#SUNDANCE: 2023 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP ADDITIONS

Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced an additional five world premiere feature films, plus four award-winning feature films from previous Festivals, to the 2023 Sundance Film Festival lineup. The 2023 Festival will take place January 19–29, 2023, in person in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort, along with a selection of films available online across the country January 24–29, 2023. Single Film Tickets for in-person and online go on sale January 12 at 10 ... Read more

#SUNDANCE: “THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE”

By Justin Waldman The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future requires a lot of deep thinking to truly embrace what the inner message is trying to tell the audience. Francisca Alegria directs and co-writes this beautiful Film that at its core is an allegory for how we are destroying our planet and might die from our own mistakes. As well, the way that the Movie tells its story is so unique and inspiring that its hard not to at least admire what the vision was even if it doesn’t entirely ... Read more

#SUNDANCE: “PALM TREES AND POWER LINES”

By Justin Waldman Some films make your innards turn, make you squirm and give you the most uncomfortable feelings of all time. These aren’t bad things, it means the movie is doing exactly what it is supposed to do, and Palm Trees and Power Lines does exactly that. Jamie Dack both writes and directs this Feature, and while it is one of the most uncomfortable and cringiest movies that could possibly be seen it will definitely work for some audiences. However, this did not resonate with me, ... Read more

#SUNDANCE: 2022 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Winners at this year's Sundance Film Festival have been announced and NANNY wins top honours taking the U.S. Grand Jury Prize. The U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Documentary went to THE EXILES. Audience Awards went to last-minute Festival addition NAVALNY, which centers on Russia's jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny for U.S. Documentary. It also won the Festival Favourite Award. Cooper Raiff's CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH took the U.S. Dramatic Award. The latter starring Raiff and Dakota ... Read more

#SUNDANCE: “SHARP STICK”

By David Baldwin Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth) is a naïve 26-year-old caregiver with shockingly little knowledge about sex, likely due to a trauma she suffered nearly ten years prior. She begins a sexual relationship with the father of one of her clients, which ends even quicker than it began, but wants to continue learning more about her sexuality and desires. So Sarah Jo makes an alphabetical list of positions and scenarios she wants to experience – and she is dedicated to checking them ... Read more

#SUNDANCE: “EMILY THE CRIMINAL”

By David Baldwin Emily (Aubrey Plaza) has a checkered past and her debts are mounting up. With prior arrests and charges on her record, well-paying jobs are hard to come by. When a friend at her catering job gives her a number to help with money, Emily lands herself in the middle of a credit card scam that proves to be just as lucrative as it is dangerous. EMILY THE CRIMINAL is one of the most intense and thrilling movies of this year’s Festival. Full stop. First-time feature ... Read more

#SUNDANCE: “BLOOD”

By Amanda Gilmore Young widow Chloe (Carla Juri) travels to Japan for work where she’s welcomed by an old friend, Toshi (Takashi Ueno). Chloe wanders this unfamiliar landscape and creates bonds with people along the way. Writer/Director Bradley Rust Gray’s latest Feature is a meditation on grief and learning how to feel again. His Script follows Chloe as she builds relationships with people in Japan, even though there are language barriers involved ... Read more

#SUNDANCE: “PIGGY”

By Amanda Gilmore Writer/Director Carlota Pereda’s daring Feature debut is a twisted revenge against bullies tale. In a small Spanish town, teenager Sara (Laura Galán) spends her summer days working at her parents’ butcher shop. The days are anything but fun, as the teenagers in the town incessantly bully her. Going so far as calling her family the "Three Little Pigs”. When a serial killer arrives in their town and takes a liking to Sara, she has a choice to make: ... Read more

#SUNDANCE: “GOD’S COUNTRY”

By Amanda Gilmore Julian Higgins’ Feature debut follows Sandra (Thandiwe Newton) in the direct aftermath of her mother’s passing. Over the course of seven days, the increasing environment of racism and misogyny brings Sandra to a boiling point. God’s Country is a slow-burn pressure-cooker of a film that will have you on the edge of your seat. Higgins creates tension in every frame as we follow Sandra’s grieving process and determination to be taken ... Read more

#SUNDANCE: “SUMMERING”

By Amanda Gilmore James Ponsoldt’s latest Feature follows four best friends, Daisy (Lia Barnett), Mari (Eden Grace Red Field), Dina (Madalen Mills) and Lola (Sanai Victoria) on the last weekend of summer before entering middle school. When they arrive at their secret spot in the woods to lay trinkets from their summer together, they find a dead body. They spend the next day finding out who he was and what happened to him.There’s a lot to love ... Read more