PARK CITY, Utah (AP) \u2014 The 42nd Sundance Film Festival<\/a> kicks off this week in Park City, Utah. It will be the last edition in its longtime home and the first without its founder Robert Redford, who died in September<\/a> at age 89.<\/p>\n But even in this time of transition and change, the festival\u2019s main focus \u2014 the movies \u2014 remains as vibrant and fresh as ever with 90 features premiering through Feb. 1. And three of them feature pop star Charli xcx.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a broad, eclectic and bold program,\u201d Sundance public programming director Eugene Hernandez told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n Hernandez said the lineup for the festival\u2019s final year in Park City has a \u201cmixture of new, exciting voices paired with some really, really great familiar faces from Sundances past that I think will create a great alchemy for this really unique edition in Utah.\u201d<\/p>\n The festival runs from Thursday, Jan. 22 through Sunday, Feb. 1. There are 90 features<\/a> premiering throughout, with screenings starting early in the morning and running through midnight. Award winners will be announced on Jan. 30.<\/p>\n Some big names who may make an appearance in the mountains include Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Brittney Griner, Seth Rogen, O\u2019Shea Jackson Jr., David Duchovny, Olivia Wilde, Daveed Diggs, Channing Tatum, Courtney Love, Chris Pine, Da\u2019Vine Joy Randolph, Salman Rushdie, Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, Olivia Colman, John Turturro and Catherine Zeta-Jones.<\/p>\n Redford\u2019s legacy will be a main spotlight at the festival, including at Friday night\u2019s annual fundraising gala where organizers will pay tribute to the Sundance founder. Later in the festival, there will also be a screening of his first truly independent film, the 1969 sports drama \u201cDownhill Racer,\u201d<\/a> and a series of legacy screenings of restored Sundance gems from \u201cLittle Miss Sunshine\u201d to Barbara Kopple\u2019s documentary \u201cAmerican Dream.\u201d<\/p>\n Wilde directed her third feature, \u201cThe Invite,\u201d in which she and Rogen play an unhappily married couple who host a dinner party for friends (Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Edward Norton). Gregg Araki made a \u201csex-positive love letter to Gen Z\u201d with \u201cI Want Your Sex,\u201d also starring Wilde as a provocative artist who takes an interest in a younger intern played by Cooper Hoffman. Portman, sporting platinum blond hair, leads the big ensemble cast of Cathy Yan\u2019s art world satire \u201cThe Gallerist,\u201d alongside Zach Galifianakis, Jenna Ortega and Zeta-Jones.<\/p>\n Headlines, puzzles and death notices from the Valley delivered to your inbox 7 a.m. daily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Both \u201cI Want Your Sex\u201d and \u201cThe Gallerist\u201d feature supporting turns from Charli xcx, but the pop star\u2019s big showcase is \u201cThe Moment,\u201d a self-referential mockumentary. Colman stars alongside Skarsg\u00e5rd in \u201cWicker,\u201d a whimsical tale of a fisherwoman who asks a basket weaver to weave her a husband. Crowe plays the warden of a work camp in 1930s Oregon where Hawke is toiling in \u201cThe Weight.\u201d And Gemma Chan and Tatum play parents to a child who witnesses a crime in \u201cJosephine.\u201d<\/p>\n In the nonfiction space, \u201cNavalny\u201d director Daniel Roher co-directed a film about artificial intelligence. There are also documentaries about Love, the lead singer of \u201cHole\u201d and widow of Kurt Cobain, and Griner, the WNBA star who was detained for nearly 10 months in Russia.<\/a><\/p>\n Yes, but not until Jan. 29. Access to the movies premiering at Sundance doesn\u2019t necessarily require an expensive trip to Park City anymore. The festival has fully embraced an online component<\/a> for many of their films.<\/p>\n What started as a necessary COVID-19 adjustment has become a vital part of the program. From Jan. 29 through Feb. 1, audiences can watch the films in competition online. Prices start at $35 for a single film ticket.<\/p>\n It depends. Some have distribution and will soon be in theaters, like \u201cThe Moment,\u201d which A24 is releasing on Jan. 30. Others that might secure distribution deals out of the festival can take anywhere from a few weeks to over a year to hit theaters or streaming services.<\/p>\n Yes, this is the final edition in Park City, Utah. Next January, the festival is relocating to a new home in Boulder, Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhen is Sundance?<\/h2>\n
What celebrities are expected?<\/h2>\n
How is Sundance honoring Robert Redford?<\/h2>\n
What are the buzzy movies?<\/h2>\n
Can you stream Sundance movies?<\/h2>\n
When will the Sundance movies be in theaters?<\/h2>\n
Is the festival still moving to Colorado?<\/h2>\n