sundance
Big Screen
Precious Trailer: A Thing Of Terrible Beauty
4:20AM Dodai | The trailer for Precious, the film based on the novel Push by Sapphire, has hit the web, and it will probably give you goosebumps: More »
Small Screen
Soon, Sarah Palin Will Launch A Celebrity Clothing Line
12:30AM Richard Lawson | A comedy gets a major cast, an HBO movie gets majorly political. A skater gets a reality show, as do many, many fashion people. Because they’re so interesting! Everyone watches TV on the internet now, especially Lost. More »
‘Get Your Hands Off My ‘Push’ Baby!’: A Defamer Timeline
7:25AM Seth | Sundance darling Push is at the centre of a bitter tug-of-war, with The Weinstein Company filing multiple suits against Lionsgate and Cinetic, the company that brokered the deal, alleging fraud and breach of contract. More »
Your First Look at Mariah Carey’s Actually Respectable Performance In ‘Push’!
2:23AM Kyle Buchanan | There’s been a lot of ink spilled (and swords crossed) over the Sundance hit Push: Based on a Novel By Sapphire. Here, though, is some actual footage—and it’s of Mariah Carey’s surprisingly capable performance. More »
How Many Wrong Buttons Can The NY Times ‘Push’?
3:00AM Kyle Buchanan | Remember Push: Based on a Novel By Sapphire, the wild Mariah Carey/Mo’Nique starrer that lit up Sundance (and took home three awards)? Lionsgate took our advice and bought it, and now things have gone haywire.
Defamer Futurologists Correctly Predict Sundance Sale of ‘Push’
6:15AM Kyle Buchanan | We don’t want to toot our horns or anything, but…hey, what’s that loud, sustained honking? Shortly after SPC picked up An Education just as we’d prognosticated, Lionsgate has followed our other Sundance advice.
‘Push’ Sweep Pushes Mo’Nique Closer To Oscar Short List
3:46AM STV | OK, so for real this time: Much as we loved our festival jaunt (and are keeping its sinus-besieging germs close to us even today), Sundance’s awards announcements are our official signal to finally move on.
Meet Sundance’s Swag Ladies!
7:19AM Kyle Buchanan | People come to Sundance to tell their stories, and in that spirit, we eschewed talking to directors and actors (you know, art people) to listen to tales told by Sundance’s swag baronesses. Viva independent film! More »
Defamer Corners Sundance Sophomore Bobcat Goldthwait
5:36AM STV | His manic persona may have ebbed, and his profile may have lowered since the 1980s. All the better for Bobcat Goldthwait, one of the unlikelier Sundance darlings we’ve run into this year in Park City.
