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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/">Jeffrey Wells exclusively reports</a> first on 22 accepted Sundance films: </p>

<p>I have also reordered them into a Top Ten Buzz list and Others...</p>

<p>1. <strong>The Black Dahlia</strong> - Brian DePalma's period crime thriller with Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johanson, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhardt<br />
2. <strong>Fur </strong>- <strong>Secretary</strong> director Steven Shainberg's Diane Arbus biopic with Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey, Jr., from Picturehouse<br />
3. <strong>The Tiger and the Snow</strong> - Robert Benigni's movie on the love-struck Italian poet immersed in the American invasion of Iraq<br />
4. <strong>Friends With Money </strong>- <strong>Lovely & Amazing</strong> director Nicole Holofcener's relationship drama with Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Scott Caan<br />
5. <strong>The Passion of the Clerks </strong>- Kevin Smith's sequel to his Sundance legend with Brian O'Halloran, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson and Smith<br />
6. <strong>Shortbus </strong>- <strong>Hedwig & The Angry Inch</strong> director John Cameron Mitchell's long awaited "X-rated" second film about several New Yorkers "exploring" each other during a power outage<br />
7. <strong>The Aura </strong>- <strong>Nine Queens</strong> director Fabiane Bielinsky's film about a taxidermist involved in criminal intrigue<br />
8. <strong>Art School Confidential </strong>- <strong>Ghost World</strong> director Terry Zwigoff's sardonic comedy about a young guy (Max Minghella) who enrolls in art school for curious fame-related reasons, with John Malkovich, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent<br />
9. <strong>Flakes</strong> - <strong>Heather</strong> director Michael Lehmann's quirky-behavior comedy with Aaron Stanford and Zooey Deschanel<br />
10. <strong>Candy</strong> - Neil Armfield's relationship drama with red-hot Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush<br />
11. <strong>Klimt</strong> - The last years of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, with John Malkovich, Stephen Dillane and Saphron Burrows</p>

<p><em>Others...</em> (which doesn't mean they won't supercede the "hotter" titles)</p>

<p><strong>The Hawk is Dying </strong>- Julian Goldberger's Florida-set drama with Paul Giamatti and Michael Pitt<br />
<strong>Awake</strong> - Joby Harold's Weinstein Company thriller with Hayden Christensen, Sigourney Weaver, Jessica Alban<br />
<strong>0430</strong> - A totally non-verbal Singapore-produced film from director-writer Royston Tan, about a friendship between an 11 year-old boy and a man in his 30s<br />
<strong>Brother's Shadow</strong> - Todd Yellin's Brooklyn-set drama about a black-sheep type (Scott Cohen) trying to step into the shoes of his deceased older sibling<br />
<strong>City of Sand and Stone </strong>- Nanda Anan's adventure piece about an American woman (Kelli Garner) unravelling some sort of mystery in India, with Justin Theroux and Frank Langella<br />
<strong>Fast Track</strong> - A Weinstein Co. comedy from director Jesse Peretz, with Jason Bateman, Amanda Peet, Paul Rudd and Mia Farrow<br />
<strong>A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints </strong>- Dito Montiel's New York-based drama with Chazz Palmintieri, Rosario Dawon, Robert Downey, Jr., and produced by Downey and Trudie Styler (i.e., Mrs. Sting)<br />
<strong>Love Talk</strong> - Lee Yoon-Ki's Korean-American drama set in Los Angeles<br />
<strong>Shut Up and Sing</strong> - Bruce Leddy's meditative comedy about an a capella singing group having a reunion; <br />
<strong>What God Knows</strong> - Carlos Borado's Brazilian drama with Diego Luna and Alicia Braga<br />
<strong>Stephanie Daley </strong>- Hilary Brougher's drama about infanticide with Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn. </p>

<p>And I'll add this title - <strong>The Notorious Bettie Page</strong> - Marry Harron directs and co-writes (With Gunievere Turner) this cheeky biopic on the 50s pin-up legend, played to great acclaim by Gretchen Mol.</p>]]></description>
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