Sundance Film Festival 2017
This is a list of all the movies I have seen from Sundance 2017, in chronological viewing order (see also the titles on my pre-festival interest (http://www.imdb.com/list/ls066975640/) list). Films #1 to #5 were seen before the festival and I will update this list as I view things in Park City.
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- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsGemma ArtertonSam ClaflinBill NighyA former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.Originally seen at TIFF
- DirectorJulia DucournauStarsGarance MarillierElla RumpfRabah Nait OufellaA young woman, studying to be a vet, develops a craving for human flesh.Originally seen at TIFF
- DirectorNacho VigalondoStarsAnne HathawayJason SudeikisAustin StowellGloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.Originally seen at TIFF
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsPierre NineyPaula BeerErnst StötznerIn the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.Originally seen at TIFF
- DirectorWilliam OldroydStarsFlorence PughCosmo JarvisPaul HiltonIn 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.Originally seen at TIFF and Bath
- DirectorAmman AbbasiStarsDevin BlackmonKordell JohnsonDontrell BrightIn the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world.
- DirectorMacon BlairStarsMelanie LynskeyChris DoubekMarilyn Faith HickeyWhen a depressed woman is burgled, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves along with her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.
- DirectorJim StrouseStarsJessica WilliamsChris O'DowdLaKeith StanfieldAn aspiring playwright in New York strikes up a friendship with a guy while on the rebound from a break-up.
- DirectorTarik SalehStarsFares FaresMari MalekYasser Ali MaherA maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.
- DirectorGillian RobespierreStarsJenny SlateJay DuplassAbby QuinnIn 1995, a teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan discovers that her father is having an affair.
- DirectorMichelle MorganStarsMichelle MorganJorma TacconeDree HemingwayIn this classically styled comedy of manners set in Los Angeles, sophisticated thirtysomethings try to determine whether ideal happiness exists in coupledom or if the perfectly suited couple is actually just an urban myth.
- DirectorCharlie McDowellStarsRobert RedfordMary SteenburgenBrian McCarthyTwo years after the afterlife is scientifically proven, a man attempts to help a young woman break away from her dark past.
- DirectorMichael ShowalterStarsKumail NanjianiZoe KazanHolly HunterPakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
- DirectorRy Russo-YoungStarsZoey DeutchHalston SageCynthy WuFebruary 12 is just another day in Sam's charmed life, until it turns out to be her last. Stuck reliving her last day over and over, Sam untangles the mystery around her death and discovers everything she's losing.
- DirectorMarianna PalkaStarsJason RitterJaime KingMarianna PalkaA woman snaps and assumes the psyche of a vicious dog as her checked-out, philandering husband attempts to keep the family together.
- DirectorBrett HaleyStarsSam ElliottLaura PreponKrysten RitterAn ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality.
- DirectorTaylor SheridanStarsElizabeth OlsenJeremy RennerGraham GreeneA wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsCasey AffleckRooney MaraMcColm Cephas Jr.In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
- DirectorMaya ForbesStarsJack BlackJenny SlateJason SchwartzmanLocal Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
- DirectorJanicza BravoStarsInger TudorBrett GelmanJudy GreerA man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.
- DirectorDave McCaryStarsKyle MooneyJorge Lendeborg Jr.Matt WalshAfter being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.
- DirectorMichael AlmereydaStarsGeena DavisHannah GrossJon HammA service that provides holographic recreations of deceased loved ones allows a woman to come face-to-face with the younger version of her late husband.
- DirectorZoe Lister-JonesStarsZoe Lister-JonesAdam PallyFred ArmisenA couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.
- DirectorGerard McMurrayStarsTrevor JacksonTosin ColeDeRon HortonDeep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsShirley MacLaineAmanda SeyfriedAnnJewel Lee DixonHarriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, resulting in a life-altering friendship.
