Full list of titles joining Sundance Now this May:
May 1
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - US ONLY - ONLY ON SUNDANCE NOW
The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys, and their lives over the years.
- Director: Ang Lee
- Cast: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid
- Awards: 3x Oscar Winner, 4x Golden Globe Winner, Independent Spirit Awards, BAFTA, DGA, PGA, WGA, AFI, Critic’s Choice Awards, National Board Of Review, Venice Film Festival, GLAAD Media Awards, MTV Movie Awards, Grammy nominee
The Constant Gardener (2005) - US ONLY - ONLY ON SUNDANCE NOW
A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption.
- Director: Fernando Meirelles
- Writers: John le Carré (based on the novel by), Jeffrey Caine (screenplay)
- Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Archie Panjabi
- Awards: Oscar Winner, Golden Globe Winner, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, BAFTA, SAG
Dirty Pretty Things (2002) - US ONLY
An illegal Nigerian immigrant discovers the unpalatable side of London life.
- Director: Stephen Frears
- Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo, Sergi López, Benedict Wong
- Awards: Oscar nominee, National Board Of Review, Venice Film Festival
Eagle Vs. Shark (2007) - US ONLY
The tale of two socially awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love; through revenge on high school bullies, burgers, and video games.
- Director: Taika Waititi
- Cast: Jemaine Clement, Loren Taylor, Joel Tobeck, Brian Sergent, Craig Hall, Rachel House
- Awards: US Comedy Arts Festival, Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries, Newport International Film Festival, Rhode Island, Newport Beach Film Festival, New Zealand Film and TV Awards, Sundance Film Festival nominee
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) - US ONLY - ONLY ON SUNDANCE NOW
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London school teacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
- Director: Mike Leigh
- Cast: Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough, Alexis Zegerman, Eddie Marsan, Elliot Cowan
- Awards: Oscar nominee, Golden Globe Winner, Berlin International Film Festival
Iris (2001) - US ONLY - ONLY ON SUNDANCE NOW
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
- Director: Richard Eyre
- Cast: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville
- Awards: Oscar Winner, Golden Globe Winner, BAFTA, National Board Of Review, Berlin International Film Festival
Kinky Boots (2005) - US ONLY
A drag queen comes to the rescue of a man who, after inheriting his father's shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep the business afloat.
- Director: Julian Jarrold
- Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts, Nick Frost, Linda Bassett
- Awards: Golden Globe nominee
The Lookout (2007) - US ONLY - ONLY ON SUNDANCE NOW
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
- Director: Scott Frank
- Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino
- Awards: Independent Spirit Awards Winner
The Station Agent (2003) - US ONLY - ONLY ON SUNDANCE NOW
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
- Director: Tom McCarthy
- Cast: Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale, Michelle Williams, John Slattery, Richard Kind
- Awards: Independent Spirit Awards Winner, BAFTA, National Board Of Review, Sundance Film Festival
May 10
Motherland - Season 1 (2017) - US & CANADA - A SUNDANCE NOW EXCLUSIVE
*Released Weekly* From Creator Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Helen Linehan, and Holly Walsh comes a laugh out loud comedy about motherhood. Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) always wanted her kids brought up the way she was - by her mother. But her Mom has abandoned her, so now she is thrown head first into the Motherland. It’s sink or swim. While she struggles with work and life she meets the full plethora of hands on parents; the ‘Alpha Mums’ headed by Amanda (Lucy Punch), who is the Queen Bee: everything is organized, vacuum packed and sterile – even the kitchen chalkboard is a statement of success. At the other end of the spectrum, is Liz (Diane Morgan), low energy but full of life hacks. She has learned to do things her way. Then there’s Kevin (Paul Ready). He’s the stay at home Dad, who, rather than fighting against that, is embracing the Motherland with gusto – much to the irritation of the other mothers. If you can make it through the Motherland you can make it through life.
- Creator: Sharon Horgan (CATASTROPHE, DIVORCE), Graham Linehan (THE IT CROWD), Helen Linehan, Holly Walsh
- Director: Juliet May
- Cast: Anna Maxwell Martin, Lucy Punch, Diane Morgan, Paul Ready
May 17
McMafia - Season 1 (2018) - US & CANADA
*All Episodes At Once* Alex Godman (James Norton), the English-raised son of an exiled Russian crime family, has spent years trying to evade his family's past and live on the straight and narrow, running a legitimate business and mapping out a future with his girlfriend Rebecca (Juliet Rylance). As he struggles against the lure of corruption and his family's former mafia connections, tragedy strikes, and he finds himself drawn into the shadowy underworld of international crime, fighting for survival and revenge. Additional cast also includes David Strathairn, who plays the amazing role as Semiyon Kleiman, A Russian exile turned Israeli citizen, Semiyon’s connections stretch further than Israeli society, into the world of international crime.
- Creator: Hossein Amini (THE ALIENIST), James Watkins
- Director: James Watkins
- Cast: James Norton, Juliet Rylance, David Strathairn
May 24
Baroness Von Sketch Show - Season 2 (2017) - US ONLY - ONLY ON SUNDANCE NOW
*All Episodes At Once* This critically-acclaimed and wildly funny comedy series takes a fresh look at our narcissistic contemporary culture. Fast paced and irreverent, BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW satirizes our daily lives, celebrating the absurd and highlighting the down-right embarrassing. The hilarious all-female cast draws upon 15 years of comedy experience and multiple collaborations to present an insightful, emotionally grounded series capturing the banalities and absurdities of just trying to get along in the world. Offering a witty take on everyday concerns from the pretentiousness of ordering a fancy coffee to office and sexual politics, this satirical sketch show holds a fun-house mirror up to modern life.
- Creators / Writers / Stars: Aurora Browne, Jen Goodhue, Meredith MacNeill, Carolyn Taylor
- Awards: Canadian Screen Awards, DGA Canada
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