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Watch an Interview with the Cast and Director of Sundance Award Winner 'Afternoon Delight'

By Caroline Stanley on

How does a well-off but totally disconnected married couple living in Silver Lake spice up their marriage? By taking in an exotic dancer as their nanny, of course. As Jason Bailey mentioned in his Sundance 2013 recap, Jill Soloway’s debut feature, Afternoon Delight, which stars Parks & Rec fave Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor, and the inimitable Jane Lynch as a crazy shrink, won a directing award at Sundance, but is still seeking a distributor. Thanks to our friends over at Sundance Channel, we’ve got dibs on an exclusive interview with the entire cast, as well as the award-winning filmmaker herself. Click through to hear their juicy stories about life on set in the “womb space,” as well as Radnor’s surprising connection with his character. … Read More

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Flavorwire’s Guide to Indie Flicks to See in September

By Jason Bailey on

September is kind of a peculiar month for movies. Summer blockbuster season has faded, and though the Oscar hopefuls are rolling out at the prestige fall festivals (Toronto, Venice, Telluride), most of them won’t hit theaters until at least October, to accommodate the notoriously short memories of Academy voters. So it’s a perfect month to check out some of the mid-level indies (many of them first seen at Sundance and other, earlier fests) that will hit arthouses this month; we’ve got some recommendations for you after the jump. … Read More

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This Week in Trailers: ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ ‘Trouble with the Curve,’ and More!

By Jason Bailey on

Every Friday here at Flavorwire, we like to gather up the week’s new movie trailers, give them a look-see, and rank them from worst to best — while taking a guess or two about what they might tell us (or hide from us) about the movies they’re promoting. We’ve got nine trailers this week, featuring the likes of Clint Eastwood, Paul Rudd, Amy Adams, Gerald Butler, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Timberlake, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Biel, Leslie Mann, Albert Brooks, Megan Fox, Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Radnor, John Krasinski, and Olivia Thirlby. Check ‘em all out after the jump, and share your thoughts in the comments. … Read More

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Sundance 2012: The Deals, The Awards, and That Kubrick Doc

By Jason Bailey on

The 2012 Sundance Film Festival drew to a close over the weekend with a flurry of additional distribution deals, as well as a Saturday night awards ceremony. The fest’s out-of-nowhere buzz hit Beasts of the Southern Wild was among the big winners, nabbing not only the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, but the US Dramatic Excellence in Cinematography award. The Documentary Grand Jury Prize went to The House I Live In, an examination of the war on drugs from director Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight). The Israeli film The Law in These Parts won the World Cinema Jury Prize for Documentary, while the Latin American musical drama Violeta Went to Heaven won the Dramatic World Cinema Jury Prize.

True to my history of excellent scheduling judgment, your humble correspondent saw not one of those films during my eight days in Park City, though I did take in — and greatly enjoy — the US Audience award winners The Invisible War (Documentary) and The Surrogate (Drama); the latter film also won a richly-deserved US Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting. My favorite film of the fest, Mike Birbiglia’s warm, winning comedy Sleepwalk With Me, won the Best of NEXT Audience Award; another favorite, the wry time-travel comedy/drama Safety Not Guaranteed, won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. … Read More

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