Sundance: American Animals — jaw-dropping detailsBart Layton’s gripping feature follows the twists and turns of a real-life robberySundance: Beirut — a welcome shot of realpolitikStarring Jon Hamm, this intelligent thriller offers an unusually nuanced view of the Middle EastSundance: Colette — inspiring and empoweringA fascinating story about an unconventional life that could have been a little more unconventional in the tellingSundance: Leave No Trace — a gracious view of life on the marginsThomasin McKenzie is outstanding in this study of a traumatised father and his daughterSundance: Sorry to Bother You — escalating outlandishnessDirector Boots Riley stretches a funny premise to the point of unbearable zaninessSundance: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot — nothing really sticksGus Van Sant’s biopic of humorist John Callahan never quite fathoms the man
Sundance: American Animals — jaw-dropping detailsBart Layton’s gripping feature follows the twists and turns of a real-life robberySundance: Beirut — a welcome shot of realpolitikStarring Jon Hamm, this intelligent thriller offers an unusually nuanced view of the Middle EastSundance: Colette — inspiring and empoweringA fascinating story about an unconventional life that could have been a little more unconventional in the tellingSundance: Leave No Trace — a gracious view of life on the marginsThomasin McKenzie is outstanding in this study of a traumatised father and his daughterSundance: Sorry to Bother You — escalating outlandishnessDirector Boots Riley stretches a funny premise to the point of unbearable zaninessSundance: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot — nothing really sticksGus Van Sant’s biopic of humorist John Callahan never quite fathoms the man
