Our 15 Most-Anticipated Sundance 2021 Premieres
January 25, 2021
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival, beginning Thursday, will look quite different. Forging ahead during the pandemic, they’ve to continue offering some of the year’s finest independent discoveries, with a new online platform, drive-ins, screenings at independent arthouses around the country, and more.
We’ll have extensive coverage from the festival (which one can follow here or on Twitter). Before reviews arrive, we’re counting down our most-anticipated films. If you’re interested in experiencing Sundance from home, one can see available tickets here.
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Jane Schoenbrun)
Here are 10 titles playing at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival likely to grab attention Sean P. Means
The ticket buyer asks the veteran Sundance Film Festival hand: “What looks good this year?” The old hand shrugs his shoulders and replies, “Heck if I know.”
That’s always the dilemma with Sundance: The slate of feature films is loaded with mysteries and, despite what any prognosticators say, nobody knows for sure what’s going to be good until after they screen. In 2021, with 73 titles waiting for their online premieres, the question marks only loom larger.
Still, there are good omens for some films a director with an established track record, or a familiar face in the cast, or a documentary subject who can’t help but be interesting.
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From Simple Man to Free Bird on the Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd album and the many songs on every Lynyrd Skynyrd album after, I ve enjoyed so many that the band has produced.
After the tragic plane crash, I thought that would be it for Lynyrd Skynyrd, but it didn t turn out that way, and I m glad that Gary Rossington, Billy Powell, Leon Wilkeson, Artimus Pyle, Ed King and Johnny Van Zant were able to continue the legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Christopher Makoto Yogi’s
I Was a Simple Man will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 29. The film is among 10 dramatic narrative feature films in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.
The film, set on Oʻahu’s North Shore, follows the life of Masao from pre-World War
II, to Hawaiʻi’s statehood, then the urbanization of Honolulu. When Masao gets older, he develops a terminal illness. As his condition deteriorates, he is visited by memories and ghosts of his past, including his wife (Grace) played by actress Constance Wu. The film illustrates the past and present of one family’s connection to their patriarch.
With the COVID pandemic still paralyzing the film world, the Sundance Film Festival is partnering with Indie Memphis to bring cutting-edge cinema offerings to the.