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  1. Meet the Artist: Ricardo de Montreuil on the Boho-Chic Surf Town of his Childhood, Máncora
    by Claiborne Smith | Jan 26, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    Ricardo de Montreuil’s Máncora offers a deeply personal look at what can happen when you leave the comforts of the familiar for a place where the rules you know and live by don’t apply. Read more

  2. Meet the Artist: George A. Romero Breathes New Life into Zombie Cinema
    by Mike Plante | Jan 25, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    The master of the undead and his special brand of walk-don’t-run zombies are back in action in the Diary of the Dead, the filmmaker’s fifth flesh-eating flick. Now with new and improved splatter! Read more

  3. Meet the Artist: Michel Gondry Shows Us How to “Swede” in Be Kind Rewind
    by Cristy Lytal | Jan 24, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    When a video store’s entire inventory gets erased, two friends decide to restock the shelves with their own remakes of Hollywood classics, starring a cast of characters from the neighborhood. Read more

  4. New Frontier Artists Take Technology into Their Own Hands
    by Mike Plante | Jan 23, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    Artists featured at the New Frontier on Main tap backgrounds in programming and engineering to create multimedia installations that shake, rattle, and roll visitors with tech-tacular features such as light-emitting diodes, interactive mirrors, and more. Read more

  5. Meet the Artist: Chusy Haney-Jardine Pays a Personal Visit to Anywhere, USA
    by Holly Willis | Jan 23, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    Told in three parts, Chusy Haney-Jardine’s autobiographical film Anywhere, USA tunes in as Tammy and Gene fall out of love, young Pearl wonders if the Tooth Fairy’s really real, and Ralph tries to diversify. Read more

  6. Point of View: Bruce LaBruce
    by Mike Plante | Jan 22, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    Bruce LaBruce, the filmmaker behind Otto; or, Up with Dead People, predicts undead porn is a genre we’ll be seeing a lot more of in coming years. Also includes some uncomfortable suggestions about the mechanics of zombie sex. Read more

  7. Meet the Artist: Nanette Burstein, Director and Screenwriter of American Teen
    by Sarah Keenlyside | Jan 22, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    Nanette Burstein’s American Teen documents the stories of four very real teenaged archetypes – the jock, the homecoming queen, the nerd, and the arty girl – as they struggle through their senior year at a Midwestern high school. Read more

  8. 1984 Is Now: Sundance Artists Swap Secrets about Privacy and Self-Surveillance
    by Holly Willis | Jan 22, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    Robb Moss and Peter Galison, co-directors of Secrecy, and Tracking Transience: The Orwell Project creator Hasan Elahi dialogue about mutual interests, including: Big Brother, Littler Brothers, and information flow in the Internet age. Read more

  9. Meet the Artist: Johan Renck, Director of Downloading Nancy
    by Mike Plante | Jan 21, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    A cutting-edge film in every sense, the brutally powerful film Downloading Nancy manages to translate unspeakable desires into something almost understandable. Read more

  10. Meet the Artist: Nino Kirtadze Ventures Behind the Iron Curtain of Durakovo: Village of Fools
    by Holly Willis | Jan 20, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    Enter Durakova, the small Russian town that has rejected democracy in favor of the strict leadership of portly businessman Mikhail Morozov, who does his ruling poolside, with iron fist wrapped around a cellphone. Read more

  11. Meet the Artist: Alex Rivera Pushes Today’s Reality a Few Moments into the Future
    by Claiborne Smith | Jan 20, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    After 15 years of making documentaries, director/screenwriter Alex Rivera tackles his first feature film, Sleep Dealer, a genre-bending exploration of globalization, immigration, and memory commodification set in near-future Mexico. Read more

  12. Meet the Artist: Ole Bornedal, Just Another Love Story
    by Cristy Lytal | Jan 18, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    Ole Bornedal isn’t just another necrophiliac, he’s simply fascinated by the life-affirming insights that looming death provides. The Danish filmmaker’s other interests include: the inspirational powers of an ironic movie poster, Antonioni, and the allure of assumed identity. Read more

  13. Meet the Artist: Yung Chang, Up the Yangtze
    by Sarah Keenlyside | Jan 11, 2008 | Meet the Artists

    Yung Chang’s documentary, Up the Yangtze, dives deep into the stories of a young girl and boy who leave home under very different circumstances, yet both take jobs working for “farewell cruises,” tourist ferries selling one last glimpse of the river culture before the arrival of the colossal Three Gorges Dam washes it all away. Read more

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