A Seattle moviegoing lifestyle magazine
Celebrating its 40th edition, Sundance Film Festival is back with a full slate of in-person programming in the resort town of Park City with a full slate of screenings in Salt Lake City. Once again film lovers, journalists, and critics are flocking to the mountain ski area to kick the year off with a huge array of new feature films from a diverse set of veteran filmmakers and emerging directors.
Dispatches from Sundance: a mixed bag of a modern erotic psychodrama, a revisitation of recent political events, and a herculean performance from one of our great actors.
Capsule reviews, quick thoughts, and instant reactions on this year’s festival films.
Ira Sachs goes to Paris
Some sicko gave Brandon Cronenberg the keys to the White Lotus and this is what happened.
Dispatches from Sundance: a twisty literary adaptation.
Dispatches from Sundance: a short story makes it to the big screen
Dispatches from Sundance: a revisitation of recent political events
Dispatches from Sundance: a herculean performance from one of our great actors.
Despite the best laid plans to leverage last year’s fully virtual experience and start 2022 with a hybrid in-person and online festival, this winter’s steep Omicron surge found the Sundance Film Festival again pivoting to a mostly virtual format. Once again, film lovers, journalists, and critics will be experience the annual kick-off of independent film festival season mostly from their couches.
