Sundance Releases 2025 Festival Lineup -- Which Movies Stand Out To You?
Sundance, the first major film festival of the calendar year, has released its 2025 slate of 93 movies. This lineup is a great primer for what to expect from the cinemas in 2025. Here are some titles that have caught my eye: Atropia – Director and Screenwriter: Hailey Gates; Producer: Luca Guadagnino; Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker Sorry, Baby – Director and Screenwriter: Eva Victor; Producer: Barry Jenkins; Cast: Eva Victor, Lucas Hedges 2000 Meters to Andriivka (documentary) – Director and Producer: Mstyslav Chernov By Design – Director and Screenwriter: Amanda Kramer; Cast: Juliette Lewis, Melanie Griffith, Samantha Mathis The Ballad of Wallis Island – Director: James Griffiths; Screenwriters: Tom Basden, Tim Key; Cast: Carey Mulligan Deaf President Now! (documentary) – Directors and Producers: Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Director and Screenwriter: Mary Bronstein; Producers: Josh Safdie; Cast: Rose Byrne, A$AP Rocky, Conan O’Brien Jimpa – Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Sophie Hyde, Screenwriter: Matthew Cormack; Cast: Olivia Colman, John Lithgow Kiss of the Spider Woman – Director and Screenwriter: Bill Condon; Cast: Diego Luna, Jennifer Lopez Magic Farm – Director and Screenwriter: Amalia Ulman; Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (documentary) – Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson The Thing with Feathers – Director and Screenwriter: Dylan Southern; Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch Train Dreams – Director and Screenwriter: Clint Bentley; Cast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones The Wedding Banquet – Director and Screenwriter: Andrew Ahn; Cast: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone Opus – Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Mark Anthony Green; Cast: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis Rabbit Trap – Director and Screenwriter: Bryn Chainey; Producer: Elijah Wood; Cast: Dev Patel Together – Director and Screenwriter: Michael Shanks; Producers: Dave Franco, Alison Brie; Cast: Alison Brie, Dave Fr
Bob Woolsey: A lot of new directors! And the films sound interesting. Always gotta keep an eye on Sundance. You never know when the next generational actor, writer, or director might come out of the field there.