Catch-Up with Sundance 2022

Everything Sundance Film Festival 2022 in one place

Jan 26

As I mentioned last week, here is the collected worth (thus far) of my adventures with the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Here are some quick stats:

I’ve seen 14 films
4 Documentaries
Saturday was easily the craziest day with a total of 5 films screened
No movie I’ve watched during Sundance has been over 2 hours long

I have plans to watch a few more films before the end of the festival, but I’m reaching the end of it now. Enjoy the content below and next week I’ll be back with a more traditional post.

Linked below are four different pages that have reviews for three films on each. Please check them out and share them.

Dispatch 1:

It's the Pictures

Sundance 2022: When You Finish Saving the World, Fire of Love, The Princess

When You Finish Saving the World (Dir. Jesse Eisenberg) The directorial debut from actor Jesse Eisenberg is so in sync with Eisenberg’s sensibilities that it's a film that could hardly come from anyone else. Depending on how much you’ve liked some of his quirky performances …

5 months ago · Max Covill

Dispatch 2:

It's the Pictures

Sundance 2022: The Exiles, After Yang, FRESH

The Exiles (Dir. Violet Columbus & Ben Klein) Christine Choy is a documentary filmmaker who directed the 1987 Academy Award-nominated film, Who Killed Vincent Chin? Why is this important? Well in 1989, Choy interviewed some leaders of the Democratic movement in China. These men escaped after being present at the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacr…

5 months ago · Max Covill

Dispatch 3:

It's the Pictures

Sundance 2022: Master, Dual, Resurrection

Master (Dir. Mariama Diallo) [Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video March 18th, 2022] Jasmine Moore (Zoe Renee) is a freshman at a prestigious university in New England. She’s one of the only students of color on the entire campus, as the University is trying to be more diverse given its predominately white student body. Another Bl…

4 months ago · Max Covill

Dispatch 4:

It's the Pictures

Sundance 2022: Lucy and Desi, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Am I OK?

Lucy and Desi (Dir. Amy Poehler) [Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video March 4th, 2022] Following the release of the feature film Being the Ricardos, here is a documentary featuring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz discussing their lives through audiotapes and archival footage. Amy Poehler …

4 months ago · Max Covill

Audio versions:

It’s the Pictures podcast - Sundance 2022 Part 1

It’s the Pictures podcast - Sundance 2022 Part 2

This Letterboxd list ranks the films that I saw:

It's the Pictures

Catch-Up with Sundance 2022

Everything Sundance Film Festival 2022 in one place

Audio versions:

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