How New VR Projects Are Exposing Social Injustices
In this essay from a student in MIT’s Open Documentary Lab, new VR projects from Sundance illustrate the potential of the medium to instigate change.
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Community Can Save Us: How Three New Media Works Spoke to the Challenges of Modern Times
In this essay from a student at MIT’s Comparative Media Studies Program, several works from Sundance’s New Frontier section chart a path to the year ahead.
How the ‘How It Ends’ Filmmakers Captured Our Moment Through an Apocalypse Comedy
Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones used Adobe Creative Cloud to help make their movie in the middle of the pandemic.
Critics Survey: Sundance 2021’s Best Movies According to 376 Critics
A record number of critics voted in this year’s survey, showcasing some of the buzziest titles out of the festival.
‘Summer of Soul’: Questlove’s Sundance Doc Winner Heads to Searchlight and Hulu
Questlove’s acclaimed music documentary, which won two top prizes at the film festival, will have a theatrical release.
Memo to Distributors: Buy These 2021 Sundance Movies
These Sundance 2021 highlights still need homes. It’s not too late!
‘President’ Review: This Infuriating Look at Zimbabwe’s Corrupt Election Will Bring You Up to Speed
Sundance: If the troubling events surrounding Zimbabwe’s 2018 election are new to you, this documentary is a good place to start.
‘Son of Monarchs’ Review: Sloan Prize Winner Is a Poignant Story of Transformation
Sundance: The migratory patterns of monarch butterflies act as potent allegory for an immigrant’s journey in this Mexico/U.S. co-production.
‘Human Factors’ Review: This Twisty Thriller Is Too Puzzling for Its Own Good
Sundance: The kind of icy, clever, puzzle-box thriller that you’d re-watch immediately if only you ever wanted to see it again.
‘Fire in the Mountains’ Review: An Entrancing Reverie of Himalayan Life in India From a Self-Taught Filmmaker
Sundance: A mix of heavenly landscapes and desperate lives, Ajitpal Singh’s debut feature is like if Apu in “Pather Panchali” had TikTok.
Sundance 2021 Market: Streamers Set Prices, but Theatrical Distributors Made a Big Impression
Sales for hot titles out of the festival showed votes of confidence in the future of the theatrical release.
‘Hive’ Review: Pepper Spread Becomes a Sign of Rebellion in Kosovo Drama That Swept Sundance
Sundance: By-the-numbers storytelling and a plain style tip “Hive” into the dramatically inert, but Yllka Gashi is powerful as a possibly widowed woman.
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