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Sundance Film Festival

18 January – 28 January 2018

Blindspotting is a Day One film
Blindspotting is a Day One film

This year's Sundance Film Festival will run from January 18 to 28. The main feature line-up is below. Read about the Special Events, Indie Episodic and short films here and the New Frontier.

Day One films included Blindspotting, Generation Wealth, Our New President and Loveling.

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  • Sorry To Bother You
    Review preview for Sorry To Bother You

    I've seen it described as a film with a twist but that suggests it's got just one. It's full of them, it's made of them, it reels and gyres and tumbles into something special.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    In a speculative and dystopian not-too-distant future, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
  • Dead Pigs
    Review preview for Dead Pigs

    The cinematography of Dead Pigs is consistently picturesque, even during the most melancholic moments.

    Stephanie Brown · 4 out of 5
    An ambitious pig farmer, sentimental salon owner, struggling busboy, and a wealthy young woman become intertwined during the social modernisation of Shanghai.
  • The Game Changers
    Review preview for The Game Changers

    As Psihoyos dissects the marketing that has kept men believing in meat for decades, he's also gently shifting the concept of masculinity itself into a more positive space.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    James Wilks, an elite special forces trainer and winner of The Ultimate Fighter, embarks on a quest for the truth in nutrition and uncovers the world's most dangerous myth.
  • Eighth Grade
    Review preview for Eighth Grade

    The movie hangs loose on your bones.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school - the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year - before she begins high school.
  • Hair Wolf
    Review preview for Hair Wolf

    Something truly delightful.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    In a black hair salon in gentrifying Brooklyn, the local residents fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture.
  • Yardie
    Review preview for Yardie

    The performances are powerful and Idris Elba's ability to recreate the feel of the times is impressive.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Gang wars in Kingston in the Seventies are imported into Hackney in the Eighties affecting the life of a Jamaican boy who seeks vengeance for the murder of his brother
  • What They Had
    Review preview for What They Had

    Danner...does an excellent job with the material she is given and makes very clear the fact that her character is losing her memory, not her mind.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Bridget returns home to Chicago at her brother’s urging to deal with her mother’s Alzheimer’s and her father’s reluctance to let go of their life together.
  • Minding The Gap
    Review preview for Minding The Gap

    Few artists are ever willing to let their audiences get this close to their unrevised selves.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
  • Blindspotting
    Review preview for Blindspotting

    Has the high-energy crackle and syncopated rhythms of a rap battle.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A buddy comedy in a world that won't let it be one.
  • Piercing
    Review preview for Piercing

    Without a doubt, Pesce is one of the most exciting young directors to emerge in recent years.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A man seeks out an unsuspecting stranger to help him purge the dark torments of his past. His plan goes awry when he encounters a woman with plans of her own. A playful psycho-thriller game of cat-and-mouse.

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