On Sundance’s 40th anniversary, Park City continues to draw some of the brightest and most exciting new filmmakers and artists as well as longtime mainstays like Visionary Award honoree Kristen Stewart (in not one but two major releases) and at least two Duplass brothers (whom we know of). The lineup this year is full of music docs (Lolla, Devo, The Greatest Night in Pop, Dig! XX, and Luther: Never Too Much), stories about teenage-girlhood (Girls State, Good One, Suncoast, How to Have Sex, Daughters, Girls Will Be Girls, My Old Ass, Out of My Mind, Pariah), trans narratives (Ponyboi, I Saw the TV Glow, Stress Positions, Desire Lines, Will & Harper), and a movie in which Riley Keough plays a Sasquatch.
Old favorites, new faces, A-listers, and first-time actors alike braved icy sidewalks (Between the Temples–core) and came through the Vulture studio to talk cinema with Jay Jurden, peruse New York Magazine’s polyamory cover story, and get blinded by photographer Lucas Michael’s megawatt flashbulb. Here, Vulture’s Sundance portrait subjects, up close and personal.
Presence
Lucy Liu.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Julia Fox.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Little Death
Jena Malone.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Dominic Fike. Gaby Hoffmann. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Dominic Fike. Gaby Hoffmann. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Talia Ryder.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Will & Harper
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele.
Photo: Lucas Michael
10 Lives
Simone Ashley. Ashley and Mo Gilligan. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Simone Ashley. Ashley and Mo Gilligan. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Never Look Away
Lucy Lawless.
Photo: Lucas Michael
I Saw the TV Glow
Brigette Lundy-Paine and Justice Smith. Jane Schoenbrun. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Brigette Lundy-Paine and Justice Smith. Jane Schoenbrun. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Between the Temples
Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Robert Smigel, Nathan Silver, and Madeline Weinstein. Jason Schwartzman. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Robert Smigel, Nathan Silver, and Madeline Weinstein. Jason Schwartzman. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Stress Positions
John Early, Theda Hammel, Qaher Harhash, and John Roberts.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Your Monster
Melissa Barrera, Meghann Fahy, and Kayla Foster.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Andra Day.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Aunjanue Ellis Taylor. Titus Kaphar. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Aunjanue Ellis Taylor. Titus Kaphar. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Andre Holland. John Earl Jelks. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Andre Holland. John Earl Jelks. Photos: Lucas Michael.
A Real Pain
Kieran Culkin.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Jesse Eisenberg.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Will Sharpe. Jennifer Grey. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Will Sharpe. Jennifer Grey. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Love Lies Bleeding
Kristen Stewart.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Katy O’Brian, Ed Harris, Dave Franco, and Anna Baryshnikov. Rose Glass. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Katy O’Brian, Ed Harris, Dave Franco, and Anna Baryshnikov. Rose Glass. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Freaky Tales
Normani.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Jay Ellis. Dominique Thorne. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Jay Ellis. Dominique Thorne. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Ji-young Yoo and Jack Champion.
Photo: Lucas Michael
The Outrun
Saoirse Ronan.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Keyla Monterroso Mejia.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Krazy House
Alicia Silverstone.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Ponyboi
River Gallo.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Dylan O’Brien. Indya Moore. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Dylan O’Brien. Indya Moore. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Esteban Arango. Victoria Pedretti. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Esteban Arango. Victoria Pedretti. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Devo
Gerald Casale, Bob Mothersbaugh, and Mark Mothersbaugh.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Rob Peace
Camila Cabello.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Jay Will.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Lisa Barlow
Lisa Barlow.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Hit Man
Glen Powell.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Richard Linklater.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Winner
Zach Galifianakis.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Kathryn Newton. Emilia Jones. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Kathryn Newton. Emilia Jones. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Susanna Fogel. Danny Ramirez. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Susanna Fogel. Danny Ramirez. Photos: Lucas Michael.
It’s What’s Inside
Raul Domingo and Coleman Domingo.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Suncoast
Daniella Taylor and Ella Anderson. Amarr. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Daniella Taylor and Ella Anderson. Amarr. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Laura Chinn. Ariel Martin. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Laura Chinn. Ariel Martin. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Thelma
Fred Hechinger, June Squibb, Clark Gregg, and Josh Margolin.
Photo: Lucas Michael
The American Society of Magical Negroes
David Alan Grier.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Kobi Libii. Justice Smith. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Kobi Libii. Justice Smith. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Dark Winds
Zahn McClarnon.
Photo: Lucas Michael
My Old Ass
Maisy Stella.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Kerrice Brooks. Megan Park. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Kerrice Brooks. Megan Park. Photos: Lucas Michael.
In the Summers
Sasha Calle.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Leslie Grace.ReneÌ PeÌrez Joglar. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Leslie Grace.ReneÌ PeÌrez Joglar. Photos: Lucas Michael.
LÃo Mehiel.
Photo: Lucas Michael
A Different Man
Sebastian Stan.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Adam Pearson. Aaron Schimberg. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Adam Pearson. Aaron Schimberg. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Renate Reinsve.
Photo: Lucas Michael
As We Speak
Kemba and J.M. Harper.
Photo: Lucas Michael
The Court Jester
Pauly Shore. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Pauly Shore. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Parish
Giancarlo Esposito.
Photo: Lucas Michael
Penelope
Mark Duplass. Mel Eslyn. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Mark Duplass. Mel Eslyn. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Austin Abrams. Megan Stott. Photos: Lucas Michael.
Austin Abrams. Megan Stott. Photos: Lucas Michael.
In a Violent Nature
The Killer.
Photo: Lucas Michael
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