Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Sundance >> 2008 >> Park City At Midnight

The Park City At Midnight strand of Sundance Film Festival "offers eight films that are likely to amuse, surprise, or shock the bleary-eyed viewer and offer a lively last stop in the nightly film-going circuit".

View other Sundance Film Festival Films by strand: Independent Feature Competition: Documentary, Independent Feature Competition: Dramatic, International Short Films: Animation, International Short Films: Documentary, International Short Films: Dramatic, International Short Films: Experimental and Mixed Media, New Frontier, Premieres, Spectrum: Documentary, Spectrum: Dramatic Spotlight, US Short Films: Animation, US Short Films: Documentary, US Short Films: Dramatic, US Short Films: Experimental, World Cinema Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Funny Games and Otto; Or, Up With Dead People

Adventures Of Power (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Ari Gold; Writer: Ari Gold; Stars: Ari Gold, Shoshanna Stern, Adrian Grenier, Michael Mckean, Jane Lynch Steven Williams), Official Site

A small-town dreamer tries to realise his ambition of becoming the world's greatest air drummer.

Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival 2008: Day Six

The Brøken (Country: USA; Director: Sean Ellis; Writer: Sean Ellis; Stars: Lena Heady, Richard Jenkins, Asier Newman)

On a busy London street a woman sees herself driving by in her own car. Stunned, she trails the mystery woman as events take an eerie turn into a living nightmare.

See: Sundance 2008: Day Four
, Sundance 2008: Day Three

Diary Of The Dead (Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: George A Romero; Writer: George A Romero; Stars: Michelle Morgan, Joshua Close, Shawn Roberts, Amy Ciupak Lalonde, Joe Dinicol, Scott Wentworth, Philip Riccio, Chris Violette, Tatiana Maslany, Nick Alachiotis, Matt Birman)

Film students try to record the end of civilisation as they know it when the dead begin to walk. Plus read our exclusive interview with George A Romero.

Full Review See: George A Romero talks zombies, religion and genocide in Karlovy Vary
, George A Romero interview about Diary Of The Dead

Donkey Punch (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Olly Blackburn; Writer: Olly Blackburn, David Bloom; Stars: Robert Boulter, Sian Breckin, Tom Burke, Nichola Burley, Julian Morris, Jay Taylor, Jaime Winstone), Official Site, Trailer

Seven go mad on a yacht. Plus read our interview with the director and stars of the film. The film is out to own on November 10.

Full Review See: news from the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival
, Sundance Film Festival 2008: Day Seven

Funny Games (Country: France, US, UK, Italy; Year: 2007; Director: Michael Haneke; Writer: Michael Haneke; Stars: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Siobhan Fallon, Arno Frisch, Boyd Gaines, Devon Gearhart, Robert LuPone, Linda Moran), Official Site

English language remake of the ice-cold horror about a family held hostage by a pair of preppy youngsters. Plus read our exclusive interview with producer Chris Coen.

Full Review See: Producer Chris Coen interview about Funny Games remake

Timecrimes and Donkey Punch

Hell Ride (Country: USA; Director: Larry Bishop; Writer: Larry Bishop; Stars: Larry Bishop, Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen)

Quentin Tarantino presents this bloody, sexy tale of motorcycle revenge. It's a modern-day take on 1960s motorcycle flicks, with bikers who hit the road to avenge the death of one of their "old ladies" at the hands of a rival motorcycle gang.

Otto; Or, Up With Dead People (Country: Germany, Canada; Year: 2007; Director: Bruce LaBruce; Writer: Bruce LaBruce; Stars: Jey Crisfar, Katharina Klewinghaus, Susanne Sachsse, Marcel Schlutt), Official Site

A romance with all that love entrails.

Full Review

Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes, Time Crimes) (Country: Spain; Year: 2007; Director: Nacho Vigalondo; Writer: Nacho Vigalondo; Stars: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Juan Inciarte), Official Site

When a man accidentally travels back in time, he finds restoring the status quo is easier said than done. Plus read our exclusive interview with director Nacho Vigalondo.

Full Review See: Interview with Nacho Vigalondo about Extraterrestrial and Windows
, Nacho Vigalondo interview about Timecrimes and the remake