The young, attractive, slightly deranged, eyeblack-wearing Paul Abacus (as he is called, though he may not be real) was something of a celebrity on the streets of Park City last week, followed by a pair of Steadicam-wielding dancers and a hoard of paparazzi performance artists whose flashes were attached to resin cameras and lit the falling snow like confetti.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/27/12

Born in 1946, Serbian performance art luminary Marina Abramović visited Sundance this year in support of Matthew Akers' documentary The Artist is Present, about her blockbuster and game-changing MoMA exhibition of the same name.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/26/12

Visionary comedians Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim stormed Sundance this year with their debut feature Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, an absurdly funny film made on a low budget, and also co-starred in The Comedy, a drama.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/26/12

Two topics dominate any current discussion of film: the Oscars and Sundance. In a moment of conformity, we have decided to address both of these topics via an interview with Blythe Danner.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/24/12

Melanie Lynskey, while perhaps not a household name, is definitely a familiar face. The actress has appeared in everything from Ever After, Coyote Ugly, and Sweet Home Alabama to Two and a Half Men and lauded indie films such as Up In the Air and Win Win.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/23/12

Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing's new documentary, Detropia, is a sobering film that examines Detroit as a microcosm of American history and identity.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/20/12

As the Sundance Film Festival revs up this week, the usual hype about the hottest new actors and filmmakers is hard to avoid. Less often, though, do film fans hear about someone like Ellie Burrows—even though she and her firm, Cinetic Media, have been integral in getting no fewer than ten films to this year's Sundance screen.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/20/12

Actor Craig Roberts' starring role in the indie film Submarine has propelled him from guest parts in dubious children's television to working with Robert DeNiro, Cillian Murphy and Sigourney Weaver in Red Lights, one of the most anticipated fims at Sundance. 

   ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/19/12