Sundance Film Festival | Little White Lies

Sundance Film Festival

Two elderly individuals riding a red mobility scooter in a garden setting with lush greenery and buildings in the background.
Festivals

Thelma – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

June Squibb is a delight in this sweet com­e­dy about an irre­press­ible 93-year-old who won’t take being scammed lying down.
A young woman standing in a grassy field near a boat on a still lake, wearing a colourful dress and sleeveless shirt.
Festivals

Handling the Undead – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Three fam­i­lies reck­on with the dead return­ing from the grave in Thea Hvis­ten­dahl’s glacial hor­ror drama.
A young man and woman sitting on a couch, surrounded by a neon green lighting.
Festivals

I Saw the TV Glow – first-look review

by Esther Rosenfield

Jane Schoen­brun’s sopho­more fea­ture is an unnerv­ing take on lone­li­ness, iso­la­tion, and the endur­ing mys­ter­ies of chil­dren’s media.
Two individuals, a baby and an adult, lying close together, their faces visible but not identifiable. The adult is wearing glasses and a red garment.
Festivals

Between the Temples – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Jason Schwartz­man and Car­ol Kane are a mag­nif­i­cent dou­ble act in Nathan Sil­ver’s thought­ful take on grief and faith, which sees a can­tor in cri­sis reunite with his child­hood music teacher.
Woman seated at bar, contemplating with glass of wine in hand, atmospheric lighting creates warm, intimate mood.
Festivals

You Hurt My Feelings – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Nicole Holofcener reteams with Julia Louis-Drey­fus for a gen­tle com­e­dy about a writer who dis­cov­ers her hus­band does­n’t like her work.
A man carrying a young child down a street lined with colourful buildings and a grassy area.
Festivals

Scrapper – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A recent­ly bereaved 12-year-old girl is forced to recon­nect with her absent father in Char­lotte Regan’s charm­ing fea­ture debut.
Two people - a man in a green jacket and a woman in an orange jumper - sitting at a table in a studio setting with a ladder and various props in the background.
Festivals

Landscape With Invisible Hand – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Cory Fin­ley returns with an eccen­tric sci-fi dram­e­dy about a pair of teenagers who scheme to livestream their rela­tion­ship for a curi­ous extra-ter­res­tri­al audience.
Two women in red and black outfits conversing, with a man in the background.
Festivals

Eileen – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Thomasin McKen­zie plays a repressed prison work­er who becomes infat­u­at­ed with a female col­league in William Oldroy­d’s take on Ottes­sa Mosh­fegh’s novel.
Two individuals in formal attire, a man and a woman, gazing intently at each other with intense expressions.
Festivals

Fair Play – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Alden Ehren­re­ich and Phoebe Dynevor play a young cou­ple claw­ing their way up the cor­po­rate lad­der in Chloe Domon­t’s dour thriller.
Muscular male figure silhouetted against a dimly lit background with a chandelier visible.
Festivals

Magazine Dreams – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Jonathan Majors deliv­ers a blis­ter­ing per­for­mance as an ama­teur body­builder on the brink in Eli­jah Bynum’s aching but under­writ­ten drama.
Close-up of a man and woman gazing at each other, lit by warm, dark lighting.
Festivals

Cat Person – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Based on Kris­ten Roupe­ni­an’s much-laud­ed 2017 short sto­ry, this twist­ed tale of gen­der pol­i­tics is a major let­down in con­cep­tion and execution.
A human face in a dark, red-tinted image. The face appears to be sleeping or unconscious, with eyes closed.
Festivals

Infinity Pool – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Alexan­der Skars­gård has a pret­ty bad trip in this vaca­tion night­mare from body hor­ror wun­derkind Bran­don Cronenberg.