Frank
Nate von Zumwalt
How do we really know that it’s Michael Fassbender behind that lollipop-shaped fake head in Frank? Frankly (sorry), the evidence is equivocal – but we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. Beyond that playfully absurd film that casts Fassbender as a Daft Punk-esque musician (that is to say, full of enigma), August is a breakout month for Sundance films of all shapes and sizes. Fan-favorite and Audience Award winner Dinosaur 13 retains the childlike wonder of our dinosaur-loving days with a tension-filled documentary about the legal battle over the largest T-rex ever discovered, and indie film veterans Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss suffer through the throes of a combusting relationship in The One I Love.
Check out these and other Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival supported films hitting theatres, coming to DVD, or showing through #ArtistServices this month.
In Theaters
Friday, August 1
Calvary, directed by John Michael McDonagh
Finding Fela, directed by Alex Gibney
Rich Hill, directed by Tracy Droz Tragos & Andrew Droz Palermo
Friday, August 8
The Green Prince, directed by Nadav Schirman
Friday, August 15
Dinosaur 13, directed by Todd Miller
Frank, directed by Lenny Abrahamson
Life After Beth, directed by Jeff Baena (catch it first at NEXT FEST)
The Trip to Italy, directed by Michael Winterbottom
Friday, August 22
The One I Love, directed by Charlie McDowell
Love Is Strange, directed by Ira Sachs
Video On Demand
Friday, August 1
About the Pink Sky, directed by Keiichi Kobayashi
Saturday, August 2 (Netflix Premieres)
Tuesday, August 5
Who Is Dayani Cristal?, directed by Marc Silver
DVD & Blu-Ray
Tuesday, August 5
Ping Pong Summer, directed by Michael Tully
Tuesday, August 12
Locke, directed by Stephen Knight
Tuesday, August 19
Only Lovers Left Alive, directed by Jim Jarmusch
Tuesday, August 26
The Double, directed by Richard Ayoade