Busy IFC Films made In the Loop its latest Sundance acquisition. The Armando Iannucci comedy “follows a British government minister who inadvertently supports a war while on primetime television. Pic stars Tom Hollander, Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini and Steve Coogan.”

Bobcat Goldthwait’s latest exercise in depraved comedy, World’s Greatest Dad, made quite an impression. Entertainment Weekly calls it “a crazy, foul-mouthed, garishly farfetched black comedy… World's Greatest Dad has an organic lunacy, to the point that there's something almost Ed Wood innocent about it. Maybe it's that the film reflects a fantasy that must surely be Goldthwait's: that the worse the behavior, the more it will be rewarded.” Spoutblog caught up with the director, who still lives a double life. “I’m probably the only director here who in three weeks is going to be playing an Indian casino in Iowa. Which is true. It’s true. And I go out on the road and I don’t like doing stand-up comedy. And what’s funny is I can say that to you in this interview, that I hate stand-up comedy. And the people who come out to see me, they’ll never see that quote. Because those people come - it’s like I’m Foreigner, going out on the road. There’s still going to be an audience to see Frampton.”

But of course what you’re really wondering is – what are the stars drinking at Sundance? The answer might surprise you! “The once-banned spirit, absinthe -- a mix of sweet licorice-flavored anise and the bitter wormwood -- is being poured at numerous celebrity events,” the Salt Lake Tribune reports. “‘Absinthe has a historical relationship with creativity,’ explained Ashley Garver, marketing director for Le Tourment Vert, a French brand and one of the festival sponsors.” Make it a double.

Previously:
Sundance Roundup: Day Seven
Sundance Roundup: Day Six