The Best Movies of Sundance 2018 Made it Clear that You Can’t Separate the Art from the Artist
Sundance 2018 was less attuned to stars than it was to the nature of stories themselves — whose we get to see, and who gets to tell them.
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‘Blaze’ Review: Ethan Hawke Directs a Gonzo Indie Country-Western Opera About an Unsung Legend — Sundance 2018
Hawke’s loving tribute to Blaze Foley is a messy requiem for a ramblin man, highlighted by Benjamin Dickey’s incredible turn as Blaze Foley.
‘Yardie’ Review: Idris Elba’s Directorial Debut Is Hard to Enjoy and Even Harder to Understand — Sundance 2018
Elba’s limp and lifeless debut is a rote Jamaican crime saga that could benefit from some subtitles.
‘Tully’ Review: Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman Deliver a Modern Fairy Tale About Motherhood — Sundance 2018
Charlize Theron is great in a Diablo Cody/Jason Reitman joint that’s funnier than “Juno” and almost as ruthlessly honest as “Young Adult.”
‘A Futile and Stupid Gesture’ Review: David Wain’s Netflix Comedy About ‘National Lampoon’ Is Perfectly Described by its Title — Sundance 2018
A zillion comedy stars come together for a somewhat funny and largely conventional biopic about a very funny and wholly unconventional man.
‘A Kid Like Jake’ Review: Silas Howard Directs a Simple but Effective Drama About Raising a Non-Binary Child — Sundance 2018
Claire Danes and Jim Parsons star in a sensitive and nuanced portrait of raising a non-binary kid in a black-and-white world.
‘Madeline’s Madeline’ Review: Josephine Decker Has Made a Mind-Scrambling Masterpiece — Sundance 2018
Miranda July and breakout star Helena Howard anchor one of the freshest and most exciting films of the 21st century.
‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ Review: Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning Find Each Other in a Post-Apocalyptic Slog — Sundance 2018
Reed Morano’s second feature is an admirably bold but aggravatingly banal story about the loneliness of living with other people.
‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Review: This Beautiful Coming-of-Age Story Is Mike Pence’s Worst Nightmare — Sundance 2018
Sasha Lane and Chloë Grace Moretz star in a seriocomic “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” set at a gay conversion camp for Christian teens.
‘Colette’ Review: Keira Knightley Starts a Sexual Revolution in this Frothy French Biopic — Sundance 2018
More than just “Big Eyes” in The Belle Epoque, this is a fun, frothy, feminist biopic about the relationship between sex and freedom.
‘The Tale’ Review: Jennifer Fox Directs Laura Dern in an Unspeakably Powerful Story About Her Own Sexual Assault — Sundance 2018
A landmark cine-memoir that’s as powerful and profoundly upsetting as any film since “The Act of Killing.”
‘Wildlife’ Review: Carey Mulligan Is on Fire in Paul Dano’s Stunningly Beautiful Directorial Debut — Sundance 2018
Paul Dano steps behind the camera for a tender, gorgeous, and exquisitely understated drama about a family that loses its faith in itself.
