And there were more existential questions as well.
Would the festival continue to be held in Park City at all?
Salt Lake City, Boulder, Colorado, and Cincinnati.
Josh O’Connor and Lily LaTorre inRebuilding.
Despite all the angst, Lisa Wong Macabasco and I found a handful of arresting indie movies to recommend.
Here were our 7 favoriteswhich are all likely to emerge in theaters or on a streamer later this year.
Hes living in a FEMA-provided trailer and working on a highway crew.
Rose Byrne inIf I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
Should he be a full-time father now?
Or is he going to take flight to Montana and pickup work as a cowboy?
OConnor carries the movie with gentle, earthbound affecthes never been so good.
Archie Madekwe and Théodore Pellerin inLurker.
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Rose Byrne inIf I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
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Archie Madekwe and Theodore Pellerin inLurker.
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Felicity Jones and Joel Edgerton inTrain Dreams.
Felicity Jones and Joel Edgerton inTrain Dreams.
It has made for a stunningly beautiful movie with another brilliant performance by the chameleonic Australian actor Joel Edgerton.
When tragedy strikes, the film shifts into a chronicle of endurance, of solitude and grief.
It ends with a powerful sense of how the sheer weight of time can bring a measure of grace.
Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
(Train Dreamswas acquired by Netflix with a release date to be announced.)
How far heartwarming, music-filled indie crowdpleasers can go in todays market remains an open question.
before releasing it in a limited run to a muted response that fall.
Eva Victor inSorry, Baby.
Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden inThe Ballad of Wallis Island.
