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The 2010 Sundance Film Festival, which runs January 21-31, is the first under its new director, John Cooper.
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10 Directors to Watch
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Freedom Riders
A superb piece of filmic journalism....
Life 2.0
A disturbing but nonjudgmental study of online addiction and the lure of ma...
Peepli Live
A big carnival of media and politics swirls around farmer when he announces...
The Freebie
An agreeable if sketchy look at a couple who give themselves a one-night pa...
Space Tourists
Swiss-funded docu is perhaps too pokey and meditative for wide exposure....
Louis C.K.: Hilarious
C.K. riffs on American idiocy in a way that's exhaustingly funny if you're...
The Taqwacores
A low-budget, high-energy translation of Michael Muhammad Knight's 2003 cul...
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
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Kristen Stewart, director Jake Scott and Melissa Leo discuss the family drama at the Variety Studio in Park City.

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  • Kristen Stewart stops by the Variety Studio in Park City to discuss the new drama, 'Welcome to the Rileys.'
  • 'Holy Rollers' cast members Jessie Eisenberg, Ari Graynor and Justin Bartha at the Variety Studio in Park City, UT. <A href='http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=photoGalleryAlbum&galleryid=3412&order=3'><b>Next</b></a></li>
  • Director Joel Schumacher discusses his latest film, 'Twelve,' at the 26th annual Sundance Film Festival.
  • 'Nowhere Boy' director Sam Taylor Wood holds up her Ten Director's to Watch plaque at the Variety Studio.
  • '3 Backyards' cast members Embeth Davidtz (left), Edie Falco and director Eric Mendelsohn.
  • Thesp Michelle Williams discusses the new drama, 'Blue Valentine,' at the Sundance Film Festival.
  • 'Blue Valentine' star Ryan Gosling stops by the Variety Studio on Main St.
  • Sundance veterans (and directors) Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass discuss their much-buzzed pic, 'Cyrus,' which stars John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei.
  • 'HIGH School' thesp Colin Hanks stops by the Variety Studio at the 26th annual Sundance Film Festival.
  • 'Teenage Paparrazzo' director Adrian Grenier, whose film is also one of the festival's Documentary Spotlight selections.
  • 'The Company Men' thesp Tommy Lee Jones.
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays an anarchic homeless drifter in the Sundance drama, 'Hesher.'
  • Ben Affleck reflects on Dramatic Competition entry, 'The Company Men.'
  • 'The Perfect Host' thesp David Hyde Pierce dons a Woolrich coat at the Variety Gift Lounge in Park City, Utah.
  • 'Restrepo' directors Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington stop by the Variety Studio one day after premiering the Afghanistan war doc at the Eccles Theater.
  • 'Howl' star James Franco discusses the Allen Ginsberg biopic, which was the fest's inaugural film on Thursday.
  • Actor Jon Hamm of 'Howl' is all smiles at the Sundance Film Festival.
  • Malin Akerman('happythankyoumoreplease') at the Variety Studio at Sundance on January 23, 2010 in Park City.
  • Edie Falco ('3 Backyards') at the Variety Studio at Sundance on January 25, 2010 in Park City, Utah.
  • Michael Chiklis ('High School') at the Variety Studio on January 23, 2010 in Park City, Utah.
  • <b>'Blue Valentine'</b> - A portrait of an American marriage that charts the evolution of a relationship over time. With Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman.
  • <b>'Hesher'</b> - A story in which a mysterious, anarchical trickster enters the lives of a family dealing with a painful loss. Directed by Spencer Susser.
  • <b>'Howl'</b> - A 'nonfiction drama' about how Allen Ginsberg created the eponymous poem and the subsequent landmark obscenity trial. Stars James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels.
  • <b>'Night Catches Us'</b> - Film focuses on the eventful return of a young man to the race-torn Philadelphia neighborhood where he grew up during the Black Power movement.
  • <b>'The Dry Land'</b> - A returning U.S. soldier tries to reconcile his experiences overseas with his life in Texas. With America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama, Ethan Suplee, June Diane Raphael, Melissa Leo.
  • <b>'Welcome to the Rileys'</b> - A damaged man seeks salvation by caring for a wayward young woman during a business trip to New Orleans. Stars James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Leo.
  • 'Holy Rollers' - A young Hasidic man in the throes of money, power and opportunity who becomes an international Ecstasy smuggler.
  • '3 Backyards' - A quiet suburban town becomes intense emotional terrain for three residents on one strange day. Toplines Embeth Davidtz, Edie Falco, Elias Koteas, Rachel Resheff, Kathryn Erbe, Danai Gurira.
  • <B>'Bhutto'</B> - Directed by Duane Baughman and Johnny O'Hara, written by O'Hara, a look at the life of the assassinated former Pakistani prime minister.
  • <B>'Casino Jack and the United States of Money'</B> - Directed by Alex Gibney, an investigation into the world of imprisoned super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.
  • <B>'Freedom Riders'</B> - Directed by Stanley Nelson, about civil rights activists who challenged segregation in the South in 1961.
  • <B>'Gas Land'</B> - Directed by Josh Fox, which looks at toxic streams, dying livestock, flammable sinks and people with weakened health in the vicinity of natural gas drilling.
  • <B>'Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child'</B> - Directed by Tamra Davis, a portrait of the celebrated '80s artist.
  • <B>'Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work'</B> - Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, a forthright glimpse into the life and comedic process of the veteran comedian.
  • <B>'Lucky'</B> - Directed by Jeffrey Blitz, which examines what happens when ordinary people hit the lottery jackpot.
  • <B>'The Oath'</B> - Directed by Laura Poitras, lensed in Yemen, about two men whose fateful encounter in 1996 led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo and the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • <B>'Restrepo'</B> - Directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington, for which the two filmmakers accompanied the Second Platoon in a crucial valley to reveal the soldiers' intense labor, fights and camaraderie as they take on the Taliban.
  • <B>'12th and Delaware'</B> - Directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, a look at how the abortion battle continues in unexpected ways on an unassuming corner in the U.S.
  • <B>'Untitled Pat Tillman Project'</B> - Directed by Amir Bar-Lev, which focuses on the efforts of the family of the pro football star to take on the U.S. government after he was killed by

DATE: January 21, 2010

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