Held from Jan. 20 to Jan. 30, Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the United States and celebrates artistry, with feature films, short films, indie episodic works and new frontier projects selected to screen. Read more...
Sundance 2022
Sundance Film Festival 2022 is reaching for the stars. Held from Jan. 20 to Jan. 30, the largest independent film festival in the United States celebrates artistry and convergence, with feature films, short films, indie episodic works and new frontier projects selected to screen. Though this year’s iteration is being held online instead of the event’s usual Park City, Utah location, that hasn’t stopped filmmakers and storytellers from sharing their creations. Read on for Arts editor Vivian Xu’s coverage of the festival.
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January 28, 7:32 pm
Sundance 2022: ‘Emily the Criminal’ puts allures, dangers of crime on sharp display
This post was updated Jan. 30 at 10:29 p.m. Credit card fraud is a cruel mistress – and Emily is her latest victim. In director and screenwriter John Patton Ford’s feature, “Emily the Criminal,” fierce millennial Emily (Aubrey Plaza) spirals into an elaborate scheme of credit card fraud in search of quick cash. Read more...
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January 28, 3:12 pm
Sundance 2022: ‘Am I OK?’ subverts classic coming-of-age narrative to center lifelong growth
Warning: spoilers ahead. Exploring the shades of gray in any situation is Dakota Johnson’s specialty. Starring in Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne’s film “Am I OK?,” the actress plays Lucy, a directionless woman in her mid-30s whose coming out is catalyzed by her best friend Jane’s (Sonoya Mizuno) move to London. Read more...
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January 27, 4:38 pm
Sundance 2022: Debut of ‘Alice’ explores themes of racial injustice through artistic lens
This post was updated Jan. 30 at 10:11 p.m. Time travel is finally joining Keke Palmer’s repertoire. Her newest role in “Alice” features Palmer as the titular character who, after escaping enslavement on a 19th-century Southern plantation, suddenly travels forward into the 1970s. Read more...
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January 25, 12:24 pm
Sundance 2022: Q&A: Directors retrace friendship, journey of Ye film ‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’
Three films, two decades, one Ye. The first in a trio of documentaries, “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” screened in the Premieres category of Sundance Film Festival. Read more...
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January 24, 7:22 pm
Sundance 2022: Q&A: Amy Poehler’s ‘Lucy and Desi’ explores, honors lives of ‘I Love Lucy’ icons
This post was updated Jan. 30 at 10:04 p.m. Amy Poehler’s homage to comedy comes in the form of a documentary. The actress’s first directed documentary, “Lucy and Desi,” debuted in the Premieres category of the Sundance Film Festival. Read more...
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January 24, 1:46 pm
Sundance 2022: ‘FRESH’ mixes comedy and cannibalism in new horror film
This post was updated Jan. 30 at 10:02 p.m. Beware: “FRESH” has an insatiable appetite for carnage. Premiering in the Midnight category of the Sundance Film Festival, the thriller ventures into the darker side of modern dating when a jaded Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) meets Steve (Sebastian Stan), a breath of fresh air in comparison to the problematic men she has met on dating apps. Read more...