Midnight Movie Masterpieces – Part 2
Rooftop alum Todd Rohal‘sThe Catechism Cataclysm follows the storyline of your typical road-trip movie. On a boat. With a priest. Who’s obsessed with bad heavy metal music.
Midnight Movie Masterpieces – Part 1
I’m not usually a fan of “Midnight Movies”—horror, camp, sci-fi, B-movies, etc.—but three nights in a row I’ve loved Sundance’s 12am screenings at the Egyptian Theater.
Sundance Lesson #2: Sometimes, the Party Will Be Cool
My reflections on Sundance hotel room cable movie watching, my friend Todd Rohal’s hilarious film The Catechism Cataclysm and whether or not the party will, in fact, be cool.
The Longstreet Quadruple
Robert Longstreet is the first actor ever to have four movies at the Sundance Film Festival in the same year. As of today, I have collected them all.
Day 5 Recap: Remakes, mysterious tiles and lesbian aliens
Some news to start: 1. Remake rights to documentaries are selling today. The rights to make a fiction feature based on Bengali Detective (which I saw yesterday and liked) sold to Fox Searchlight and HBO bought the rights to Knuckle and plan to turn it into a TV show. In both cases I think they […]
Sundance Favorites
Banksy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and getting to see an edit of my new feature.
Day 4 Recap: In which Dan talks about money, alcohol, dancing and pot. Oh, and movies.
Wanna know what made me cry and what made me dance at Sundance? Plus exciting news for Rooftop Alum Sean Durkin.
Park City Best and Worst
The Green Hornet vs. How to Die in Oregon
Sundance Review: Sean Durkin’s “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
The lead of Rooftop grantee Sean Durkin’s astonishing debut feature Martha Marcy May Marlene is one of the most fascinating and damaged characters in recent cinema.
Day 3: Threesomes, Tree Huggers and Sleuths
Updates from a busy third day of Sundance.