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Sundance 2011 buzz update
The 2011 Sundance Film Festival wraps up this weekend. Which films are getting the buzz? There’s the science fiction piece Another Earth, directed by Mike Cahill, about a parallel alien world. Then there’s Kevin Smith’s Red State, a film that was panned by many critics, with Smith promising to self-distribute. There was Higher Ground, about a woman who joins a fundamentalist Christian group, and Septien, about a family that drives out its demons with the help of a preacher. What films are likely to go on to wide distribution? And were there any movies this year that are destined for film greatness?
The 2011 Sundance Film Festival wraps up this weekend. Which films are getting the buzz? There’s the science fiction piece Another Earth, directed by Mike Cahill, about a parallel alien world. Then there’s Kevin Smith’s Red State, a film that was panned by many critics, with Smith promising to self-distribute. There was Higher Ground, about a woman who joins a fundamentalist Christian group, and Septien, about a family that drives out its demons with the help of a preacher. What films are likely to go on to wide distribution? And were there any movies this year that are destined for film greatness?
Guests:
Claudia Puig, film critic for KPCC and USA Today
Peter Rainer, film critic, KPCC and The Christian Science Monitor