Sundance Now has announced a strong August slate including new Australian drama Upright which is co-written, composed by and starring world renowned actor, comedian and musician Tim Minchin (Robin Hood, Californication, Matilda the Musical), premiering on Thurs., Aug. 6 with the first two episodes and new true crime docuseries The Suspect, premiering on Tues. Aug. 18.
Other August entries
HER starring Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pratt, Rooney Mara, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Olivia Wilde and Amy Adams. Directed by Spike Jonze (2013)
o DEFENDING YOUR LIFE starring Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep and Rip Torn (1991)
o DARE starring Emmy Rossum, Ashley Springer, Zach Gilford, Rooney Mara, Alan Cumming and Ana Gasteyer (2009)
o DISGRACE starring John Malkovich and Jessica Haines (2008)
o THE OTHER MAN starring Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Romola Garai (2008)
o THE VICIOUS KIND starring Adam Scott, Brittany Snow, Alex Frost and J.K. Simmons (2009)
- Bingeworthy TV series THE FALL, Season 3 starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan; and SLINGS AND ARROWS, Season 1 starring Paul Gross, Mark McKinney, Luke Kirby, Rachel McAdams, Martha Burns and Stephen Ouimette
- Fascinating documentaries:
o MAGNUS about the Norwegian chess prodigy (2016)
o THE SUNSHINE MAKERS, following the underground chemists who manufactured LSD while staying one step ahead of the Feds in the 1960s (2015)
o RESOLVED, surrounding high school debate and the racial and class biases that take place (2007)
o VEGAS BABY, about Americans desperate to start a family competing for a free round of IVF (2016)
o SILICON COWBOYS, following the rise and fall of Compaq Computer in the 1980s (2016)
o THE BAD KIDS, about Black Rock Continuation High School, an alternative school for students at risk of dropping out and the principal whose mission is to realize their potential (2016)
- Foreign language film JOSÉ starring Enrique Salanic, Ana Cecilia Mota and Manolo Herrera
