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Sundance screened dozens of films in 2024. From Good One to Between the Temples, here are Paste's picks for the best movies of Sundance 2024:

Richard Brody on two movies from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival: Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples,” with Jason Schwartzman, and Shiori Ito’s “Black Box Diaries.”

An endlessly energetic comedy held up by Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane's perfect performances. Our Between the Temples review:

Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.

Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.

Adobe Creative Cloud shapes compelling stories debuting at the Park City festival.

Jason Schwartzman plays a grieving cantor in this wry and hilarious movie about a cantor who's lost his voice.

Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane have delightful chemistry in Nathan Silver's alternately raucous and tender comedy 'Between the Temples.'

This week's characters include a guy who thinks the COVID safety measures for movie reviewers has gone on long enough and a film director who thinks everyone on his flight watching "Jungle Cruise" should be embarrassed.

3 For one blissful month, it seemed like the defining moment of movie culture this year might be the most joyful one, too. Bong Joon Ho’s class warfare crowd-pleaser, Parasite, had beat the odds, shattered precedent, and overcome an American aversion to subtitles to win the Oscar for Best Picture. What a thing it was to experience live—a wonderful glitch in the simulation! Sadly, that night now feels miles away, a distant glimmer in the rearview mirror, a speck of light from the before tim...