Episode 628: The Sundance Film Festival 2026 (aka Adios Park City)
Thu Feb 05 2026
Sundance is leaving Park City and after attending since 2003, Erik Childress looks ahead to the festival’s move to Boulder in 2027. But before then its; one last dance in Utah as Steve Prokopy and him countdown over 30 films they saw at the festival. New films from Olivia Wilde, Gregg Araki and Macon Blair. Ethan Hawke continues his roll with one of the best and biggest films while John Turturro gets one of the great roles of his career. Some of the best documentaries about Salman Rushdie, Marianne Faithfull, rescues, justice and girl scout cookies plus the first from John Wilson. All this and more in their wrap-up of this year’s festival.
4:10 – When a Witness Recants
9:32 – The Weight
16:41 – The Only Living Pickpocket In New York
23:54 – The Invite
28:32 – I Want Your Sex
35:21 – Broken English
40:21 – Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
45:32 – Everybody to Kenmure Street
51:21 – The Shitheads
56:41 – Josephine
1:05:52 – The History of Concrete
1:11:34 – Cookie Queens
1:14:32 – Union County
1:19:33 – Bedford Park
1:22:44 – Wicker
1:27:49 – The Incomer
1:32:55 – Big Girls Don’t Cry
1:37:09 - Hanging By A Wire
1:41:03 - More Titles From Steve & Erik (Paralyzed By Hope: The Maria Bamford Story, Buddy, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, Antiheroine, Frank & Louis, How To Divorce During the War, Jane Elliott Against the World, The Musical, Run Amok, Once Upon a Time In Harlem, Time and Water, If I Go Will You Miss Me, The Gallerist, Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty, The Moment, Queen of Chess)
1:52:09 – Thoughts on 2027
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Be sure to check out
Erik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten Tomatoes
Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL
Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming
Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.
(Direct purchases help the Movie Madness podcast with a few pennies.)
Erik’s Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.
The Movie Madness Podcast has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the Top 100 Best Movie Review Podcasts as well as in the Top 60 Film Festival Podcasts and Top 100 Cinephile Podcasts. MillionPodcasts is an intelligently curated, all-in-one podcast database for discovering and contacting podcast hosts and producers in your niche perfect for PR pitches and collaborations.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com
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Sundance is leaving Park City and after attending since 2003, Erik Childress looks ahead to the festival’s move to Boulder in 2027. But before then its; one last dance in Utah as Steve Prokopy and him countdown over 30 films they saw at the festival. New films from Olivia Wilde, Gregg Araki and Macon Blair. Ethan Hawke continues his roll with one of the best and biggest films while John Turturro gets one of the great roles of his career. Some of the best documentaries about Salman Rushdie, Marianne Faithfull, rescues, justice and girl scout cookies plus the first from John Wilson. All this and more in their wrap-up of this year’s festival. 4:10 – When a Witness Recants 9:32 – The Weight 16:41 – The Only Living Pickpocket In New York 23:54 – The Invite 28:32 – I Want Your Sex 35:21 – Broken English 40:21 – Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie 45:32 – Everybody to Kenmure Street 51:21 – The Shitheads 56:41 – Josephine 1:05:52 – The History of Concrete 1:11:34 – Cookie Queens 1:14:32 – Union County 1:19:33 – Bedford Park 1:22:44 – Wicker 1:27:49 – The Incomer 1:32:55 – Big Girls Don’t Cry 1:37:09 - Hanging By A Wire 1:41:03 - More Titles From Steve & Erik (Paralyzed By Hope: The Maria Bamford Story, Buddy, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, Antiheroine, Frank & Louis, How To Divorce During the War, Jane Elliott Against the World, The Musical, Run Amok, Once Upon a Time In Harlem, Time and Water, If I Go Will You Miss Me, The Gallerist, Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty, The Moment, Queen of Chess) 1:52:09 – Thoughts on 2027 CLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCAST USE COUPON “MOVIEMADNESS” TO GET 10% OFF ALL DUBBY PRODUCTS SIGN UP FOR AUDIBLE Be sure to check out Erik’s Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten Tomatoes Critics’ Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, IL Chicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streaming Physical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library. (Direct purchases help the Movie Madness podcast with a few pennies.) Erik’s Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere. The Movie Madness Podcast has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the Top 100 Best Movie Review Podcasts as well as in the Top 60 Film Festival Podcasts and Top 100 Cinephile Podcasts. MillionPodcasts is an intelligently curated, all-in-one podcast database for discovering and contacting podcast hosts and producers in your niche perfect for PR pitches and collaborations. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com