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Sundance Film Festival · 2024

Sundance Film Festival 2024

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8 films · 4 reviews

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In A Violent Nature

Review preview for In A Violent Nature

Not necessarily successful, but nonetheless compelling, even hypnotic

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
The enigmatic resurrection, rampage, and retribution of an undead monster in a remote wilderness.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Chris Nash; Writer: Chris Nash; Stars: Lauren-Marie Taylor, Andrea Pavlovic, Reece Presley, Ry Barrett, Charlotte Creaghan, Liam Leone, Sam Roulston, Timothy Paul McCarthy)

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It's What's Inside

A pre-wedding party descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend shows up with a mysterious suitcase.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Greg Jardin; Writer: Greg Jardin; Stars: Alycia Debnam-Carey, Madison Davenport, Brittany O'Grady, Gavin Leatherwood, Reina Hardesty, James Morosini, David W. Thompson, Nina Bloomgarden, Devon Terrell, Dana Millican, Tyrone J. Criss, Myhraliza Aala, Timothy Krabill, A. Brian Daniels, Tommy Hestmark)

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I Saw the TV Glow

Review preview for I Saw the TV Glow

It tells what could be a goofy story, about awkward teenagers obsessed with a TV series called The Pink Opaque, but portrays it as an ominous, nightmarish mindfuck.

Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show - a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jane Schoenbrun; Writer: Jane Schoenbrun; Stars: Justice Smith, Michael C. Maronna, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Amber Benson, Danny Tamberelli, Conner O'Malley, Danielle Deadwyler, Emma Portner, Helena Howard, Will Fitz, Ben Heineman, Ian Foreman, Timothy Griffin Allan, Michael Twaine, Michelle Santiago)

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Kidnapping Inc.

Tasked with what appears to be a simple abduction for hire, two hapless kidnappers find out that it’s anything but and end up in the middle of a political conspiracy.

(Country: France, Canada, Haiti; Year: 2024; Director: Bruno Mourral; Writer: Jasmuel Andri, Bruno Mourral, Gilbert Mirambeau Jr.; Stars: Bruno Mourral, Anabel Lopez, Gessica Geneus, Jasmuel Andri, Edmond Erthon, Ludner Louis, Nadine Stephenson, Jimmy Jean-Baptiste, Ricardo Andres Florez Valderrama, Ashley Laraque, Clara-Luce Lafond, Guillaume Leuillet, Rolando Etienne, Marcus Boereau, Manfred Marcelin)

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Krazy House

When Russian workers in Bernie’s house turn out to be wanted criminals, Bernie has to man up and save his ’90s sitcom family.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2024; Director: Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil; Writer: Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil; Stars: Gaite Jansen, Alicia Silverstone, Kevin Connolly, Nick Frost, Jan Bijvoet, Walt Klink, Chris Peters, Matti Stooker, Jacob Derwig)

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Love Lies Bleeding

Review preview for Love Lies Bleeding

There's no doubt that by presenting several characters as pure id is quite a dangerous gambit for a filmmaker but Glass keeps things interesting by having them driven by different things.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2024; Director: Rose Glass; Writer: Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska; Stars: Kristen Stewart, Katy M O'Brian, Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Jena Malone)

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The Moogai

A young Aboriginal couple bring home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn as the mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: Jon Bell; Writer: Jon Bell; Stars: Bella Heathcote, Toby Leonard Moore, Alexandra Jensen, Luke Ford, Christian Byers, Tara Morice, Nicholas Cassim, Henry Nixon, HaiHa Le, Shari Sebbens, Clarence Ryan, Meyne Wyatt, Fay Du Chateau, Steve Rodgers, Fiona Press)

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Your Monster

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Uses the conventions of the romcom to explore one woman’s journey to engage with life on her own terms.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming, monster living in her closet.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Caroline Lindy; Writer: Caroline Lindy; Stars: Melissa Barrera, Tommy Dewey, Edmund Donovan, Brandon Victor Dixon, Lana Young, Taylor Trensch, Kayla Foster, Kasey Bella Suarez, Matthew Lamb, Woody Fu, Brian McCarthy, Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Sequoia Shayvonne, Sophie Silnicki, Silken Kelly)

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