The 29th Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, will be screening 119 features during its 11-day run through January 26. Although the chances of the indie showcase turning up another Brand New Thing like Behn Zeitlin’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild” might be remote, the 50,000-odd attendees will be hoping to light upon gems of a different cut. They will do well to track the following movies, which, on paper at least, sound promising. Read the full article here

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