Read more Sundance Film Festival stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17986/sundance-film-festival.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:09:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71820/the-maid-cleans-up-with-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSundance darling The Maid, directed by Sebastián Silva, is a Chilean black comedy focusing on a longtime employee’s struggles with her employers and a succession of new maids. Critics say it’s an absorbing character study with an impressive lead performance: “There’s more to Raquel and her world than appearances, and...http://www.newser.com/story/71820/the-maid-cleans-up-with-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 13:42:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60467/dj-remixes-birth-of-a-nation-for-moma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDJ Spooky is not your average turntabilist. The sci-fi-writing, French-lit-and-philosophy-studying 39-year-old has created arguably the greatest remix ever with his trip-hop soundtrack for the controversial 1915 film Birth of a Nation , the Stimulist reports. Next on the list for this soon-to-be household name? Showing his Rebirth of a Nation at...http://www.newser.com/story/60467/dj-remixes-birth-of-a-nation-for-moma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 13:07:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48991/what-to-see-from-sundance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis year’s indie love-fest Sundance spawned several movies that have a shot at real commercial success, with a roster of films showcasing “more old-fashioned storytelling,” writes Andrew O’Hehir in Salon. Jury prizes went to Push and We Live in Public , but here’s a sampling of the films O’Hehir deems unmissable:...http://www.newser.com/story/48991/what-to-see-from-sundance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Jan 2009 10:45:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48657/sundance-stunner-sheds-light-on-dolphin-slaughter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlanning a trip to Sea World? You might want to go before you see The Cove —because you sure won’t want to after. The documentary, made by a National Geographic photographer and Flipper’s former trainer, takes viewers inside a secret cove in Japan, Andrew O’Hehir, from Sundance, writes in Salon....http://www.newser.com/story/48657/sundance-stunner-sheds-light-on-dolphin-slaughter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 11:41:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48568/carrey-gambles-on-gay-jailbird-role.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJim Carrey is getting rave reviews for his new film, I Love You Phillip Morris , but the story of a cop-turned-con man who repeatedly breaks out of jail to be with his former cellmate is a gamble for the actor, Reuters reports. “I don’t think it’s a gay movie,” said...http://www.newser.com/story/48568/carrey-gambles-on-gay-jailbird-role.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 11:35:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36953/bet-debuts-first-sitcom-for-somebodies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBET premieres a new cutting-edge sitcom today—the first original scripted series in its 28-year history. Called Somebodies , it's already being compared with Seinfeld , according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It's set in Athens, Ga., and stars newcomer Hadjii as Scottie, a character who has been a university student far too...http://www.newser.com/story/36953/bet-debuts-first-sitcom-for-somebodies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Sep 2008 7:20:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17202/did-spurlock-find-osama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Morgan Spurlock, the maverick mind behind the hit 2004 documentary Super-Size Me , decided to make the film Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? , his initial goal was to find and capture the terrorist leader. But as the project evolved (and Osama remained too hard to locate), Spurlock...http://www.newser.com/story/17202/did-spurlock-find-osama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Jan 2008 16:55:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16932/dutch-brace-for-terror-before-koran-shredding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Dutch government expects violent protests in response to an anti-Muslim film—said to include images of the Koran being shredded—that a right-wing lawmaker has vowed to make public this month. Geert Wilders, one of nine members of an extremist party in the Dutch lower house, aims to expose...http://www.newser.com/story/16932/dutch-brace-for-terror-before-koran-shredding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Jan 2008 5:02:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16876/redford-kid-debuts-at-sundance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagActor Robert Redford's daughter doesn’t back away from questions about bias regarding a decision by the Sundance film festival—founded by her pop—to show the first movie she's directed. "I've been involved in other films that haven't made it, and it's a democratic selection process," Amy Redford, 37, tells...http://www.newser.com/story/16876/redford-kid-debuts-at-sundance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Jan 2008 7:05:00 CST