Saturday, January 31, 2015

Critic's Notebook: Why This Year's Sundance Revealed an Exciting Stage for American Movies

One of the more revealing moments at this year's Sundance Film Festival arrived not on the cusp of a major sale, or during an emotional standing ovation, but rather with a curious reminder of the past. On Saturday night, the festival's director of programming Trevor Groth took to the stage at the Egyptian Theater to introduce a very uncharacteristic Sundance selection: The Wachowskis' absurdly campy space opera "Jupiter Ascending," a Warner Bros. release snuck into the festival as a secret screening for the select few who managed to snag tickets and cared to show up. With its mega-million-dollar production values and a long-eared Channing Tatum as an alien bodyguard hurtling...



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