A series of pieces from and about the Sundance Film Festival.
On our final day at Sundance, a documentary by Room 237 director Rodney Ascher and a delirious feature by Guy Maddin express oneiric madness in different forms.
Our coverage of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival comes to an end with a disappointing directorial debut from David Cross and an oddball effort from Persepolis’ Marjane Satrapi.
The only thing harder than comedy is hitting a baseball. Day 6 offered a lot of both, with a Christopher Guest-style vampire comedy, a follow-up to the BBC hit The Trip, and two docs about baseball rebels—the Portland Mavericks and Doc Ellis.
The Roger Ebert bio-doc Life Itself does right by its subject, joining documentaries about Mitt Romney and less revered figures as Sundance continues.
Driven obsessives dominate some of 2014’s earliest cinematic offerings, including Whiplash, Finding Fela!, and Richard Ayoade’s Submarine follow-up, The Double.