This Week on Sundance Channel

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY WEDNESDAY AT 10P Open the pod bay doors, HAL. A mind-bending sci-fi symphony, Stanley Kubrick's landmark 1968 epic pushed the limits of narrative and special effects toward a meditation on technology and humanity. Provocatively billed as "the ultimate trip," 2001 quickly caught on with a counterculture youth audience open to a contemplative (i.e. chemically enhanced) viewing experience of a film suggesting that the way to enlightenment was to free one's mind of the U.S. military-industrial-technological complex. > READ MORE SPOTLIGHT Top 10 corsets, catsuits and concept gowns Garo Sparo shares some of his favorite fabulous and sexy body-hugging designs in this top 10 list. Watch UNLEASHED BY GARO every Friday at 9P. > Read More This Week Mon Oct 10 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. Tue Oct 11 08:00 PM LOVE LUST & SEX SYMBOLS They're the people you fantasize about, the faces that stir you, and the bodies that define hot. They're sex symbols - those icons of sensuality that captivate, titillate, and allow us to project our most intimate desires. From the curvaceous Marilyn Monroe to the androgynous idols of the 1970s, what makes a sex symbol is more than pure beauty. It's the ability to tap into and represent the social and cultural politics of the time. Love|Lust: Sex Symbols explores how these unforgettable objects of desire personify generations, reflect popular tastes, and drive social change. Wed Oct 12 08:00 PM WORLDS APART Denmark's entry for the 2008 Oscars was filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev's notably nuanced story of a teenage Jehovah's Witness (Rosalinde Spanning) who falls in love with an unbeliever. When church elders learn of 17-year-old Sara's romance and insist that she recount intimate details, they force her to choose between Teis (Pilou Asbaek) and isolation from her family and community. Based on a true story, WORLDS APART's evenhanded, documentary-like approach to fundamentalist belief and structures allows for rare viewer empathy and understanding. Thu Oct 13 10:00 PM GODS AND MONSTERS The story of James Whale, the director of FRANKENSTEIN and THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, in the time period following the Korean War. Whale is homosexual and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine. Fri Oct 14 09:00 PM UNLEASHED BY GARO Jennifer has a lot to celebrate ... It's both her 40th birthday and her 5th anniversary of being breast cancer free. Overly sensitive to her reconstructed body and armed with a list of fashion "no-no's", Jennifer presents a special challenge to Garo and his team. Will they be able to push her to embrace her new body, or will the scars of her past continue to hold her back? Sat Oct 15 08:30 PM FIVE FINGERS Whilst traveling around Morocco, Dutch humanitarian Martijn (Ryan Phillippe), is kidnapped by terrorists who believe he is in the country for amoral reasons. Under the instruction of their leader (Laurence Fishburne) the terrorists harshly interrogate Martijn until the true motive for his visit is revealed. Sun Oct 16 10:00 PM BOBBY Twenty-two people become unwitting participants in a tragic and defining moment of the 1960s in this period drama from actor and director Emilio Estevez. It's early June in 1968, and the California presidential primary elections are occupying the minds of many in the Golden State, with Robert F. Kennedy in a close race against Eugene McCarthy and Hubert Humphrey. The Kennedy campaign staff has set up camp at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, while the staff and guests become observers as the brother of fallen president John F. Kennedy sets out to pick up where his sibling left off.