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Best Movies From The 2019 Sundance Film Festival

/Film Daily

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4.6930 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On the February 5, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the best films of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: Chris’ opening introduction was the topic of conversation on the recent /Filmcast, which was guest hosted by our own Hoai-Tran Bui. In Our Featured Presentation: The 15 Best Movies We Saw at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival: Late Night (Brad, Chris and Ben) The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Ben) The Nightingale (Chris) Brittany Runs a Marathon (Brad) The Death of Dick Long (Ben and Brad) Velvet Buzzsaw (Chris) Native Son (Ben) Big Time Adolescence (Brad) Wounds (Ben) Honey Boy (Brad and Chris) The Lodge (Chris) I Am Mother (Ben) The Farewell (Brad and Chris) Paradise Hills (Ben) The Report (Chris and Brad) Other Articles Mentioned: American Psychos: How ‘The Report’ and ‘Vice’ Investigate the Horrors of the Bush Administration All of our Sundance Reviews All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at [email protected]. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Our Sponsors: * Check out Express VPN: expressvpn.com/SLASHFILM Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to slash film daily for Tuesday, February 5th, 2019.

0:04.8

On today's episode, we're going to talk about the best films of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival,

0:10.2

the slash film editor, editor-in-chief Peter Sorretta in joining United States

0:14.0

slash home weekend editor, Brad Omen.

0:16.0

Hey, that's me.

0:17.0

Senior writer Ben Pearson.

0:19.0

Hey, what's going on?

0:20.0

And writer, Chris Evangelista.

0:22.0

Hi.

0:24.0

It's funny, David Chen even mentioned your intro's on the latest edition of the slash film cast he he's talking about the evolution

0:35.0

from the kind of the sad highs to now the the forced positive highs it's not forced

0:42.4

I am absolutely positive. I take offense to that.

0:46.9

Anyways I just thought it was a hilarious conversation. Anyways, let's get into Sundance because you guys have compiled the 15 best movies that you

0:57.1

guys saw at the festival and there's probably going to be a lot to talk about but I feel like

1:02.4

you know these are movies like last year what was last year at Sundance what were the breakout film

1:09.6

Well, we had eighth grade we had sorry to bother you, blind spotting, searching, those are just

1:16.4

the ones off the top of my head, but I'm sure there were more.

1:18.7

Yeah, year before, get out.

1:21.2

So there are big movies that like are going to make an impact later in the year and this is the reason why you should care about what is going to be said on this podcast is you are going to be on the forefront of this in your friendship circle.

1:35.6

You're going to be the one to be like, I heard about this film on this podcast that I think

1:39.7

it's going to be good.

1:40.7

Let's see it opening weekend.

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