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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Don Jon’s Addiction”

When Joseph Gordon-Levitt decided to make his feature writing and directing debut with DON JON’S ADDICTION (starring in it as well), his attitude was clearly Go Big Or Go Home. To a large extent, he’s pulle...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Obvious Child”

A surprisingly commercial concoction by Sundance standards, Gillian Robespierre’s OBVIOUS CHILD doesn’t feel very much unlike the pilot for a cable dramedy. That’s not meant as any kind of dire crit...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete”

Toy’s House wasn’t the only movie at this year’s Sundance about boys fending for themselves. THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER AND PETE depicts a less voluntary version of the effort to keep going witho...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE FILM REVIEW: “Hellion”

Of all the films in this year’s US Dramatic Competition at Sundance, Kat Candler’s HELLION was the one that most closely matched what’s become a festival template: Aggressively shaky handheld camerawork...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Magic Magic”

MAGIC MAGIC never really makes clear what it intends to be, but it’s awfully fascinating to watch. Written and directed by the prolific Sebastian Silva, who had two films at Sundance this year (the other was the we...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Afternoon Delight”

It takes quite a while–almost its entire length, in fact–for the utter conventionality of AFTERNOON DELIGHT to become clear. Jill Soloway’s feature directing debut, for which she unaccountably won a S...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “The Lifeguard”

If you go to too many Sundances, or see too many indie films, there are certain templates you come to recognize all too quickly. THE LIFEGUARD, written and directed by Liz W. Garcia, a TV writer (Memphis Beat, Cold Cas...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “The Sleepwalker”

For SHOWBUZZDAILY’s full set of Sundance capsule reviews, click here. What kind of filmmaker does Mona Fastvold want to be? It’s an existential question that comes up often at Sundance, where artisti...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “God’s Pocket”

Of all the titles in this year’s Sundance US Dramatic Competition line-up, none may have been more promising on paper than GOD’S POCKET. Based on a novel by Pete Dexter, it marked the feature directing debu...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “They Came Together”

The writing team of David Wain and Michael Showalter (Wain directs) certainly knew that THEY CAME TOGETHER would be far from the first parody of romantic comedy movies to come along. Date Movie opened back in 2008, Fri...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Don Jon’s Addiction”

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Obvious Child”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete”

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE FILM REVIEW: “Hellion”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Magic Magic”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Afternoon Delight”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “The Lifeguard”

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “The Sleepwalker”

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “God’s Pocket”

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “They Came Together”

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