9 h. ago With the Sundance Film Festival and filmmaker labs, Robert Redford brought change to cinema

Robert Redford, who died Tuesday at 89, transformed the film industry with the Sundance Institute and Film Festival

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13 h. ago How Sundance Film Festival became Robert Redford’s ultimate legacy

Redford helped revolutionise independent filmmaking when he established Sundance in 1981

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20 h. ago American independent cinema owes much to Sundance king Robert Redford | Adrian Horton

With his Sundance film festival and institute, Robert Redford used his considerable power to bring generations of talented film-makers to a bigger audienceRobert Redford, who died at the age of 89 on Tuesday, will rightly be remembered as one of Hollywood’s finest leading men, a true-blue movie star and assured actor who was, to quote my mother and surely many others, “very, very handsome”. His many iconic performances – in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, The Way We Were, The Sting and more – certainly left an indelible mark on American movies. But he should perhaps be remembered more for his work behind the camera, as the country’s greatest benefactor of independent cinema.Through his Sundance film festival and non-profit institute, Redford lent his considerable star power and funds to American independent film, and created what is still its most secure and enduring pillar of support. He provided maverick, cutting-edge film-making with a freewheeling ma...

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35 h. ago Robert Redford's 'impeccably made' film you won't recognise is on Netflix

The Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid star was also one of the founders of the Sundance Film Festival

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35 h. ago Robert Redford, screen legend and Sundance Film Festival founder, dies aged 89

New York Times have reported that the actor died in his sleep early this morning

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4 w. ago What happens when a fan gets too close? ‘Lurker’ explores the dark side of celebrity

“Lurker,” a breakout film from the Sundance Film Festival, explores the dark side of celebrity and fandom

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