SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

Q&A — The Night Buffalo
By Sarah Keenlyside

The Night Buffalo (El Buffalo de La Noche), from first-time director Jorge Hernandez Aldana, is undeniably one of the most anticipated films at the Festival – and for good reason. The movie was adapted from a novel by Guillermo Arriaga, who also co-wrote and produced the film, who is best known for... making waves with their film Babel at the Golden Globes this year, winning best picture and six other nominations including best screenplay.


	Q&A — Joshua George Ratliff’s tense and haunting psychological thriller Joshua is about a spooky little boy who keeps himself occupied performing mind-control games on his increasingly wary and frightened family. READ MORE...

Q&A — My Kid Could Paint That
By Jeff Hanson

Amir Bar-Lev admittedly startled even himself in his revealing documentary My Kid Could Paint That. The film centers on the prodigious talents and ensuing scandal that surrounded four-year-old abstract painter Marla Olmstead, whose art started drawing worldwide attention and thousands of dollars apiece, and the rollercoaster of emotions experienced by her parents as they promoted and then defended their daughter’s work.

Q&A — Dark Matter

Chen Shi-Zheng's debut feature Dark Matter, about a brilliant young student of cosmology named Liu Xing who comes to the United States from China to study with the subject's leading scholar, is itself a bit of dark matter. The violent ending of the film leaves no doubt about the alienating cultural dissonance that can overwhelm a young foreigner coming to the U.S. for the first time.


Q&A — Teeth Interview By Sarah Keenlyside Mitchell Lichtenstein’s film Teeth gives new meaning to the term “love bite.” The movie explores the myth of the “vagina dentata” (which means exactly what you think it means) and takes male castration anxiety to a gruesomely tangible level. READ MORE...

Q&A — Chasing Ghosts
Interview By Jeff Hanson

Anyone who ever put a quarter into a Pac-Man or Space Invaders game in the early ‘80s will appreciate being yanked into the nostalgic charm of Chasing Ghosts. The documentary centers on the pioneer players of the then-fledgling video game industry, and the arcade classics that served as precursors to today’s billion dollar gaming mega-empire.


Q&A — Noise Interview By Sarah Keenlyside Bring your earplugs ‘cause Noise is probably one of the most appropriately titled films at the Festival this year. Australian director Matthew Saville takes the audience on a sonic journey in his first feature, a unique twist on the crime genre. READ MORE...


	Q&A — Grace is Gone Interview By Claiborne Smith James Strouse's debut feature Grace Is Gone is an observant, witty, elegantly concise, and intimate marvel of a movie. It is also strangely gripping. After the premiere Saturday night at the Racquet Club, John Cusack joined Strouse to answer the audience's questions.. READ MORE...

Q&A — Once
Interview By Jeff Hanson

Irish filmmaker John Carney tells the gritty story of two unfulfilled souls who form a unique musical bond in Once, which premiered at the Egyptian Theatre on Friday. After the screening, Carney answered questions from the audience, along with principal actors-musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, who followed up with a musical performance of the film’s title track.


	Q&A — Rocket Science Interview By Sarah Keenlyside Jeffery Blitz, director of the breakout documentary hit Spellbound, takes us on another amusing journey into adolescent hell in his latest film Rocket Science. The film clearly struck a chord with Festival Director Geoff Gilmore. “We’ve seen lots of coming of age stories here, but we’ve rarely seen one with the nuance, integrity, and I think quality that Rocket Science brings to us.” . READ MORE...