Sundance 2023
Hits, misses and deals: what can we learn from this year’s Sundance?
A return to in-person premieres for the Utah-based festival saw big money acquisitions and the start of some Oscar campaigns
Benjamin Lee
31, Jan, 2023 @8:13 PM
Still: A Michael J Fox Movie review – affecting portrait of film star’s courage
The Back to the Future actor, whose career was ended by Parkinson’s, is movingly upbeat about his condition – but the cutesy depiction of his early life sells him short
Peter Bradshaw
31, Jan, 2023 @5:27 PM
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt review – experimental film pulls on the senses
Raven Jackson’s gorgeous, sparsely worded debut film evokes the non-linear memories of one Black woman in Mississippi.
Adrian Horton
27, Jan, 2023 @6:36 PM
Infinity Pool review – a holiday turns hellish in full-on thriller
Brandon Cronenberg continues following in his father David’s footsteps with a violent eye-opener about extreme hedonism
Benjamin Lee in Park City, Utah
25, Jan, 2023 @9:10 PM
Drift review – beautiful yet undercooked character study
Cynthia Erivo stars as a west African migrant who befriends Alia Shawkat’s American émigré in this too-quiet character drama
Adrian Horton
25, Jan, 2023 @7:36 PM
Landscape with Invisible Hand review – baffling sci-fi satire misses its mark
Thoroughbreds and Bad Education director Cory Finley makes an ambitious misstep with a jumbled comedy about controlling aliens
Benjamin Lee in Park City, Utah
25, Jan, 2023 @12:04 AM
A Thousand and One review – Teyana Taylor shines in motherhood drama
The singer impresses as an experience-hardened mother in rapidly gentrifying New York in a beautiful if underwhelming film
Adrian Horton
24, Jan, 2023 @10:35 PM
Passages review – Ira Sachs excels with thorny love triangle drama
The writer-director makes a return to form with an explicit, emotionally bruising film about a bisexual narcissist
Benjamin Lee in Park City, Utah
24, Jan, 2023 @6:52 PM
Rye Lane review – engagingly cartoony romcom on the streets of south London
A chance meeting between two jilted strangers leads to chaotic imposture and a vinyl rescue mission in this freewheeling feature debut from director Raine Allen Miller
Peter Bradshaw
24, Jan, 2023 @8:30 AM
You Hurt My Feelings review – Nicole Holofcener delivers another winner
The smart, observant writer-director reunites with a never-better Julia Louis-Dreyfus for a funny and piercing film about honesty in relationships
Benjamin Lee in Park City, Utah
23, Jan, 2023 @10:15 PM
The Disappearance of Shere Hite review – persuasive portrait of a feminist trailblazer
A new documentary makes the case for renewed recognition for the author of the groundbreaking 1976 report on female sexuality.
Adrian Horton
23, Jan, 2023 @5:25 PM
Flora and Son review – musical crowd-pleaser plays a simple but sweet tune
Once writer-director John Carney has made another winning, if flawed, film about music and love with a standout lead turn from Eve Hewson
Benjamin Lee in Park City, Utah
23, Jan, 2023 @5:08 PM
1 / 2 pages