Episode 354: The 2023 Sundance Film Festival

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy once again experienced this year’s Sundance from the comfort of their domiciles, but that in no way affected their viewing numbers. In just a sampling of what they saw, they discuss over 25 films including documentaries about Michael J. Fox, Brooke Shields, freediving, our evolvement with the camera and the strange saga of a bootleg video store. They talk about some of their favorite midnight selections along with divisive tales of dating, bodybuilding and workplace relationships all featuring the festival’s theme of the year – man babies. Gael Garcia Bernal inspires as a luchador while David Strathairn and Jane Levy put next year’s award ballots on notice. Searchlight Pictures has a great new romcom coming to Hulu and bought a hilarious mockumentary from Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman and Ben Platt. All that plus new films from Brandon Cronenberg and Nicole Holofcener are at the center of a pretty solid festival with titles you should take note of now. 0:00 - Intro 5:18 – Kim’s Video 14:09 – Fantastic Machine 17:38 – The Deepest Breath 26:15 – Birth/Rebirth 33:41 – Talk To Me 39:50 – Cat Person 45:31 – Fair Play 54:14 – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie 1:01:08 - Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields 1:14:43 – You Hurt My Feelings 1:24:26 – Magazine Dreams 1:34:53 – A Little Prayer 1:45:22 – Cassandro 1:53:30 – Rye Lane 2:00:46 – Infinity Pool 2:12:04 – Theater Camp 2:20:40 – More Steve Prokopy Titles (L'immensità, Fairyland, Squaring the Circle, The Disappearance of Shere Hite, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Shortcomings, Passages, Victim/Suspect) 2:27:53 – More Erik Titles (Polite Society, The Longest Goodbye, Landscape With Invisible Hand, The Starling Girl, Drift, The Pod Generation) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com