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Film festival coverage is great – you get a sneak peek at the movies to come, the little gems you probably wouldn’t have heard about, buzz about upcoming projects. But it can also be an annoying, tantalizing tease – especially when the films you want to see take months – and sometimes years – to hit the screens … if they do at all. But it looks like Sundance is doing a little bit to change that. The Sundance Institute is kicking off Sundance Film Festival USA – and it’s not just films screening in random cities across the country – they’re sending eight filmmakers to screen their films in eight major cities on January 28. That means not only seeing the film, but checking out a Q&A.
The tickets are available at each locale’s box office, and it’s a killer list of films that makes me officially jealous. The lucky cities and films:
Cyrus](Cyrus (2010) - IMDb) – Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI – The Duplass Brothers’ tale of a recently divorced man who needs a new woman with an unusual son. It stars John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, and Catherine Keener.
The Company Men](The Company Men (2010) - IMDb) – Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA – John Wells’ drama about three company men facing downsizing. It stars Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, and Rosemarie DeWitt.
Daddy Longlegs***](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1426362/) – BAM, Brooklyn, NY – The Safdie Brothers’ film about fatherhood, responsibility, and those torn between being a child and being an adult. It stars Ronald Bronstein, Sage Ranaldo, and Frey Ranaldo.
Jack Goes Boating](Jack Goes Boating (2010) - IMDb) – Music Box Theatre, Chicago, IL – Philip Seymour Hoffman directs and stars in the take of a limo driver’s blind date, which also stars Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Tom McCarthy.
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