Episode 354: The 2023 Sundance Film Festival

<p>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.</p> <p>0:00 - Intro</p> <p>5:18 – Kim’s Video</p> <p>14:09 – Fantastic Machine</p> <p>17:38 – The Deepest Breath</p> <p>26:15 – Birth/Rebirth</p> <p>33:41 – Talk To Me</p> <p>39:50 – Cat Person</p> <p>45:31 – Fair Play</p> <p>54:14 – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie</p> <p>1:01:08 - Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields</p> <p>1:14:43 – You Hurt My Feelings</p> <p>1:24:26 – Magazine Dreams</p> <p>1:34:53 – A Little Prayer</p> <p>1:45:22 – Cassandro</p> <p>1:53:30 – Rye Lane</p> <p>2:00:46 – Infinity Pool</p> <p>2:12:04 – Theater Camp</p> <p>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)</p> <p>2:27:53 – More Erik Titles (Polite Society, The Longest Goodbye, Landscape With Invisible Hand, The Starling Girl, Drift, The Pod Generation)</p>