Top Picks from 2017 Sundance film festival

One of my dream jobs would absolutely be to watch movies all day (and, I guess, write about them), so I'd love to attend something like Sundance (1/19-1/29).  Here're some films from this year's festival I'd love to catch, ideally at Sundance.  Any omissions are strictly an indication of the extent to what I miss by not being able to live that particular dream...

A Ghost Story

 

Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara always intrigue me, and the premise of this particular movie is beyond intriguing.

 

 

The Discovery

 

Rooney Mara, plus Jason Segel in a dramatic performance?  Heck ya!

 

 

The Hero

 

Sam Elliott's Crazy Heart might finally be his worthy spotlight.



I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

 

Mostly because Melanie Lynskey is a screamingly underrated talent and this is one of several films she appears in at Sundance this year.

The Little Hours

This pick is mostly for how ridiculously natural Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza look as nuns.  Plus I'd love to see them act as nuns...

Manifesto

 

Are you kidding me?  This is another Cate Blanchett tour-de-force.  Only cinephobes would hate seeing this.

 

 

Wind River

 

The latest from Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water).

 



 

The Yellow Birds

 

The forthcoming Young Han Solo stars in this, plus Jason Patric, who's the longest-working brilliant actor who critics have yet to really discover, or possibly has yet to appear in a film to truly spotlight him (besides Narc).