Ep. 50: Lessons From This Year’s Sundance

Since its start in 1978, The Sundance Film Festival has served as both an exhibition for the best independently produced films from around the world, and, as the first major film festival of the year, an early predictor of the year’s movie trends. To get the story of the films and themes that shaped this year’s festival, Rob and Geoff speak with IndieWire’s Senior Film Critic, David Ehrlich, who just finished up a week in Park City. Ehrlich talks about the most buzzed about films from this year’s slate (including Josephine Decker's Madeline's Madeline, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, and Jennifer Fox’s The Tale), why the absence of an “early awards frontrunner” isn’t a bad thing, and Netflix and Amazon’s quiet week. He also discusses female filmmakers dominating the festival’s major awards, and his favourite films from his year’s covering Sundance.