Topic: Sundance Film Festival
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Sundance: 5 festival documentary favorites
5 films shown at the famous Sundance festival that are already hits with critics and audiences
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Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Artisans
They are explorers and activists, artists and educators, farmers and faith leaders – even mayors. And they have trenchant suggestions on how to improve the world.
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Robert Redford: Our readers' favorite films
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In Pictures: Sundance Film Festival 2011
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In Pictures: Golden Globe nominees
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Robert Redford: Our readers' favorite films
Robert Redford celebrates his birthday today, and we asked the Monitor's followers on Facebook what their favorite films were by the legendary actor and director. Here are the top five:
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Provocative documentary on North Korea opens in Seoul
A film about North Korean defectors that could stir up tensions on the Korean Peninsula has opened in Seoul theaters.
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Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing present a class on directing at Silverdocs
Rache Grady and Heidi Ewing of Loki Films presented a class on their secrets of the craft and process of directing at Silverdocs on June 25.
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Page One: Inside The New York Times: movie review
The narrow focus of 'Page One: Inside The New York Times' fails to do justice to the Gray Lady, devoting almost all its energy to four guys on the relatively new media desk.
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The Art of Getting By: movie review
In 'The Art of Getting By,' director Gavin Wiesen breaks down every cliché he builds up to, delivering an honesty in relationships rarely portrayed on screen.
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Trailer released for Sci-fi drama 'Another Earth'
Fox Searchlight's 'Another Earth,' which will be released July 20, garnered some attention at this year's Sundance Film Festival,
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'Restrepo' filmmaker Tim Hetherington killed photographing war in Libya
Tim Hetherington, the photojournalist and codirector of 'Restrepo,' the documentary film about war in Afghanistan, was killed in Libya Wednesday. Three other journalists were wounded.
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Happythankyoumoreplease: movie review
‘Happythankyoumoreplease’ hangs on three stories, each of them a little tedious.
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Sundance Film Festival: Oprah, Belafonte, and some indie gems in drama and documentary
Oprah launched her documentary film club and Belafonte carries on his social activism full tilt at the Sundance Film Festival, which was abuzz with talk about the digital future of film as much as the indie films themselves.
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In Pictures: Sundance Film Festival 2011
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The Monitor's View: After the Arizona shooting: coming together for gun control
As President Obama and others try to unite the nation after the Arizona shooting, the country needs to come together for sensible restrictions on guns. A new film by a survivor of the Virginia Tech massacre may help.
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In Pictures: Golden Globe nominees
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Khmer Rouge film spurs Cambodians worldwide to revisit buried history
Cambodian diaspora revisits the country's brutal Khmer Rouge history in 'Enemies of the People,' a new documentary competing for an Oscar.
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From Cambodia's Killing Fields to New York, a new film confronts Khmer Rouge
Will the conviction of Khmer Rouge torture chief 'Duch' be the beginning of justice for 1970s war crimes? A documentary that premiers today in New York City argues it could be.
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YouTube 2 days logo: Video site preps for 'Life in a Day' project
YouTube today changed its 2 days logo to tease 'Life in a Day,' an experimental film project which begins – and ends – on July 24.
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Liam Neeson and 'The A-Team' can't kick 'The Karate Kid' out of the weekend's top spot
Sony's remake of 1984's 'The Karate Kid' debuted at No. 1 for the weekend with a whopping $56 million. Liam Neeson and 'The A-Team' couldn't compete.
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Nuclear weapons: a political strike on the big screen
Producers of 'Countdown to Zero,' a docudrama about the dangers of nuclear weapons, hope it will boost the cause of disarmament the way 'An Inconvenient Truth' did global warming.
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Sundance: Glitz gets low profile as festival goes back to basics
Documentaries were the winners this year with films about Pat Tillman, cane toads, and a cautionary tale about Facebook called ‘Catfish.'
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
'The Waltons' movies in a new three-disc set, OK Go's lastest album, eco-conscious 'No Impact Man' out on DVD, and more.
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In Pictures: Graffiti
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Review: 'Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" By Sapphire'
Sixteen-year-old Precious – illiterate, overweight, and pregnant again – is a study in quiet courage despite her nightmarish family life.
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Lost your job? Documentary details layoffs' sweet side
Layoffs hurt. But "Lemonade" tells the story of job losses that turned into more fulfilling careers.
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Sundance: Take my film ... please!
The annual indie film festival is proving a tough sell for moviemakers as the economy craters and distribution channels shrink.
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Review: 'Black Dynamite'
Riff on over-the-top blaxploitation genre will have you laughing hard.
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