Feb 4SaveDispatchSundance2/4/21DispatchSundance2/4/21The best films of Sundance 2021A.A. Dowd5SaveSundance 2021 wrapped up last night, though the exact time the screening system went dark depended on when you…
Feb 3SaveDispatchSundance2/3/21DispatchSundance2/3/21Questlove’s joyous dream-festival concert film is as good as Sundance (and everyone else) insistsA.A. Dowd16SaveSundance is ending exactly as it began: with the virtual equivalent of a standing ovation for the film that kicked…
Feb 2SaveDispatchSundance2/2/21DispatchSundance2/2/21The highlight of Sundance ’21 is a transfixing portrait of creepypasta obsessionA.A. Dowd1SaveJudas And The Black Messiah, Shaka King’s propulsive drama about Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton and the months…
Feb 1SaveDispatchSundance2/1/21DispatchSundance2/1/21Nic Cage’s testicle-bomb Mad Max samurai Western is less fun than we’re making it soundA.A. Dowd24SaveThere are few things more alienating to a moviegoer than being the only person in a theater not having the time of…
Jan 30SaveDispatchSundance1/30/21DispatchSundance1/30/21Two Sundance dramas, one better than the other, shudder with the chilly influence of Michael HanekeA.A. Dowd6SaveAttending a film festival can feel like an extended game of Spot The Influence. That’s perhaps especially true at a…
Jan 29SaveDispatchSundance1/29/21DispatchSundance1/29/21An atypical Sundance opens with typical indie drama and a hallucinatory midnight movieA.A. Dowd6SaveFunny how pet peeves become fond memories the moment you’re denied them. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug that way.…
Jan 31 2020SaveDispatchSundance1/31/20DispatchSundance1/31/20The best movies of Sundance 2020A.A. Dowd28Save I’ve left Sundance but it hasn’t left me. Two days removed from the mad hustle of the festival—the late nights, the…
Jan 29 2020SaveDispatchSundance1/29/20DispatchSundance1/29/20The biggest deal in Sundance history is for a charming Andy Samberg spin on a comedy classicA.A. Dowd78SavePark City is a bit like the Punxsutawney of Groundhog Day, and not just because of the snow that reliably blankets…
Jan 27 2020SaveDispatchSundance1/27/20DispatchSundance1/27/20Only at Sundance can a tweetstorm be a movie and Peter Pan a beast of the Southern wildA.A. Dowd11SaveYou could come to Sundance and only party. Those who do probably spend a lot of their time on Main Street. The…
Jan 26 2020SaveDispatchSundance1/26/20DispatchSundance1/26/20Aubrey Plaza delivers her boldest performance yet, and two Sundance alums majorly up their gameA.A. Dowd29SaveOne of the purest pleasures of regularly attending the Sundance Film Festival is watching a filmmaker grow into what…
Jan 24 2020SaveDispatchSundance1/24/20DispatchSundance1/24/20Taylor Swift crashes Sundance, but opening night belongs to a horror movie from the creator of Dear White PeopleA.A. Dowd17SaveThe incongruity usually begins at the airport. Year in and year out, a casual clash of cultures greets anyone…