Podcast

Sundance 2019–The Final Chapter

Fashionably late: standout documentaries, sweeping assessments, and the many ways Sundance has changed since the early ’90s

The Film Comment Podcast returns with a final episode on the wild, windswept ride that was Sundance 2019. Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold sat down with Film Society of Lincoln Center Deputy Director (and Film Comment co-publisher) Eugene Hernandez to dissect and analyze their standout films from the festival, with a special focus on documentaries Leaving Neverland and Halston. The two also discuss the evolution of Sundance over the years, from Eugene’s first visit in 1992 (“The Year of the Twentysomething”), to the festival’s more recent efforts to expand their programming beyond the world of American independent cinema.

Catch up on all Sundance 2019 episodes of The Film Comment Podcast.

This story is part of the January-February 2019 issue of Film Comment.

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