Seventh Row’s editors pick the best films of Sundance 2021, from the big winner CODA to the under-the-radar Writing with Fire.
Film Festivals
Sundance Review: Together Together feels both fresh and familiar
Nikole Beckwith’s surrogacy drama, Together Together, starring Patti Harrison and Ed Helms, is sweetly subversive if a little thin.
The best performances of Sundance 2021
Our editors pick the ten best performances of Sundance 2021, from Daniel Kaluuya to Martha Plimpton.
Luzzu director Alex Camilleri on why ‘Malta needed to play itself’
Writer-director Alex Camilleri discusses his feature film debut Luzzu which premiered at Sundance, telling authentic Maltese stories, and turning fishermen into actors.
Jane Schoenbrun wants We’re All Going to the World’s Fair to ‘scare you and make you cry’
Before the film’s Sundance premiere, we spoke to writer-director Jane Schoenbrun about We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, their horror film about loneliness and the internet.
Sundance Interview: Pacho Velez on Searchers and dating in the pandemic
Pacho Velez discusses Searchers, his documentary about online dating, which draws us into a series of intimate interviews with New Yorkers searching for love (or a hookup).