New films by Anne Hathaway, Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor. A documentary about women’s fight for justice. Another about two fishermen in Bombay. The Sundance Film Festival 2023, which runs between January 19 and 29, has a captivating lineup, and these are 10 films we’re looking forward to the most:
Against the Tide
In Sarvnik Kaur’s Against the Tide, two fishermen from the Koli community are driven to despair by a dying sea. Their close friendship begins to fracture as they take distinct paths to provide for their struggling families.
birth/rebirth
Directed and written by Laura Moss, birth/rebirth is about a single mother and a childless morgue technician tied together by their relationship with a girl they have revived from the dead. birth/rebirth is inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Cat Person
Based on The New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian, the film follows college student Margot who meets 33-year-old Robert at the movie theatre where she works. Later, they carry on their conversations through texts. As their idea of each other fractures, things get out of hand.
Eileen
Starring Anne Hathaway, Eileen is set during a harsh 1964 Massachusetts winter. The titular character (Thomasin McKenzie), a secretary, is taken by the new counsellor at the prison where she works. Their friendship takes an unexpected turn when Rebecca (Hathaway) reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto an ominous path. Based on Ottessa Moshfegh’s award-winning novel.
Infinity Pool
James and Em are enjoying a beach holiday when a fatal accident exposes the resort’s depraved subculture of hedonistic tourism, brash violence, and uncanny horrors. The film is directed by Brandon Cronenberg.