Tag: Sundance Film Festival
17 Indie Films You Must See in 2024
Navigating the Sundance Film Festival can be a tricky endeavor. The stacked screening schedule is practically made to send cinephiles into a tailspin: If the line for the new Steven Soderbergh movie starts forming at 9 p.m., but a nifty-sounding documentary is playing across town at six, can you make it to both? Is it better to go for the crowd-pleaser or for the polarizing experience? Which of the 91 films selected will become this year’s Past Lives?
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The Most Exciting Indie Films From This Year’s Sundance
After two years of virtual screenings, the Sundance Film Festival debuted a hybrid event for the first time, welcoming both in-person and online attendees to enjoy a fresh helping of titles. As ever, the festival, which The Atlantic tuned in to from home, set the stage for the year to come in indie movies: Veteran directors debuted their latest work, newcomers hit the ground with impressive ideas, and distributors entered a frenzy of dealmaking with hopes of scoring the next
Cowardice at Sundance
Just about every movie you have ever wanted to see is available to stream. Download some app, and $3.99 later, the opening credits will roll. But the films that command the attention of the real cinephiles are those unavailable to stream at any price. For years, the king of this category was The Day the Clown Cried (1972), a comedy about the Holocaust by the Nutty Professor star Jerry Lewis, who was ashamed of the film and prevented its … Read more
The Sundance Movies And Performances You Won’t Want To Miss
For the second consecutive year, the Sundance Film Festival was held completely online. It must have been a bummer for the filmmakers who didn’t get to have an in-person premiere at Sundance, which has long been a launchpad for emerging artists. At the same time, the virtual format made it easier than ever to check out Sundance’s robust slate of dozens of movies, all from the comfort and safety of our homes. HuffPost culture reporters Marina Fang and Candice Frederick
The Most Exciting Indie Movies From This Year’s Sundance Film Festival
For the second year in a row, the Sundance Film Festival had to go completely virtual, but that didn’t stop the annual celebration from giving a robust preview of the most exciting emerging artists in Hollywood. Much of this year’s slate defied the pandemic’s limitations: Twisty horror films didn’t need Park City’s frigid climate to deliver chills. Character studies that grappled with isolation came off as reassuring for the way they proved that productions could work amid COVID-era precautions. And