Sundance 2013

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1.
The Spectacular Now (2013)
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A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Director: James Ponsoldt
 
2.
Before Midnight (2013)
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We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna. (109 mins.)
 
3.
Prince Avalanche (2013)
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Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind. (94 mins.)
 
4.
The Way, Way Back (2013)
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Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers. (103 mins.)
Director: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
 
5.
Kill Your Darlings (2013)
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A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Director: John Krokidas
 
6.
Touchy Feely (2013)
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A massage therapist is unable to do her job when stricken with a mysterious and sudden aversion to bodily contact. Meanwhile, her uptight brother's foundering dental practice receives new life when clients seek out his healing touch.
Director: Lynn Shelton
 
7.
V/H/S/2 (2013)
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Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student's disappearance. (96 mins.)
 
8.
Concussion (2013)
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After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor. (96 mins.)
Director: Stacie Passon
 
9.
Stoker (2013)
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After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him. (99 mins.)
Director: Chan-wook Park
 
10.
Don Jon (2013)
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A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love. (90 mins.)
 
11.
The East (2013)
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An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities changing dramatically after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations. (116 mins.)
Director: Zal Batmanglij
 
12.
Mud (2012)
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Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the bounty hunters on his trail and to reunite him with his true love. (130 mins.)
Director: Jeff Nichols
 
13.
Dirty Wars (2013 Documentary)
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Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars. (90 mins.)
Director: Rick Rowley
 
14.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
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The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met. (105 mins.)
Director: David Lowery
 
15.
Upstream Color (2013)
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A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives. (96 mins.)
Director: Shane Carruth
 
16.
Magic Magic (2013)
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In remote Chile, a vacationing young woman begins to mentally unravel; meanwhile, her friends ignore her claim until it's too late. (97 mins.)
 
17.
Fruitvale Station (2013)
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The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. (90 mins.)
Director: Ryan Coogler
 
18.
Stories We Tell (2012 Documentary)
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A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers. (108 mins.)
Director: Sarah Polley
 
19.
A.C.O.D. (2013)
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A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children and is enlisted in a follow-up years later, which wreaks new havoc on his family. (90 mins.)
Director: Stu Zicherman
 
20.
Jobs (2013)
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The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century. (122 mins.)
 
21.
Toy House (2010 Short Film)
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A young boy is inspecting an abandoned carnival one night when it is suddenly lured through the gates by an entrancing pixie... (3 mins.)
Director: Yunjeong Ko
 
22.
The Summit (2012 Documentary)
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(95 mins.)
Director: Nick Ryan
 
23.
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete (2013)
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Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities. (120 mins.)
 
24.
In a World... (2013)
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An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to...
Director: Lake Bell
 
25.
Austenland (2013)
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Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
Director: Jerusha Hess
 
26.
Crystal Fairy (2013)
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Jamie (Cera) is a boorish, insensitive American twentysomething traveling in Chile, who somehow manages to create chaos at every turn...
 
27.
Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes (2013)
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A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
 
28.
Fill the Void (2012)
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A devout 18-year-old Israeli is pressured to marry the husband of her late sister. Declaring her independence... (90 mins.)
Director: Rama Burshtein
 
29.
Cutie and the Boxer (2013 Documentary)
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This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.
 
30.
Breathe In (2013)
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When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever. (98 mins.)
Director: Drake Doremus
 
31.
Charlie Victor Romeo (2013 Documentary)
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A documentary derived entirely from 'Black Box' transcripts of six real-life major airline emergencies. (90 mins.)
 
32.
The Crash Reel (2013 Documentary)
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Fifteen years of verite footage show the epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Shaun White and Kevin Pearce... (90 mins.)
Director: Lucy Walker
 
33.
Linsanity (2013 Documentary)
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The life story of basketball sensation, Jeremy Lin. (88 mins.)
Director: Evan Leong
 
34.
Afternoon Delight (2013)
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A bored housewife looks to spice up her life. (99 mins.)
Director: Jill Soloway
 
35.
The Gatekeepers (2012 Documentary)
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A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets. (101 mins.)
Director: Dror Moreh
 
36.
Cutie and the Boxer (2013 Documentary)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.