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- I braved the elements both Honda and Natural.
I turned into the abominable snow Dan.
But most importantly I saw some amazing movies
at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
Over 13,000 films were submitted for consideration
and of those, 188 were selected and screened
for the 40,000 plus attendees at this year's Sundance.
Now chances are your gonna see a lot of these films
come to theaters later this year,
but what should you actually be on the lookout for?
Don't worry, I'm here to help.
On today's episode of the Dan Cave
I'm gonna tell you which Sundance titles
you won't want to miss.
Brigsby Bear.
Do you have a TV show or a movie from your childhood
that you were obsessed with
and it seemed like nobody else knew about?
Well in Brigsby Bear that's exactly what happens to James,
Kyle Mooney's character.
But that's because he was abducted as a child
and raised by a pair of insane survivalists,
one of whom was played by Mark Hamill.
Hey, pretty cool.
Now every week his captor Dad would make a public access
quality kid show for him, called Brigsby Bear.
And when James is finally out in the real world,
he realizes he's the only one
who can finish Brigsby's story,
so he decides to make a movie about it.
It's this amazing, powerfully funny, incredibly sweet film
about overcoming trauma through storytelling
and the support of friends and family.
It's also about being dope-ish (beep)
and having the most unintentionally terrifying bear mascot
this side of Five Nights at Freddy's.
The Big Sick.
No, it's not yet another nickname for Jessica Chobot,
even though it's super accurate.
In the grand tradition of Other People and 50 50,
The Big Sick is a wickedly funny comedy
that takes a sharp turn into heart wrenching medical drama.
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon
turned their real life love story
and the health crisis that almost tore them apart
into a film that's simultaneously hilarious and devastating.
Plus, it features the best scenes of comedians
ripping on each other since Va Miller described it.
Pulls face.
The Hero.
As someone who would listen to Sam Elliott
read the Wikipedia page for dry wall,
The Hero was extremely my (bleep)
Elliott plays an aging Western star who
when faced with a life threatening cancer diagnosis
tries to land one last big role
and mend his broken family life.
Plus it features Nick Offerman
as his constantly stoned weed dealer
who gets incredibly high with Sam Elliott,
watches Buster Keaton movies and eats greasy take-out,
which sounds like a pretty ideal afternoon.
Uh, if you have glaucoma.
Ideal if you have gla
or Chinese food deficiency.
I don't know, just be responsible.
(bell rings)
Ingrid Goes West.
Be careful what you post on the internet
because if you're not, a desperate loner
played by Aubrey Plaza, might move across the country
to stalk you and try to become your BFF
by waging psychological warfare on you,
a popular lifestyle blogger, played by Elizabeth Olson
and your cool friends.
Guys, this movie is bonkers in the best way.
It's a darkly hilarious thriller
that plays kinda like Single White Female or Swimfan
for the social media set.
And you can take that fave to the grave.
XX.
A good horror anthology movie,
it's kind of like a mix tape of heebies, jeebies,
and creepy crawlies that'll give you a taste
of the twisted minds of a slew of different directors.
In the case of XX,
these directors all happen to be kick-ass women.
Jovanka Vuckovic, Karyn Kusama, Annie Clark
and Roxanne Benjamin to be specific.
Now with four drastically different styles of horror,
this frightening flick will leave you squirming in your seat
for the entirety of it's run time.
Which if nothing else is a great workout
from constantly inadvertently clenching your core.
Ha!
Get Out.
This year's Sundance secret screening
was a big studio horror film directed by Jordan Peele.
Yet unlike most big studio horror movies ,
the latter half of Key and Peele's directorial debut
has a lot to say using modern day racism
as a prism through which to extract horror and humor
in equal measure.
You'll laugh your ass off until suddenly
things get way too real and then you'll be cowering
underneath your hooded sweatshirt.
Not that I would know
because I hid underneath a jacket.
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore.
This movie's kinda like if the personification
of Craigslist came to life
and embarked on a crime caper full of pitch black humor,
accidental violence, and Elijah Wood
with a rat tail and numchucks,
because that is exactly what happens.
And sure, the title is way too long,
like way too long, like a really long title,
but the movie is a killer showcase
for Melanie Lynskey, who plays a woman
that's finally had enough of life beating her down
and takes justice into her own hands.
And it tells us an important lesson.
For the love of God people, pick up your dog's poop!
That'll make more sense after you see it,
but also just do it IRL.
If you're not foin' it already, you're a monster.
And on top of what I mentioned here,
our east coast editor Micheal Arbiter
and our writer Scott Bags recommend the following.
Dee Rees' 1940's set racial drama Mudbound.
The German manic pixie fever dream of Axolotl Overkill,
The Armie Hammer starring coming of age drama,
Call Me by My Name,
David Lowery's A Ghost Story,
which has the best stress eating scenes.
And I accidentally opened the front facing camera
on my phone while he was eating Buffalo wings,
and the young Han Solo starring Iraq War film,
The Yellow Birds.
These are all worth keeping an eye on.
Make sure you don't sleep on these.
And those, folks, are just a few of the awesome movies
from the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
You should definitely keep these on your radar.
But tell me, what films do you most want to see?
What would you add to this list?
Let me know on the comments below
and give me an independent thumbs up while you're there.
Now be sure to tune in next time
or else you might miss the story
of a group of scientists and explorers on the hunt
for the world's deadliest orphan in Annie Conda.
Until next time, keep on diggin'.
And a huge thanks to John Wick Chapter Two
for sponsoring today's show.
Legendary hit man John Wick
is forced back out of retirement
by a former associate plotting to seize control
of a shadowy international assassins guild.
Bound by a bloody oath to help him,
John travels to Rome where he squares off
against some of the world's deadliest killers.
You can see the bad ass action film when it hits theaters
on February 10th 2017.
@greg1756 asks, on a scale of 10 to frozen chestnuts,
how was Sundance?
Anything we should seriously be keeping an eye on?
Dude, Greg, what the hell, man.
Did you even watch today's episode?
You know, that old chestnut?
That old what are you doing, Greg?
What is goin' on over there in Scotland, Greg?
Chestnut.
Come on.
@shajeerd asks, with Jason Inman and D.J. Wallridge
comin' out with their comic books this year,
what would your comic be about?
Well, that's a great question and first of all let me say
don't forget about Jessica Chobots comic, Firebrand,
which you can read now.
While I would love to tell you about my comic.
I'm actually workin' on a couple ideas,
so I actually want to keep them under wraps for now,
but I promise you guys will be the first to know
if anything comes of it.
@nateb asks if you had to choose, who in the world
would you want to strike a ginyu force pose with?
Huh?
Great question Nate.
I'd probably choose Ferrell with his giant hat.
Nicolas Cage from Con Air, Dolly Parton from Nine to Five,
and oo, Madeleine Albright, because I think that'd make
for like a dynamic visual tableau
and they'd all look great wearing scouters.
But tell me,
who would you want to strike a ginyu force pose with?
Let me know in the comments below
and I'll see you guys next time!
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