Anne Thompson weighs in on this year's Sundance in her weekly column. She says
Robert Redford and Geoff Gilmore should change things up.
The criterion for Sundance admission should not be the presence of a major star either in front or behind the camera. At this point does Sundance really need a Tom Hanks or Robert De Niro to come to Park City? There are stars aplenty.
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Many attendees at Sundance this year wondered if Sundance shouldn't return to its roots as a curator of emerging talent around the world and place less emphasis on playing Hollywood powerbroker. Some wonder if sales reps Cinetic Media and CAA, which each brought more than 16 films to the fest, have become a heavy influence on Gilmore and his team's selection process.
Full column here.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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