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The 10 movies we’re most looking forward to at Sundance 2024

A scene from the documentary “Power.”

As the Oscar drumbeat builds (and not a moment too soon, frankly), a fresh crop of undiscovered indies awaits us at the Sundance Film Festival, beginning this week in Park City, Utah. As usual, The Times will be on the ground with reviews, interviews, daily dispatches and more. Love Kristen Stewart? She’ll be there with two movies. So will her three-time co-star Jesse Eisenberg, though you won’t be able to recognize him in one of his two offerings (see below). While we pack our snow boots and plan for double and triple layering, here are the 10 titles we’re most anticipating.

‘Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye’

You may be asking yourself: Do we really need another examination of Tammy Faye Messner, formerly Bakker, prominent televangelist, media fixture, three-time memoirist and subject of more podcasts, stage productions and Oscar-winning movies than you can shake a Bible at? If you’ll

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