Sundance

A house was full for the screening of the Sundance film "Austenland" at Peery's Egyptian Theater on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (CAMERON MCLEOD/Special to the Standard-Examiner)

Sundance reception provides flavor, feel of 'Austenland'

OGDEN — Sundance Festival fever has taken over the city, with citizens flocking to screenings of in-competition films at Peery’s Egyptian Theater.

One screening ended with a party at the Eccles Center — next door to the theater — where guests were given a flavor of the world they had just seen on film.

“Austenland,” starring Keri Russell, follows the story of a woman who goes to a Jane Austen-themed retreat. The movie screened in Ogden, and the reception that followed featured Box Elder High School theater students dressed in Austen-era clothing greeting guests as they arrived.

Sundance 2013 announces films for its U.S., World Competitions, Next program

Here are the films the Sundance Film Festival announced Wednesday for its U.S. and World Competitions, and for the Next program.

All film descriptions are provided by the festival.

Keri Russell (left) and Bret McKenzie appear in a scene from the film “Austenland,” included in the U.S. Dramatic Film competition at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Shannon Hale, of South Jordan, wrote the novel that is the basis for the film and shared screenwriting duties. (Photo courtesy of the Sundance Institute)

Utahn’s book, screenplay make it to Sundance 2013; Dramatic Competition offerings announced

The 2013 Sundance Film Festival brings a story full circle for Utah author Shannon Hale.

Click here for list of films for U.S. and World Competitions, and the Next program

Films in the festival’s Dramatic Competition were announced Wednesday, as were films in U.S. Documentary, and NEXT categories.

And Hale, an author from South Jordan, could commute to the festival daily to support “Austenland,” should she so choose. Hale wrote the novel that is the basis for the film, and she shared screenwriting duties for the project.

Ogden truly the best place for a grassroots Sundance experience

The annual three-ring spectacle that is the Sundance Film Festival is under way, and we all know what THAT means.

Avoid. Park. City.

Seriously. Avoid it like the plague. Avoid it like a rush-hour stretch of Interstate 15 through Utah County. Avoid it like a fellow ward member in the grocery store on a Sunday afternoon.

Mark my words, people: Nothing good can ever come of a trip to Colorado's westernmost city in mid-to-late January.

Sundance Film Festival enthusiasts brave the cold to line up outside Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden on Saturday to receive ticket-purchase appointment cards. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Shivering for Sundance

OGDEN -- Sundance Film Festival enthusiasts lined up outside Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden on Saturday to receive ticket-purchase appointment cards.

The cold didn't faze them, though Steven and Terri Ballard rested while waiting in line.

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The 2012 Sundance Film Festival will feature a short film, “ ’92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card,” about two brothers forced to reunite after their father’s death.

Short-film lineup for Sundance unveiled

OGDEN -- For those who prefer their Sundance Film Festival in small bites, the festival on Tuesday announced its 2012 short-film program.

The 64 films were chosen from a record 7,675 submissions, a significant increase over 2011.

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Among the films announced for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival is “2 Days in New York,” starring Chris Rock and Julie Delpy as a former couple struggling with their differing cultural and racial backgrounds and the needs of their child.

Sundance premieres, documentary premieres revealed

SALT LAKE CITY -- The 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Monday announced films in the premieres and documentary premieres categories.

Among the selections are "Robot and Frank," about what happens when an old man's grown children install a robot as his caretaker. Actors include Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden and Liv Tyler. "Robot and Frank" is the film selected to screen at the festival's Salt Lake City opening gala.

Redford: A big-screen life told in fine detail

"ROBERT REDFORD: THE BIOGRAPHY." By Michael Feeney Callan. Knopf. $27.95.

A travel photographer once told me how she disliked images captured with wide-angle lenses.

"They take in so much you don't know where to look," she said.

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