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10 Sundance films that tackled the pandemic (Even if they didn’t mean to) by Angie Han (Even if they didn’t mean to) by Angie Han On the same day that the Sundance Film Festival kicked off last year, Wuhan, China, went into lockdown — not that many festival goers seemed to take much note of it at the time. A year later, however, its become impossible to miss. The coronavirus seemed to be everywhere I looked during Sundance 2021, starting with the experience itself — virtual,...

Human Factors. Klemens Hufnagl/Sundance Institute This year’s Sundance Film Festival was like no other. Thanks to the ongoing pandemic, the usual red-carpet premieres were replaced by at-home streaming supplemented by screenings at a handful of small venues and drive-ins around the country. That’s not the way most attendees preferred to experience the movies, of course. But the festival’s 2021 selections were still true to the spirit of Sundance, which fosters independent cinema and inno...

Courtesy of Sundance Institute Early in 2020, when we still had hope that the spread of Covid-19 would be suppressed in a few weeks or months and we’d be back to our lives in short order, film critics joked about what the 2021 Sundance Film Festival selection would be like. Dramas about parents trapped at home with their kids for a few weeks and having a personal revelation. Quirky romances between quarantined roommates. Zoom-mediated comedies. That sort of thing. Back then, nobody dared thin...

The 15 Best Films We Saw at Sundance Eliott Grover, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The 2020 Sundance Film Festival was one of the last major events of its kind –– or any kind –– to take place before the world changed forever. With little time to prepare a viable pivot, other festivals like SXSW and Cannes were forced to cancel. As the pandemic raged through the summer and into the fall, Sundance organizers understood that they would have to radically reimagine their event in order to...

“Passing”  The versatility that Rebecca Hall has shown in front of the camera extends to her directorial debut, a mannered but enchanting study in appearances literal and symbolic. Adapted from Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel, “Passing” follows childhood friends whose unexpected reunion proves to be a mixed blessing. One (Tessa Thompson) resides in Harlem, where she is happily married to a doctor (André Holland); the other (Ruth Negga, showcasing a wide-eyed glamour befitting the silent-f...

Photo: Sundance Institute. Like most recent events, the 2021 edition of the Sundance Film Festival has shifted from an in-person showcase to a virtual one. Despite the change, we’ll still be bringing you reviews on the most interesting experiences we find, from indie films to VR experiments. The Pink Cloud starts with a message that underlines the distressing ludicrousness of where we are: it’s a movie about people stuck in a never-ending quarantine because of a deadly threat outside their ...

Sundance 2021 first impressions: In the Same Breath, In the Earth, Knocking, The Pink Cloud, How It Ends Mining the woes of our fluid reality, this years line-up captures the dissonance weve all felt under long stretches of self-isolation. Prahlad Srihari February 01, 2021 08:19:47 IST , pandemic movies mostly made for cautionary lessons and vicarious thrill rides. They were heig...

Sundance from the sofa: First impressions from a virtual film fest By Ty Burr Globe Staff,Updated February 1, 2021, 4:27 p.m. Email to a Friend Ahmir "Questlove" Thompsons "Summer of Soul" documentary is streaming via the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Sly Stone (pictured) played at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.Sundance Film Festival via AP Is it really the Sundance Film Festival without snow, without the shuttle buses, without the crowds — without Utah? Well, yes, because if you take a...

Sundance Film Festival 2021: reviews, analysis, and more From cult films to VR experiences This year, the iconic Sundance Film Festival isn’t being held in beautiful Park City, Utah. Instead, as with most events around the world, the 2021 edition is a remote film festival. Luckily, even with the change in format, there’s still plenty to explore, from insightful documentaries to creative features by new directors to clever virtual reality experiences. This year’s edition includes cult film...

A virus horror and a last-day-on-Earth comedy - both entirely devised, shot and edited during the pandemic - brought an apocalyptic flavour the Sundance film festival.