Redford's intro, The Rock's visit, AOC's Skype call, and more: What I wrote about at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
Here it is, your one-stop shopping for every article I’ve written for The Salt Lake Tribune while in Park City for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival:
• My coverage of the festival’s opening day, from Robert Redford’s cameo appearance at the opening-day press conference to the premiere of “After the Wedding,” with Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams.
• My story on a report breaking down the demographics of the movies submitted to the Sundance Film Festival in recent years.
• My report from the premiere of “Untouchable,” the documentary that recounts the career, and predatory behavior against women, of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
• My visit to Sundance’s first pop-up lounge foe CBD products, whose makers are trying to fight the “Reefer Madness” stigma of hemp-derived supplements.
• My follow-up on the debut of “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” the drama recounting the crimes of serial killer Ted Bundy (Zac Efron), directed by Joe Berlinger.
• My report from the premiere of the documentary “Knock Down the House,” and the appearance via Skype of the most talked-about new member of Congress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
• My interview with actor and pro snowboarder Gabrielle Maiden, who used to live in Utah to be close to the slopes, and now is starring in the indie TV series “It’s Not About Jimmy Keene.”
• My coverage of the premiere of “Fighting With My Family,” the true story of WWE star Paige’s rise from obscurity — and a chance to bring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to Sundance.
• A roundup of the short-film award winners.
• My list of the top 10 movies I’ve seen at Sundance (as of Wednesday).
• My interview with composer Chad Cannon, a Salt Lake City native, who talks about writing the score for the documentary “American Factory.”