Sundance 2024: Saoirse Ronan is Phenomenal in Terrific ‘The Outrun’

I saved the best for last and it was entirely worth the wait. My very last in-person screening (after 30 other films) at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival ended up being my favorite film of the entire festival. It may even end up on my Top 10 at the end of the year. The Outrun is the latest film from talented German filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt, best known for her German film System Crasher from 2019. This time she’s adapting a book from Scottish writer Amy Liptrot, telling a story about a young woman in Scotland trying to figure out her chaotic life. It’s everything great cinema is about – all of the elements of filmmaking integrated perfectly together to bring us into the life of Rona as she returns to the Orkney Islands to calm herself and work on her addiction to alcohol. It’s always hard to tell before watching a film whether it will be any good based on a plot description, but this is a film that transcends any & all descriptions as a truly remarkable work of art. // Continue Reading ›