Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy once again experienced this year’s Sundance from the comfort of their domiciles, but that in no way affected their viewing numbers. In just a sampling of what they saw, they discuss over 25 films including documentaries about Michael J. Fox, Brooke Shields, freediving, our evolvement with the camera and the strange saga of a bootleg video store. They talk about some of their favorite midnight selections along with divisive tales of dating, bodybuilding and workplace relationships all featuring the festival’s theme of the year – man babies. Gael Garcia Bernal inspires as a luchador while David Strathairn and Jane Levy put next year’s award ballots on notice. Searchlight Pictures has a great new romcom coming to Hulu and bought a hilarious mockumentary from Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman and Ben Platt. All that plus new films from Brandon Cronenberg and Nicole Holofcener are at the center of a pretty solid festival with titles you should take note of now.

0:00 - Intro

5:18 – Kim’s Video

14:09 – Fantastic Machine

17:38 – The Deepest Breath

26:15 – Birth/Rebirth

33:41 – Talk To Me

39:50 – Cat Person

45:31 – Fair Play

54:14 – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

1:01:08 - Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

1:14:43 – You Hurt My Feelings

1:24:26 – Magazine Dreams

1:34:53 – A Little Prayer

1:45:22 – Cassandro

1:53:30 – Rye Lane

2:00:46 – Infinity Pool

2:12:04 – Theater Camp

2:20:40 – More Steve Prokopy Titles (L'immensità, Fairyland, Squaring the Circle, The Disappearance of Shere Hite, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Shortcomings, Passages, Victim/Suspect)

2:27:53 – More Erik Titles (Polite Society, The Longest Goodbye, Landscape With Invisible Hand, The Starling Girl, Drift, The Pod Generation)

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