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Documentaries are no longer feature films’ poor little relation and it's in no small way thanks to the Sundance Festival that has attracted, promoted and nursed many of them to successful runs, first in theaters,  and later on cable and streaming channels. It was at Park City that Alex Gibney premiered one of the hottest docs four years ago, Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief, and two years later Vice President Al Gore brought the sequel to his climate change film An Inconvenient Truth which itself caused a stir in 2006.

Knock Down the House is an apt title for the documentary by Rachel Lears, which follows the campaigns of four insurgent candidates as they try to pull upset primary victories against Democratic incumbents ahead of the 2018 mid-term elections. The four women are part, as we are appraised at the beginning of the film, of a nationwide grassroots movement sparked in opposition to Donald Trump’s election, which aims to wrest control of the House of Representatives from Republicans but also to reshape the Democratic establishment with an infusion of young, independent-minded citizen-candidates.

PARK CITY-  The Great Hack, by Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim's (previously at Sundance with The Square) is a deep dive into the election influence scandal which appears to have had an outsized role in shaping the outcome of the Brexit and Trump elections and favoring the rise of global populism. The film follows two main characters.

The world is a big place, but as the largest democracy, the United States enjoys an outsized percentage of its political attention. And as 2019 seems certain to become only more turbulent, with a slow but steady drip of revelations from various investigations into the campaign actions and business dealings of President Donald Trump, that focus figures to intensify.

Norwegian director Anne Sewitsky is no newcomer to Sundance. This is the third time the director is in Park City to present a feature film.

Unnoticed but quite remarkable, this year's best actor and best actress/comedy Golden Globe winners, Christian Bale and Olivia Colman. were both born on the exact same day 45  years ago.

For over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actresses, actors and filmmakers. The world's largest collection of its kind - over 10,000  items- is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.

Equal screen time.   That has been Geena Davis’ goal even before she founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media in 2004.

Daniel Radcliffe adds to his phenomenal acting career with a role in the offbeat comedy TV series Miracle Workers. His foray into episodic TV bowed at Sundance before its premiere on TBS next month and is the latest twist in the professional path of former – and forever – Harry Potter who incredibly will be turning 30 in July.

Alice Waddington’s debut feature Paradise Hills has definitely been one of the surprises at the Sundance Film Festival: an indie gothic sci-fi fable is not something you see every day, after all. Especially not one that is a feminist parable, directed by a twenty-something first-time female director with a starring cast also made up of young women, including Emma Roberts, Eiza González, Awkwafina and Danielle Macdonald along with Milla Jovovich.