This Week on Sundance Channel

HOLLYWOODN'T: STANLEY KUBRICK Wednesday starting at 10P Every Wednesday night at 10P, catch a double feature of films that Hollywood wouldn't touch. Foreign, indie and art house, these films are not for the faint of heart or mind. This week, Stanley Kubrick and two of his underrated classics, including his 1975 period piece BARRY LYNDON and his still-debated final film EYES WIDE SHUT, an erotic meditation starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. > READ MORE SPOTLIGHT Top 10 film inventions we wish were real From Pee-Wee's breakfast machine to Wallace and Gromit's Knit-O-Matic, check out the top 10 on-screen inventions that we all could use IRL. Don't miss an all-new QUIRKY every Friday at 10P. > Too creative to build? This Week Mon Oct 3 06:20 PM TURN THE RIVER Famke Janssen (X-MEN) won critical accolades for her award-winning performance as Kailey, a quick-witted pool shark and mother, in actor Chris Eigeman's (METROPOLITAN) fledgling outing as writer-director. A long-distance regular at a New York City pool hall owned by her mentor (Rip Torn), Kailey is determined to remove her 10-year-old son (Jaymie Dornan) from the custody of her alcoholic ex. However, before fleeing with her son to Canada she needs $50,000 for false passports. "Positively vibrates with authenticity" â�� Variety. Tue Oct 4 10:00 PM QUIRKY: VERY MESSY, VERY FAST BBQ is as American as apple pie, and so is inventing new products. Frustrated by the multiple trips she and her boyfriend have to make between kitchen and grill, former paralegal Christine Torpey dreams of inventing a barbecue tray that can carry everything in one go. Her solution: a multi-tiered, stackable tray with food underneath and tools on top. But, can the Quirky team cook up a beautiful product that carries everything Christine envisions without it becoming too clunky to hold? Meanwhile, eccentric inventor and Flash game developer, Dave Fulton, is not pleased with the changes Quirky has made to his combination toilet snake and plunger. Will the simple but innovative product idea hit a blockage or go with the flow? Wed Oct 5 08:00 PM ANGEL Working in English, France's François Ozon (SWIMMING POOL) presents a sly satire of literary ambition and self-delusion, adapted from a novel by British writer Elizabeth Taylor. Romola Garai plays Angel Deverell, a conceited young author of florid, lowbrow romances, who finds a huge readership when a savvy publisher (Sam Neill) takes a chance. Yet much as she might wish, Angel's life fails to mirror her fiction, especially her pursuit of a philandering artist (Michael Fassbender). "The wittiest costume drama for some while" — The Telegraph. Thu Oct 6 10:00 PM IN AMERICA After chronicling various chapters of Irish history in such films as In the Name of the Father and The Field, writer/director Jim Sheridan turns his lens upon his own family's experiences immigrating to the United States in the aptly titled In America. The loosely autobiographical script centers on Johnny (Paddy Considine), a young actor sneaking his wife, Sarah (Samantha Morton), and daughters, Christy and Ariel (real-life sisters Sarah and Emma Bolger, respectively), over the Canadian border in the hopes of jump-starting his career in New York City. They soon find that America is not the land of boundless opportunity, however, as they move into a dank, dilapidated apartment building populated by drug dealers, transients, and thugs. Fri Oct 7 10:00 PM DR. T AND THE WOMEN Director Robert Altman reteams with Cookie's Fortune scribe Anne Rapp for this tale of a Dallas gynecologist and the parade of anxious patients, haggard family members, and potential love interests who come his way. Richard Gere plays the titular role of Dr. Sullivan Travis, a calm, successful, and much sought-after ob-gyn who witnesses his normally stable life come apart over the course of one rainy autumn. As the film opens, Dr. T and his wife Kate (Farrah Fawcett) are preparing for the wedding of their Dallas Cowboys cheerleader daughter Dee Dee (Kate Hudson). Their other daughter -- the Kennedy-assassination conspiracy theorist Connie (Tara Reid) -- has her doubts about the impending nuptials, but Dr. T chalks them up to routine sibling jealousy. Meanwhile, escaping a messy divorce, boozy sister-in-law Peggy (Laura Dern) moves into the Travis household with her three toddler daughters in tow. Sun Oct 9 12:35 AM THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE The biographical retelling of how Nashville beauty, Bettie Page (Gretchen Mol), moved to New York in 1949 and became one of the first sex icons in United States history. Sun Oct 9 10:00 PM BROKEDOWN PALACE Two carefree Americans embark on an overseas vacation that soon becomes a nightmare in this powerful drama. Alice (Claire Danes) is a headstrong teenager who wants to do something different to celebrate her high school graduation, so she persuades her more reserved best friend Darlene (Kate Beckinsale) to join her on a trip to Bangkok. While enjoying sun and scenery, Alice and Darlene meet Nick Parks (Daniel Lapaine), a charming Australian who shows them the sights and sweet-talks Darlene into a romantic assignation, which is something of a surprise to her bolder friend Alice. Nick then suggests that they join him on a side trip to Hong Kong, but they soon discover that Nick's interest has been neither friendly nor romantic: he has hidden a large amount of heroin in their luggage and is using them as drug runners without their knowledge.