Sundance 2012: The Rundown

So Sundance 2012 was my first time at the prolific film festival, and my first major festival as a press member (I don't really count AFI Film Fest 2011 as all that major, since tickets are free to the public as well). With 27 films in 6 days, I felt I did quite well for my first year (plus 4 interviews--Traci Lords, the cast and director of Middle of Nowhere, director Nicholas McCarthy, and director Ira Sachs). Out of this batch of titles, only 4 of those films were absolutely terrible (each of which I was assigned to review). Without further ado, here's my rundown (please check back, as more reviews become available, I will hyperlink to this list):

Best of Fest, Sundance 2012:

1. Compliance - Dir. Craig Zobel (US)
2. Red Lights - Dir. Rodrigo Cortes (US/Spain) (review available)
3. Black Rock - Dir. Katie Aselton (US) (review available)
4. Keep the Lights On - Dir. Ira Sachs (US) (review available)
5. Middle of Nowhere - Dir. Ava DuVernay (US) (review available)
6. Excision - Dir. Richard Bates Jr. (US) (review available)
7. Liberal Arts - Dir. Josh Radnor (US)
8. Simon Killer - Dir. Antonio Campos (US)
9. Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dir. Benh Zeitlin (US)
10. The Imposter - Dir. Bart Layton (US)

Additional Reccomended Titles:

1. Corpo Celeste - Dir. Alice Rohrwacher (Italy)
2. The Surrogate - Dir. Ben Lewin (US)
3. Robot and Frank - Dir. Jake Schrier (US) (review available)
4. Red Hook Summer - Dir. Spike Lee (US) (review available)
5. LUV - Dir. Sheldon Candis (US) (review available)
6. V/H/S - Dir(s). Brucker/West/Radio Silence/McQuaid/Wingard (US) (review available)
7. Price Check - Dir. Michael Walker (US) (review available)
8. Shadow Dancer - Dir. James Marsh (UK)
9. Arbitrage - Dir. Nicolas Jarecki (US) (review available)
10. Love Free Or Die - Dir. Macky Alston (US) (review available)

The Banal:

1. Kid-Thing - Dir. David Zellner (US) (review available)
2. L - Dir. Babis Makidris (Greece)
3. Grabbers - Dir. Jon Wright (UK/Ireland) (review available)

Merde Cinema:

1. Lay the Favorite - Dir. Stephen Frears (US) (review available)
2. John Dies At The End - Dir. Don Coscarelli (US) (review available)
3. The Pact - Dir. Nicholas McCarthy (US) (review available)
4. The Words - Dir. Brian Klugman & Lee Sternthal (US) (review available)