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Spike Lee, Bruce Willis Lead Sundance 2012 Premieres and Documentary Slates

Another round of Sundance 2012 selections tumbled down the hill from Park City this afternoon, with such luminaries as Spike Lee, Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, and a bounty of others making the cut for next month’s festival. Read on for the complete list of selections in the Premieres and Documentaries sections, and have a guess at what you’ll be talking about for the rest of 2012.

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Which Book Does Steven Spielberg Admit He ‘Softened’ in Movie Form?

Steven Spielberg is likely a man of few regrets, but even the Oscar-winning director is appearing dubious about one of his major works. In a new interview, Spielberg admits he “softened” the sensuality of one of his film’s source material to preserve a PG-13 rating. And maybe the film suffered for it. Care to guess which opus he’s talking about?

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Consider Uggie, Day 7: Is Artist Wonder Dog ‘Facing Retirement’?

Even if no awards body deigns to recognize the year’s finest screen work by a dog (or anyone else, for that matter), we can all take some comfort in knowing that Movieline’s Consider Uggie campaign has attained an apex of some kind: The Artist ‘s wonder-dog sidekick has been featured in that celebrated repository of prestige, glamor and influence otherwise known as Page Six. But that’s the good news; another, more troubling report on Uggie suggests that this campaign may be his last shot at golden glory.

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Cahiers du Cinema Top 10 List Honors Terrence Malick, Lars Von Trier and… J.J. Abrams?

The annual Cahiers du Cinema Top 10 of 2011 list has been revealed, naming works by the likes of Terrence Malick , Lars von Trier , Jerzy Skolimowsky, and Manoel de Oliveira . Also in the winners’ circle? J.J. Abrams ! See the full eclectic list after the jump, not to mention the crazy ties in votes that make this early Top 10 a doozy to wrap your mind around…

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