May 29th, 2008 · If anyone has the creativity to make eye-grabbing content for online video, it ought to be the Sundance Channel and the Independent Film Channel. And yet TV critic Andrew Wallenstein says their first efforts online are kind of embarrassing.
Jul 21st, 2007 · Slings & Arrows, a highly regarded Canadian series, followed the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of a Shakespeare troupe. Repeated on the Sundance Channel, the show is now available on DVD.
Aug 23rd, 2006 · The Hill premiers tonight on the Sundance Channel. It's a reality show that features Congressman Robert Wexler and his staff. You may remember Congressman Wexler from an appearance on the Colbert Report where, tongue in cheek, he expressed a fondness for cocaine and prostitutes. Why is this congressman doing edgy TV?
Jun 1st, 2006 · Court TV and the Sundance Channel are both airing a new documentary called The Human Behavior Experiments, which takes a historical look at the psychology of unethical behavior by examining the work of social scientists in the 1960s and 1970s. Television critic Andrew Wallenstein says the documentary is particularly powerful in light of many of today's scandals.
Nov 17th, 2005 · NPR's Ed Gordon talks with former Boston Celtics superstar Bill Russell, who's paired with actor Samuel L. Jackson in a series called "Iconoclasts" on the Sundance Channel.
Dec 2nd, 2004 · A new documentary from filmmakers Calvin Skaggs and David Van Taylor describes the emergence of evangelical Christianity as a powerful political force. With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right is being broadcast on the Sundance Channel. Van Taylor and Skaggs run the documentary company Lumiere Productions.
Oct 5th, 2004 · TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new political mock documentary series, Tanner on Tanner. The four-part political satire was written by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. It airs Tuesdays in October on the Sundance Channel.
Jun 25th, 2004 · NPR's Tavis Smiley welcomes the wonderful and witty Margaret Cho into his Los Angeles studio. Cho's biting, socially conscious humor has been compared to that of George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce. She has a new stand-up comedy film called Revolution, premiering on the Sundance Channel's June "Out Loud" Celebration.