Leave No Trace
Release: January 20, 2018 (Sundance)
A father and his 13 year-old daughter are living in a paradisiacal existence in a vast urban park in Portland Oregon when a small mistake derails their lives forever.
Starring:  Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey
Directed by:  Debra Granik
Produced by:  Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini
Written by:Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini
Cinematography by: Michael McDonough
Distributed by:Bleecker Street
Runtime: 108 minutes

Sorry to Bother You
Release: January 20, 2018 (Sundance)
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Starring: Lakeith Stanfield, Armie Hammer, Tessa Thompson, Steven Yeun, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover
Directed by: Boots Riley
Produced by: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Kelly Williams, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker
Written by:Boots Riley
Cinematography by: Doug Emmett
Distributed by:Annapurna Pictures
Runtime: 105 minutes

What They Had
Release: January 21, 2018 (Sundance) March 16, 2018 (United States)
When her Alzheimer’s-suffering mother, Ruth, wanders into a blizzard on Christmas Eve, Bridget Ertz travels back to her hometown to help her brother convince their father to put Ruth in a nursing home and face the end of their life-long love affair.
Starring: Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster, Blythe Danner, Taissa Farmiga, Josh Lucas
Directed by: Elizabeth Chomko
Produced by: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Andrew Duncan, Tyler Jackson, Bill Holderman, Keith Kjarval, Alex Saks
Written by:Elizabeth Chomko
Cinematography by: Roberto Schaefer
Distributed by:Bleecker Street
Runtime: 98 minutes

Yardie
Release: January 20, 2018 (Sundance)
On a hot night in Kingston, Jamaica, 1973, Jerry Dread stops the music at an outdoor party to encourage a truce between warring gangs. His little brother Denis looks on from the crowd as an assassin’s bullet rings out, taking Jerry’s life. A decade later, Denis is the right-hand man to gang-boss Fox, who sends him on a loyalty-testing mission to London. But when the mission goes wrong, Denis hides out with an old flame and decides to find his brother’s killer.
Starring: Aml Ameen, Akin Gazi, Mark Rhino Smith, Fraser James, Naomi Ackie
Directed by: Idris Elba
Written by: Brock Norman Brock
Runtime: 101 minutes

Monster
Release:January 22, 2018 (Sundance)
A teenager finds himself incarcerated at a New York juvenile detention center and charged with robbery and felony murder.
Starring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jennifer Ehle
Directed by: Anthony Mandler
Written by:Radha Blank, Cole Wiley, Janece Shaffer
Distributed by:Bron Studios, Charlevoix Entertainment, Get Lifted Film Company, Tonik Productions
Runtime: 91 minutes

Come Sunday
Release: January 21, 2018 (Sundance) April 13, 2018 (United States)
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Starring: Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey
Directed by: Joshua Marston
Produced by: Marc Forster, Ira Glass, Alissa Shipp, James D. Stern, Julie Goldstein
Written by:Marcus Hinchey
Cinematography by: Peter Flinckenberg
Distributed by:Netflix
Runtime: 106 minutes

Beirut
Release: January 22, 2018 (Sundance) – April 13, 2018 (United States)
A U.S. diplomat (Jon Hamm) flees Lebanon in 1972 after a tragic incident at his home. Ten years later, he is called back to war-torn Beirut by a CIA operative (Rosamund Pike) to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.

Starring: Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Dean Norris, Shea Whigham, Larry Pine, Mark Pellegrino
Directed by: Brad Anderson
Produced by: Tony Gilroy, Ted Field, Mike Weber, Shivani Rawat, Monica Levinson
Written by:Tony Gilroy
Cinematography by: Björn Charpentier
Distributed by:Bleecker Street
Runtime: 149 minutes

The Happy Prince
Released: 21 January 2018 (Sundance)
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor.
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan, Emily Watson
Directed by: Rupert Everett
Written by: Rupert Everett
Distributed by:Lionsgate UK, Concorde Film, Beta Cinema
Runtime: 145 minutes

Burden
Released: 21 January 2018 (Sundance)
The film follows Mike Burden (Hedlund), an orphan raised within the Ku Klux Klan who attempts to break away when the girl he falls in love with urges him to leave for a better life together. The Klan seeks Mike out for vengeance, a black church congregation led by Reverend Kennedy takes Mike, his girlfriend and her son in, protects them and accepts them into their community in hopes of teaching Mike about love and acceptance.
Starring: Garrett Hedlund, Forest Whitaker, Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wilkinson, Tess Harper, Usher
Directed by: Andrew Heckler
Produced by: Robbie Brenner, Jeff Kwatinetz, Gabby Revilla, Kevin McKeon
Written by:Andrew Heckler
Cinematography by: Jeremy Rouse
Distributed by:Bill Kenwright Films, The Fyzz Facility, Unburdened Entertainment
Runtime: 129 minutes