Researchers may have taught a chimp named Nim to communicate via sign language back in the mid-’70s, but it was humans who learned the most from the experiment, as detailed in director James Marsh‘s ...

PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) - After weaving an audacious high-wire stunt into an inspiring account of artistic endeavor in his Oscar-winning "Man on Wire," James Marsh again proves himself a ...

Humans are often thought to be the only animals capable of language. But it's difficult to prove a negative like this because we'll never definitively know the subjective interior monologues of other ...

As deals start to wind down at Sundance, Roadside Attractions finalized an agreement to partner with HBO Documentary Films for the U.S. theatrical release of James Marsh’s “Project Nim.” Leading up to ...

James Marsh ("Man on Wire") screened his new documentary "Project Nim" as part of the Sundance Film Festival's opening night Thursday. Along with Marsh and his producing partner Simon Chinn, many of ...

Not every homo sapiens who sees Project Nim will be moved to pledge membership to PETA. Still, this documentary biopic of the ’70s chimp picked to endure an “experiment” in simian sign language and ...

The "Man on Wire" filmmaker's latest is one of the festival's opening-night films. By Jay A. Fernandez James Marsh made his Sundance Film Festival debut in 2008, when his latest documentary Man on ...

Two great documentaries ("Project Nim" and "Knuckle") are joined by a sensationalistic but engaging costume drama ("Anonymous") in leading today's (Feb. 7) new batch of DVD titles. Here's a rundown of ...

The 2011 Sundance Film Festival is heading towards its final weekend, with the awards ceremony capping things off on Sunday night, and attendees are starting to head home, nursing hangovers and ski ...

At the tender age of 21, Jenn Howard was already burned out and disillusioned. The day after graduating from Metairie Park Country Day School, the young singer lit out for New York to see if Project ...

Project Nim, a documentary by director James Marsh (Man on Wire) about the true story of a chimp raised as a human by hippie pseudo-scientists in the 1970s, opens at the Enzian Theater this weekend.