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Sundance Film Festival

23 January – 2 February 2020

This year's festival will run from January 23 to February 2 and feature 118 feature films from 27 countries. Day One films are Crip Camp, Cuties, The Painter And The Thief, Summertime and Taylor Swift: Miss Americana and Bad Hair.

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  • Four Good Days
    Review preview for Four Good Days

    Kunis’ performance is raw and ugly in just the way it needs to be.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Ten years of opioids have left Molly’s life in shambles. A new drug may give her a chance to break free if she is able to stay clean for four days, with the help of her mother Deb, a tough, clear-eyed woman. Their love will be tested to the limits.
  • Herself
    Review preview for Herself

    Yes, Herself is first and foremost a film about a woman's journey. It is also, in a smaller way, about another journey, from selfishness to community spirit.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A domestic abuse survivor tries to build a new life - and home - for her kids.
  • The Night House
    Review preview for The Night House

    Ambiguity lurks in the shadows and there's a doubling up and a doubling down.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A widow struggles with grief as strange things happen in her lake house at night.
  • Zola
    Review preview for Zola

    Bravo too often steps back from more serious interrogation in favour of more surface thrills as the girls wave their derrieres in the air like they don't care.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A waitress goes on a pole dancing trip to Florida with a new found friend and gets a lot more than she bargained for.
  • Some Kind Of Heaven
    Review preview for Some Kind Of Heaven

    Sympathies increasingly lie with the women.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland, four residents of America’s largest retirement community, The Villages, FL, strive to find happiness and meaning.
  • Cuties
    Review preview for Cuties

    The complex interactions between the girls are beautifully captured.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Amy, 11 years old, meets a group of dancers called "Cuties”. Fascinated, she initiates herself to a sensual dance, hoping to join their band and escape family dysfunction...
  • Dick Johnson Is Dead
    Review preview for Dick Johnson Is Dead

    The emotional honesty of this film is by turns elating and heartbreaking, with Kirsten not scared to let her feelings show on camera alongside those of her dad.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    With this inventive portrait, a cameraperson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilising moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humour, she celebrates Dr Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.
  • Jumbo
    Review preview for Jumbo

    It's a far from perfect film, but it's a lot better than the critical consensus suggests, and at the heart of it is a fascinating character study.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Jeanne, a shy young woman, works in an amusement park. Fascinated by carousels, she still lives at home with her mother. That’s when Jeanne meets Jumbo, the park’s new flagship attraction...
  • Farewell Amor
    Review preview for Farewell Amor

    Jah is superb.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Reunited after a 17-year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the US by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help overcome the emotional distance between them.
  • His House
    Review preview for His House

    The film is worth watching for the good work from its two leads.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A young refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface.

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