Inside the Starry, Timely Films of Sundance 2022

If Sundance has gained a reputation, over time, for showcasing films that reflect a certain cultural pulse, then the festival’s 2022 edition—marking a return to the in-person Park City experience that was put on halt this year due to COVID-19—only serves to emphasize that. Within its program of over 100 titles (which was announced Thursday) is Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes’s documentary The Janes and Oscar nominee Phyllis Nagy’s narrative film Call Jane, starring Elizabeth Banks. Both movies depict the real-life underground network of women in late-’60s, early-’70s Chicago who provided safe but then illegal abortions. Their landing simultaneously at… Read Full Article