Three. Irritating. Years. That’s how a lot time has handed because the Sundance Movie Pageant final held an in-person version in Park Metropolis, Utah. (Put it this manner: The opening night time choice was the Taylor Swift documentary, Miss Americana, which chronicled the making of her 2018 album of Fame. So, like, historic historical past.) Blame the pandemic, in fact. Due to security fears, attendees couldn’t be within the room for the premiere of the eventual Oscar Finest Image winner, Coda, or cheer alongside for Questlove and the primary screening of his personal future Oscar pic, Summer time of Soul. No sightings of a random Actual Housewives star on the bustling Predominant Avenue. No napping throughout 8:30 AM screenings. No huffing and puffing strolling within the snow within the frigid climate at excessive altitudes. No nothing.
All of the extra purpose why the 2023 Sundance Movie Pageant felt extra-special. In the end, we might benefit from the cinema expertise because it was initially supposed — ahem, with precise individuals in theaters! In any case, previous winners comparable to Juno, Get Out, Whiplash, Boyhood, Eighth Grade and Promising Younger Lady simply don’t really feel the identical from a sofa in a temperature-controlled room. So what was on the lineup this 12 months? An intriguing mixture of titillating dramas, rousing crowd-pleasers and engaging movie star documentaries. Marvel villain Jonathan Majors turned his physique right into a poisonous mass of muscle, whereas Phoebe Dynevor proved she’s no Bridgerton one-smash-wonder. And Brooke Shields and Michael J. Fox proved why they’re enduring icons. Right here’s a wrap of the ten buzziest choices.
