AwardsWatch - sundance film festival

Sundance 2021 Awards: ‘CODA’ sweeps with four prizes; Clifton Collins Jr., ‘Flee’ among winners

Erik Anderson February 2, 2021

The opening night film of the virtual 2021 Sundance Film Festival, CODA, dominated the festival’s awards on Tuesday evening, winning the Grand Jury Prize, Audience... Read More

Sundance Review: ‘The World to Come’ too often sacrifices character for mood

Catherine Springer February 2, 2021

The latest entry in the period piece lesbian drama genre that has grown increasingly popular in the past few years is The World to Come,... Read More

Film Review: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is powered by a fiery and brilliant performance from Daniel Kaluuya

Catherine Springer February 1, 2021

The giants of the Civil Rights movement of the ‘60s could be considered America’s original Avengers, and perhaps there is no better representative of their... Read More

Sundance Review: Robin Wright’s ‘Land’ treads a disappointingly predictable path

Catherine Springer February 1, 2021

It’s taken Robin Wright a long time to get here. After breaking into the industry over 35 years ago, the veteran actress has finally taken... Read More

Sundance Review: ‘Passing’ is stylized and seductive but remains out of reach

Catherine Springer February 1, 2021

In yet another female directorial debut featured at the Sundance Film Festival, acclaimed actress Rebecca Hall premiered her new film, Passing, a stylized look at... Read More

NEON picks up Jamila Wignot’s Alvin ‘Ailey’ doc out of Sundance

Erik Anderson January 31, 2021

NEON made its second acquisition of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, with Jamila Wignot’s Ailey, the moving and intimate portrait of dance legend Alvin Ailey. The film... Read More

Sundance Review: Werewolf thriller ‘Eight for Silver’ is an inventive but languid Hammer throwback

Clint Worthington January 31, 2021

Writer/director Sean Ellis may have filmed his werewolf creeper Eight for Silver before the pandemic, but it certainly arrives at an opportune moment. A mysterious... Read More

Sundance Review: Ben Wheatley’s ‘In the Earth’ mines folk-horror inspiration from the pandemic

Clint Worthington January 31, 2021

Sundance has been chock-a-block with films exploring our collective anxieties and traumas surrounding the COVID-19 crisis — from the harrowing accounts out of China from... Read More

Sundance Review: Jakub Piatek’s hostage thriller ‘Prime Time’ doesn’t break new ground but features a star-making turn from Bartosz Bielenia

Catherine Springer January 30, 2021

On the face of it, the new film Prime Time, from Polish director Jakub Piatek, premiering at Sundance Film Festival, has all the makings of... Read More