The Best Films of Sundance 2021

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On the February 2, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to run down some of the best movies they’ve seen so far at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Opening Banter: Brad can’t be with us today, but we’ll link to all of his reviews in the show notes. We’re going to each talk about three movies. In Our Feature Presentation: HT’s Three:‘Coda’ Review: A Coming-of-Age Charmer That Makes a Familiar Tune Feel New Again [Sundance 2021] ‘Luzzu’ Review: A Heartbreaking Neorealist Fishing Drama About A Man Caught in the Tides of Change [Sundance 2021] I Was a Simple Man Chris’s Three:‘Wild Indian’ Review: A Powerful, Unforgettable Drama That Simmers With Raw Emotion ‘Passing’ Review: Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga Deliver Exceptional Performances in Rebecca Hall’s Directorial Debut ‘In the Earth’ Review: Ben Wheatley Gets Wild in the Woods With a Pandemic Horror Film That Assaults Your Senses Ben’s Three:‘Summer of Soul’ Review: A Joyous Celebration of a Forgotten Music Festival ‘Eight for Silver’ Review: Boyd Holbrook Hunts Werewolves in Atmospheric Thriller ‘R#J’ Review: ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Retold Across Phone Screens If we have time, let’s talk about Prisoners of the Ghostland. Other Articles Mentioned: Mass The Sparks Brothers On the Count of Three Street Gang Try Harder! President Mother Schmuckers 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 Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. 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. 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 2nd 2021 on today's episode of the show
0:05.4	We are going to be running down some of the best movies that we've seen so far at the 2021 Sundance film festival
0:10.9	My name is Ben Pearson. I'm the senior writer at slash film
0:13.5	at com and I'm joined on today's episode by slash film writers Why Tran Bowie.
0:17.0	Hey everyone and Chris Evangelista. Hello. All right guys so Brad has also been covering the festival with us.
0:25.1	He cannot be with us on this episode today,
0:27.2	but we're gonna link to all of his reviews
0:29.0	that he's written in the show notes.
0:30.1	So I encourage everybody to peruse that and see if anything there interests you and click on those reviews.
0:36.0	We are going to link to all of the reviews that we've written for the movies that we're going to be talking about on today's show in the show notes for this episode too.
0:43.1	So if you want to get a little bit more granular with,
0:45.8	you know, with our specific thoughts on certain movies,
0:49.2	that's where you can easily find all of our information.
0:52.2	So I think for today's episode the best way to have a sort of wide-ranging conversation about this is for
1:00.0	HD to pick three movies, Chris to pick three movies, and I will pick three movies.
1:05.0	The movies that we, I guess, liked the best or think that there's the most to recommend or
1:10.8	interesting stuff to talk about.
1:12.4	And we'll just go through those lists.
1:13.9	And if there are any other people on this episode
1:17.4	who have also seen those movies,
1:18.9	they can join in and we'll just have like
1:20.8	a mini conversation about these things.
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