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Wiener-Dog, which has just premiered at Sundance, is "the eighth and perhaps most blithely eccentric feature to date from Todd Solondz," suggests Variety's Guy Lodge. Produced by Megan Ellison and Christine Vachon and shot by Ed Lachman, this collection of short stories connected by the titular dachshund stars Ellen Burstyn, Keaton Nigel Cooke, Kieran Culkin, Julie Delpy, Danny DeVito, Greta Gerwig, Tracy Letts, Zosia Mamet, Connor Long, Bridget Brown and Michael Shaw. We're collecting reviews as they come in. » - David Hudson...

Wiener-Dog, which has just premiered at Sundance, is "the eighth and perhaps most blithely eccentric feature to date from Todd Solondz," suggests Variety's Guy Lodge. Produced by Megan Ellison and Christine Vachon and shot by Ed Lachman, this collection of short stories connected by the titular dachshund stars Ellen Burstyn, Keaton Nigel Cooke, Kieran Culkin, Julie Delpy, Danny DeVito, Greta Gerwig, Tracy Letts, Zosia Mamet, Connor Long, Bridget Brown and Michael Shaw. We're collecting reviews as they come in. » - David Hudson...

With the American Film Festival in Wrocław comes the Us in Progress co-production forum initiative. It also means that micro gems might trickle down from Europe in the unfinished form into Sundance and/or SXSW in early 2016. On the plate for October 22nd and 23rd, the six projects selected for the 2015 Us in Progress Wrocław include:

Actor Martinez by Mike Ott and Nathan Silver

Up until now, the project that teams Littlerock, Pearblossom Hwy and Lake Los Angeles helmer with Exit Elena, Soft in the head, Uncertain Terms and Stinking Heaven had no title. This

stars Bobby Black, Connor Long and Lindsay Burdge.

Alaska is a Drag by Shaz Bennett

Based on her 2012 short, if Rocky and Hedwig had a love child – that would best describe our hero Leo — an aspiring superstar – if he can just get out of Alaska. Everyone who works in a fish cannery – slicing fish for...