Cinema: Sundance's Newest Kids

A raucous rocker is leading the latest crop of hopefuls at the upcoming indie festival

Congratulations, Julianne Moore. When the Sundance Film Festival kicks off next week, she will be honored at the Tribute to Independent Vision. We wouldn't begrudge the star of Boogie Nights and Magnolia a thing, but she'd better watch her back in the parking lot. For this year there will be another star on the slopes of Park City, Utah, who will no doubt consider herself worthy of the kudos. She's the fearless, delusional transsexual heroine of the rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the fact that this unlikely entry has made it into the Dramatic Film competition means that...

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