts

Word is Spreading About Michael Cera’s Paper Hearts

Michael Cera has a film that will be hitting Sundance soon, and it’s getting attention for how little attention it’s gotten so far.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 26, 2008 | View Comments

Indie Spotlight: M.K. Asante, Jr.’s The Black Candle

Indie Spotlight: M.K. Asante, Jr.’s The Black Candle

Maggie Van Ostrand shines an exclusive spotlight on “a mesmerizing indie documentary embodying the search for commonality in the African American community” from director M.K. Asante, Jr.

By Maggie Van Ostrand on October 2, 2008 | View Comments

The Ten Best Films of Sundance ‘08

The Ten Best Films of Sundance ‘08

I had the honor of seeing a lot of great films this year in Park City — many of which I will be following throughout the year until they are released for everyone to see.

By Neil Miller on January 29, 2008 | View Comments

The Five Worst Films of Sundance 2008

The Five Worst Films of Sundance 2008

Pictures have been left out of this post in order to protect the innocent, whoever they may be…

By Neil Miller on January 29, 2008 | View Comments