The top winners were among the buzziest of this year’s festival, from “Fair Play” to “Past Lives” and more. This year, the Sundance Film Festival returned in-person events with a vengeance. After two straight mostly virtual editions, the festival got back to almost-normal with packed crowds squeezing into the shuttles and trudging up and down … Read more
Another Sundance Film Festival is in the can, and I for one am grateful that I didn’t have to brave the cold Utah winter to participate. We at Paste worked through about 40 of the fest’s features—which numbered over 100 as their roster increases every year—in order not only to get a clearer picture of … Read more
The Sundance Film Festival closed its latest chapter on a thrilling high. Not only for the discovery of fresh filmmaking talent, but also for a return to in-person screenings after two years of COVID lockdown. As ticket holders trekked through the snows of Park City — the Utah mecca for film enthusiasts founded in 1981 … Read more
from l to r: Gael Garacia Bernal in Cassandro; Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Flora and Son; Jonathan Majors in Magazine Dreams; and Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor in Fair Play. (Photos courtesy of Sundance Institute) The curtain has come down on the first in-person Sundance Film Festival since 2020. But the movies that … Read more
Though devoted to independent filmmaking, the Sundance Film Festival—which was founded, after all, by Robert Redford—has Hollywood in its DNA. At its best, Sundance draws its strength from both worlds: bold movies made by industry-proximate people who are branching off into new directions, and similarly distinctive ones by relative newcomers or indie veterans. This year’s … Read more
After a week and a half of world premieres, shocking horror, and inspiring documentaries, the Sundance Film Festival has come to an end. From disgusting Midnight offerings to family friendly fare, the fest had something for everybody. Here are the best movies we saw and what we know about their futures. All reviews from Sundance … Read more
Not every film festival can boast such a wide variety of talent and narratives as Sundance. This year was no exception. The event’s eagerly awaited return to in-person screenings and conversations after a three-year break marked a host of provocative, thoughtful, original and beautifully specific movies that closely mirror the world in which we live. … Read more
The Sundance Film Festival was back in person for the first time since 2020. A-list stars like Anne Hathaway and Jason Momoa were present to promote their buzzy films. The deals market was slow to take off, with a few big sales but not as many as in recent years. It was impossible not to … Read more
Poet-turned-filmmaker Raven Jackson uses elegantly composed vignettes, minimal dialogue and an immersive style to explore the life of a Black woman in the rural South in her eloquent feature, produced by Barry Jenkins. The story follows Mack (Charleen McClure) across several decades, the fragments of her life coming together in a risky, beautifully realized film. … Read more
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