Dustin Jansick
660 articles written by Dustin Jansick
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Amour
After Michael Haneke’s Amour was awarded the prestigious Palme D’or (the highest prize awarded and his second career win) at Cannes Film Festival this year it was instantly considered to be the front-runner to win this year’s Best Foreign...
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Watch: To The Wonder trailer
To The Wonder is Terrence Malick’s uncharacteristically quick follow-up to his 2011 stroke of genius work of The Tree of Life. There were a lot of similarities in both of the trailers; both have excellent orchestra music accompanying characters...
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The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor is about a lonely young medical resident who has high aspirations to be a well-respected good doctor, but he has hurdles to clear before obtaining such status. The intention of the film is to be a...
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Tabu
Right on the heels of two successful films that paid respect to the history of cinema, The Artist and Hugo, Tabu receives its title from the final film from one of cinema’s great romantics, F.W. Murnau, and serves as...
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2013 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations
The members of the Screen Actors Guild have submitted their nominations to honor their fellow cohorts and the results were mostly predictable and safe. Leading the pack with four nominations each were, Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook. Even though...
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L
Step aside Ryan Gosling, there is a new driver in town. One who trades good looks for absurd quirks and puts a new spin on taking your work home with you. The gist of L sounds simple, it's about...
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Andy Samberg will host the 2013 Spirit Awards
A mere two weeks ago, the nominees were announced for the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Today, it was announced that the host for the 28th annual Spirit Awards will be comedian Andy Samberg. Most famous for his tenure...
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Dustin’s Top 10 Films of 2012
See what films made Dustin Jansick's Top 10 Films of 2012. Click to view the full list of films.
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Falling Overnight
With an estimated budget of only $50,000, Conrad Jackson’s romantic drama Falling Overnight is a simple indie film with unexpected results. This subtle film sounds less interesting than it really is; a boy who is about to undergo risky...
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Smashed
Trying to balance a humorous, honest and emotional film about alcoholism seems like an impossible task but it is what James Ponsoldt’s Smashed attempts to do. The film has earned some recognition by winning the Special Jury Prize at...
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Alps
Giorgos Lanthimos’ Alps is a follow-up (some say companion piece) to his amazing 2009 film Dogtooth. The gist of the film is about how the main character loses her own identity while trying to impersonate others. The premise may...
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Sundance Film Festival 2013 Lineup Announced
One day after the Film Independent Spirit Awards announced the nominations for films from the 2012 festival run, Sundance is ready to kick off the festival season for 2013. On Wednesday, Sundance Film Festival announced the Competition Lineups. One...
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Giveaway: Win Beasts of the Southern Wild on Blu-ray
We are giving away two Blu-ray copies of Beasts of the Southern Wild to a couple of our Facebook and Twitter followers. See how to enter to win this giveaway here.
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2013 Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Film Independent announced the nominations for the 28th annual Independent Spirit Awards this morning by Zoe Saldana and Anna Kendrick. Last year many of the award winners went on to win Oscars but I suspect that will be a...
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Laurence Anyways
Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan is back with his third film Laurence Anyways, which attempts to show that gender is not everything when it comes to a relationship. The film did well at the Cannes Film Festival this year as...