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How to Speak “Mumblecore”

Sundance recognizes the “indie genre” just as it is coming to an end.

The mumblecore movement is speaking a lot more clearly these days. By programming work from Joe Swanberg, Michael Tully and Todd Rohal — filmmakers largely identified with the newest indie subculture — Sundance seems to have declared the mumblecore aesthetic ready for the indie mainstream. But does that signal the evolution of the movement, or does it stick a pin in its relevance?