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Canadian horror spices up Sundance
Actress Sarah Polley returns to the horror genre with Splice, a feature directed by Canada’s Vincenzo Natali that opened at the Sundance Film Festival on the weekend..

Sundance: Stars, Swag, Soirees, Screenings
Adrian Grenier, Marisa Tomei, Jon Gosselin among the stars at Sundance..

Ben Affleck Hits Sundance As An Unemployed Man Moving In With His Parents
PARK CITY, Utah — The recession has hit Ben Affleck. He’s out of work, saying goodbye to his beloved Porsche, losing his home, stuck moving back in with his parents. Affleck stars in “The Company Men,” a Sundance Film Festival premiere in which he plays a man who loses all the material wealth he has accumulated after his high-paying job as a sales executive is eliminated in a round of cutbacks at his firm. His character learns like many unemployed Americans that along with the stuff, he has lost a big part of his identity when his job goes away. “It’s sort of an existential crisis, and that’s almost as bad as sort of, `All right, well where’s my money going to come from–’” Affleck said. “This sort of shame and difficulty in saying, `Well, what am I– Well, I’m not really this. I can’t really say I’m X if I’m not making money at it.’” “The Company Men” is kind of the flipside of George Clooney and Jason Reitman’s recession tale “Up in the Air,” which includes segments of real unemployed workers reflecting on their situation. In that film, Clooney plays the hitman, the guy who goes around firing people at downsizing companies. “The Company Men” centers on the people losing their jobs. “I tell people who ask me about it that if you were interested in those people that Jason Reitman interviewed and put into the film who really lost their jobs, that this movie begins as they walk out of that room. This movie is really about what happened to those people,” said John Wells, the man behind “ER” and “The West Wing,” who makes his feature-film writing and directing debut on “The Company Men.” The film draws its inspiration from Wells’ own family.

Sundance Disses Hilton, Welcomes Franco
Robert Redford disses Hilton and co.; Franco, Gordon Levitt talk films..

Sundance Diary: Nicole Holofcener’s ‘Please Give,’ Or: Women’s Worst Impulses, Forgivingly Framed
Ella Taylor reports back from a screening of Nicole Holofcener’s new comedy at Sundance Film Festival..

Banksy’s first film unspools at Sundance
Guerrilla graffiti artist Banksy, who has pulled many art stunts over the years, could be pulling his biggest prank ever at the Sundance Film Festival with the premiere of his first-ever film, Exit Through The Gift Shop..

Sundance Aims Indie Films Beyond Festival Confines
Sundance aims indie films beyond festival confines.

Sundance line-up defies downturn
This year’s Sundance Film Festival has a strong line-up of promising movies with big name stars despite the independent film industry struggling in the recession..

Banksy film to debut at Sundance
The debut film from notorious street artist Banksy, Exit Through The Gift Shop, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the BBC learns..

Affleck, Holmes, `Sopranos’ Stars Join Sundance
Affleck, Holmes, `Sopranos’ stars join Sundance.

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BBC News – Banksy film to debut at Sundance
The debut film from notorious street artist Banksy, Exit Through The Gift Shop, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the BBC learns.

Streaming | Sundance Festival 2010
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Sundance Film Festival Ramps Up Social Media, Adds iPhone App for 2010 – Speakeasy – WSJ
Didn’t get tickets for the buzzy indie film you wanted to see at the Sundance Film Festival, but want to explore other entertainment options nearby before trekking home through the snow– There’s an app for that.This year, to help attendees keep their fest to-do lists in order (and save them the trouble of lugging around printed schedules), the 2010 Sundance Film Festival is debuting their…

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‘Precious’ Aims to Extend Sundance’s Oscar Glory – ABC News
AP A little movie called "Precious" seems ready to join the list of Sundance Film Festival hits that have gone on to …

At Sundance, New Routes to Finding an Audience – New York Times
PARK CITY, Utah — The starkest picture to emerge from the opening days of this year's Sundance Film Festival may be of an independent film …

AMC News at Sundance, Day 5 – Discussing Docs Waiting for Superman and “AvaToad” – AMCtv.com (blog)
Day 5 at Sundance was our most packed yet. As I chronicled on Twitter, I was up at 6AM to prepare for the day ahead, and the day ended with me …

#Sundance: Hesher’s Gordon-Levitt is on a Roll – True/Slant
A year ago he charmed Sundance in (500) Days of Summer, which went on to be a summer hit and earned him a Golden Globe nomination. …

Sundance Snapshot: The Company Men – BuzzSugar.com (blog)
One of the films I was most interested in checking out at Sundance was The Company Men. The timely tale, which focuses on three high-paid corporate …

Katie Holmes hits the Sundance scene – USA Today
Katie Holmes has arrived in Park City, Utah to boost two new movies. Here she is at last night's premiere of The Extra Man. Tonight, Holmes is expected to …

Sundance Review: Buried – Cinematical (blog)
Like another Sundance entry, Adam Green's Frozen, Cortes' film doesn't go overboard in inventing unbelievable new problems to solve. …

Sundance 2010: ‘The Kids Are All Right’ becomes a Sundance sensation – Los Angeles Times
A high-stakes acquisitions drama played out at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday night, as distributors jockeyed for rights to the emerging phenomenon …

Sundance audience shaken by brutal “Killer” – Reuters
PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) – Let's get this out of the way up front: In Michael Winterbottom's "The Killer Inside Me," Jessica Alba is pulverized, …