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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
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.
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:
In Pictures: Sundance Film Festival 2011
In Pictures: Golden Globe nominees

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'Once' more, as best musical?

When the Tonys roll around, don't count out the heartrending show 'Once.'
A filmmaker breaks down ballet stereotypes

Documentary filmmaker Bess Kargman followed the rigorous world of ballet competition for her new documentary 'First Position.'
New Orleans's post-Katrina artistic revival is in full swing

Galleries are flourishing despite the market and indie movies are on a roll – jumpstarting the whole arts scenes, but to a slightly different rhythm.
Top Picks: 'Once' as a musical, 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,' and more

PBS's romance 'Birdsong' will appeal to 'Downton Abbey' fans, 'Revenge of the Electric Car' explores why the plug was pulled on the electric car, and more top picks.
Cities are banking on the arts

Once the first thing to be cut in a time of recession, the arts are proving their worth.
West Memphis Three: $100,000 reward offered to clear their names

The West Memphis Three, convicted of killing three Cub Scouts, were released last year but not exonerated. A new $100,000 reward aims to clear their names.
Trouble in paradise: Maldives president steps down amid protests (+video)

In the archipelago nation known for its beach resorts, Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed was forced to resign after the military clashed with protesting police dissidents.
Sundance: 5 festival documentary favorites

5 films shown at the famous Sundance festival that are already hits with critics and audiences
Sundance 2012: Documentaries dominate

'Ethel,' about R.F.K.'s wife, and 'The Invisible War' leave a somber aftertaste.
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.
Pariah: movie review

'Pariah' shows the struggles of a teen with her sense of identity in a moving and soulful way.
Like Crazy: movie review

‘Like Crazy’ rides on the thrill and the devastation of first love.
Culture Cafe
'Margin Call' trailer hints at a taut Wall Street thriller

The movie about dealings on Wall Street will have to make tedious tasks interesting to watch, but it looks like a thriller with mainstream appeal.
Chapter & Verse
'Moneyball': The movie may be great – but does it do justice to the book?

Like 'The Blind Side' – another Michael Lewis book turned into a movie – 'Moneyball' is complex. Did Hollywood capture it?
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:
Global News Blog
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.
Culture Cafe
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.
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.
Culture Cafe
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.
Culture Cafe
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,
'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.
Happythankyoumoreplease: movie review

‘Happythankyoumoreplease’ hangs on three stories, each of them a little tedious.
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.
In Pictures: Sundance Film Festival 2011
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.