Strand Releasing has acquired all domestic rights to Sundance ’08 competition pic “Downloading Nancy.” Swedish helmer Johan Renck’s controversial drama, starring Maria Bello, Jason Patric, Rufus ...

A forbidding and morbid piece of psycho-sadomasochism, "Downloading Nancy" is chilly enough to cause global cooling all by itself. A forbidding and morbid piece of psycho-sadomasochism, “Downloading ...

I'm already out in snowy Utah (it did snow this morning) and am anxiously awaiting the Sundance Film Festival's start on Thursday. After seeing Cloverfield yesterday, I headed home and stumbled across ...

PARK CITY, Utah – Believe it or not, Morgan Spurlock did not track down Osama bin Laden — not that this stopped the superstar documentary filmmaker from strolling into this year’s Sundance Film ...

The opening of “Downloading Nancy,” which features on the soundtrack Nancy (Maria Bello) detailing to therapist Carol (Amy Brenneman) the liberation she expects to feel upon dying, compounded by ...

EDITORS NOTE: This is part of a series of interviews, conducted via email, profiling first-time feature directors who have films screening at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. I started out as musician ...

‘Life is like being trapped in the wrong house, looking for a way out,” says Nancy (an excruciatingly believable Maria Bello) in this film’s first moments. A stranger she’s met in an s/m chat room, ...

A self-destructive housewife takes her final step into the abyss in this emotionally grueling psychological drama. Nancy Stockwell (Maria Bello) is a woman edging into her forties and suffering from ...

The worst kind of exploitation film is the kind that doesn’t know it’s an exploitation film, but instead pretends to say something profound about the human condition. Johan Renck’s directorial debut, ...

Maria Bello’s performance in this dank psychodrama (2008) has been hailed as “fearless” and “courageous,” critical code for “degrading situations” and “lots of skin.” The story involves a nihilistic ...