Our 5 faves from the ultimate Sundance watchlist

Clockwise from top left: Daughters of the Dust, Stranger than Paradise, River's Edge, Parting Glances, Real Women Have Curves, Boy, But I'm a Cheerleader, and Crip Camp.

Sundance keeps finding new ways to connect with cinephiles on quarantine around the world. Aside from free master classes, webinars, and an online community at Sundance Co//ab, there’s an extensive list of movies you can stream for every year of the festival now. Here’s our picks:

1985: STRANGER THAN PARADISE Black and white feature that became Jim Jarmusch’s breakthrough, tells a story about a cynical New Yorker who gets an unexpected visit from his Hungarian cousin. Find it streaming on Criterion Channel.

2001: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH John Cameron Mitchell’s adaptation of the hit off-Broadway play, brought to the audience through the 99’ Screenwriters and Directors Labs. Catch the film on Hulu with the Starz add-on now.

2012: SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN The documentary telling a story of unexpected success of an American musician Sixto Rodrigues, who’s music became an underground icon in South Africa. Catch it streaming now on Netflix.

2013: CUTIE AND THE BOXER Zachary Heinzerling’s debut portrays the love story between two Japanese artists Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, who meet and marry in New York in the early 1970s. Catch it streaming on Netflix now.

2019: THE FAREWELL A deeply personal, cross-cultural story by Lulu Wang exploring how our cultural heritage does and does not travel with us when we leave our homes. Stream it now on Prime Video.

See the full list at Sundance website https://www.sundance.org/blogs/ultimate-sundance-streaming-watchlist, and enjoy watching!