‘Cutie and the Boxer’ Review: Perceptive Documentary Examines Sacrifice, Love, and Art [Sundance 2013]

Posted on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 by Russ Fischer

First-time feature documentary director Zachary Heinzerling makes a quietly assured debut with the tender and perceptive Cutie and the Boxer. In documenting the 40-year marriage between Japanese “action painter” Ushio Shinohara and his wife Noriko Shinohara, the film paints a keen vision of the ways in which the halves of a life-long couple learns to life with, and often in spite of one another. Read More »

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Sundance Buys: ‘Before Midnight,’ ‘S-VHS,’ ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,’ ‘Mother of George,’ ‘Milkshake’ and More

Posted on Monday, January 28th, 2013 by Germain Lussier

Even though the Sundance Film Festival is over, the movie deals continue. Over the last few days of the event, several films acquired distribution assuring you’ll have a shot at seeing them soon. Many of the bigger films, including Fruitvale, Don Jon’s Addiction, The Way Way Back, and The Spectacular Now, were picked up early in the festival. You can get info about each at those links above.

Below, we’ll tell you who is handling films like Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight, the horror anthology S-VHS, Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, and a few others. Read More »

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