Sundance portraits from the L.A. Times Studio

Writer-actress Vivian Bang, from the film “White Rabbit.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor and American hip-hop musician Common, from the film “The Tale.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Miranda July, from the film “Madeline’s Madeline.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Helena Howard, left, and director Josephine Decker, from the film “Madeline’s Madeline.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor and musician Usher Raymond and director Andrew Heckler, from the film “Burden.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Directors Maclain Way, left, and Chapman Way from the film “Wild Wild Country.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Emmy Rossum from the film “A Futile and Stupid Gesture.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jason Isaacs, from the film “The Death of Stalin,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Elle Fanning, screenwriter Mike Makowsky, center, and actor Peter Dinklage, from the film “I Think We’re Alone Now.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Jada Buford, Jess Stovall, segment directors Bing Liu, Rebecca Parrish, subject Kendale McCoy, director Steve James, segment director Kevin Shaw and subject Grant Lee, from the film “America to Me.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Garrett Hedlund from the film “Burden.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Ethan Hawke, from the film “Blaze.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Kimberly Reed, from the film “Dark Money.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Sky Ferreira, from the film “Lords of Chaos.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Daryl Wein and writer-actress Vivian Bang, from the film “White Rabbit.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Lior Ashkenazi, left, and director Samuel Maoz, from the film “Foxtrot.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Sky Ferreira, from the film “Lords of Chaos.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Rory Culkin, from the film “Lords of Chaos.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Jonas Akerlund, from left, actress Sky Ferreira, actor Valter Skarsgard, actor Jack Kilmer, actor Rory Culkin, actor Wilson Gonzalez and actor Lucian Charles Collier, from the film “Lords of Chaos.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Amy Adrion, from the film “Half the Picture.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Isabelle Nélisse, from the film “The Tale.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Jennifer Fox, from the film “The Tale.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jason Ritter, from left, actress Isabelle Nélisse, actress Ellen Burstyn and actor Common, from the film “The Tale.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Matthew Lillard, from the film “Halfway There.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Michael Dweck, from the film “The Last Race.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Kelly Macdonald, from the film “Puzzle.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Tom Felton, from the film “Ophelia.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Robert Pattinson, from the film “Damsel.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Mia Wasikowska and actor Robert Pattinson, from the film “Damsel.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Co-creator-writer-actress Shoshanna Stern and co-creator-writer-actor Josh Feldman, from the Sundance Now series “This Close.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Charlie Sexton, left, actor Ethan Hawke, actress Alia Shawkat, actor Josh Hamilton and actor Ben Dickey, from the film “Blaze.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Cinematographer Noah Rosenthal, left, actor Matt O’Leary, director Nick Rosenthal, actor Matthew Lillard, actress Jane Stevens Rosenthal and writer Nick Morton, from the film “Halfway There.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Matthew Lillard, from the film “Halfway There.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Mia Wasikowska and actor Robert Pattinson, from the film “Damsel.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Priyanka Chopra from the film “A Kid Like Jake.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Augustine Frizzell, from the film “Never Goin’ Back.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Keira Knightley, from the film “Collette.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director RaMell Ross from the film “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor John Cho, left, and director Aneesh Chaganty, from the film “Search.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Denis O’Hare, from the film “Lizzie,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jim Parsons, from the film, “A Kid Like Jake,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Chloe Grace Moretz, from the film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Franchesca Ramsey, from the film “Franchesca.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Helena Howard, from the film “Madeline’s Madeline.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor George McKay, left, actor Tom Felton, actress Naomi Watts and director Claire McCarthy from the film “Ophelia.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Hank Dutt, left, David Harrington, co-director-writer-editor Joe Bini, co-director-writer-editor Sam Green, Sunny Yang and John Sherba from the film “A Thousand Thoughts.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Maia Mitchell, actress Cami Morrone and director Augustine Frizzell, from the film, “Never goin’ Back,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 22, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Emmy Rossum, director David Wain, actor Domhnall Gleeson and actor Tom Lennon, from the film, “A Futile and Stupid Gesture,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 22, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Domhnall Gleeson from the film “A Futile and Stupid Gesture.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor David Denman, from the film “Puzzle.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Bubba Weiler, from the film “Puzzle.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Austin Abrams, from the film “Puzzle.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Irrfan Khan, from the film “Puzzle.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Austin Abrams, left, actor David Denman, actor Bubba Weiler, actress Kelly Macdonald, actor Irrfan Khan and writer-director Marc Tutrletaub, from the film “Puzzle.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Michael Dweck, from the film “The Last Race.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Stephanie Soechtig, from the film “The Devil We Know.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Meg McGarry, left, Flynn McGarry and Paris McGarry, from the film “Chef Flynn.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Flynn McGarry, from the film “Chef Flynn.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Eugene Jarecki, from the film “The King.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Matthew Lillard, from the film “Halfway There,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 22, 2018. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Austin Abrams, from the film, “Puzzle,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 22, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Tom Lennon, from the film “Futile and Stupid Gesture.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor John Cho, from the film “Search.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Chloe Zhao, from the film “The Rider.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Robert Greene, from the film “Bisbee 17.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Maia Mitchell, from the film “Never Goin’ Back.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Cami Morrone, from the film “Never Goin’ Back.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Claire Danes, actor Jim Parsons, director Silas Howard, actress Octavia Spencer, and actress Priyanka Chopra from the film, “A Kid Like Jake,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Producer Caryn Capotosto, director Morgan Neville, and producer Nicholas Ma, from the film, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Abra, from the film “Assassination Nation,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Forrest Goodluck, from the film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Emily Skeggs, from the film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Hilary Swank from the film “What They Had.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jason Ritter from the film “The Tale.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Dominic West from the film “Collette.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Desiree Akhavan from the film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Louie Psihoyos from the film “The Game Changers.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Codola Rashad from the film “Come Sunday.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Lakeith Stranfield, from the film “Come Sunday.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Anna Baryshnikov from the film “The Kindergarten Teacher.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Sasha Lane from the film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Codola Rashad from the film “Come Sunday.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Producer Ira Glass from the film “Come Sunday.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Colin Morgan, director Rupert Everett and Edwin Thomas, from the film, “The Happy Prince,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Wash Westmoreland, actress Keira Knightley, and actor Dominic West, from the film, “Collette,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jeffrey Wright, director Anthony Mandler, actor Kelvin Harrison Jr., and actress Jennifer Ehle, from the film “Monster,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Claire Danes, from the film, “A Kid Like Jake,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Kelvin Harrison Jr., from the film, “Monster,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Jennifer Ehle, from the film, “Monster,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jason Ritter, actress Isabelle Nelisse, actress Ellen Burstyn, and actor Common, from the film “The Tale,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jason Ritter and actress Isabelle Nelisse, from the film “The Tale,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Writer/director Elizabeth Chomko, actress Hilary Swank, actor Michael Shannon, actress Taissa Farmiga, actress Blythe Danner, from the film, “What They Had,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Bill Skarsgard, actress Hari Nef, actres Suji Waterhouse, actress Abra, actress Odessa Young, and director/writer Sam Levinson, from the film “Assassination Nation,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Nina Moran, Ajani Russel, Rachelle Vinberg, Alex Cooper, Dede Lovelave, director Crystal Moselle, Kabrina Adams, actor Jaden Smith, Brenn Lorenzo, and Jules Lorenzo, from the film “Skate Kitchen,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Sasha Lane, from the film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Garrett Hedlund, from the film “Burden,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Desiree Akhavan, from the film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,‚Äù photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor and musician Usher Raymond, from the film, ‚ÄúBurden,‚Äù photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Forest Whitaker, actor Garrett Hedlund, actor Dexter Darden, director Andrew Heckler, actor Austin Herbert, and actor Usher Raymond, from the film, ‚ÄúBurden,‚Äù photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Ben Foster, actress Thomasin McKenzie, and director Debra Granik from the film, “Leave No Trace,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Thomasin McKenzie, from the film, “Leave No Trace,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 21, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

M.I.A. and Stephen Loveridge, from the film “MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Laia Costa, from the film “Piercing.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Mia Wasikowska, director Nicolas Pesce, actress Laia Costa, and actor Christopher Abbott, from the film “Piercing.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Mia Wasikowska, from the film “Piercing.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Louie Psihoyos, from the film “The Game Changers.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jason Segal, from the film “Come Sunday.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Codola Rashad, from the film “Come Sunday.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Producer Ira Glass, from the film “Come Sunday.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Lakeith Stranfield, from the film “Come Sunday.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Lakeith Stanfield, actress Condola Rashad, director Joshua Marston, actor Jason Segal and producer Ira Glass, from the film “Come Sunday.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Ajay Naidu, from the film “The Kindergarten Teacher.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Anna Baryshnikov, director-writer Sara Colangelo and actress-producer Maggie Gyllenhaal, from the film “The Kindergarten Teacher.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Matt Tyrnauer and producer Corey Reeser, from the film “Studio 54.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Jack Henry Robbins and his father, co-producer Tim Robbins, from the film “Painting With Joan.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Elle Fanning and Peter Dinklage, from the film “I Think We’re Alone Now.” FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Writer/Director Bo Burnham and actress Elsie Fisher from the film, “Eighth Grade,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

From left, producer Christine Beebe, director Amy Scott, composer Heather McIntosh and producer Brian Morrow from the film “Hal,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jason Isaacs and writer/director Armando Iannucci, from the film “The Death of Stalin,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jason Mitchell, from the film, “Tyrel,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Armie Hammer, from the film, “Sorry to Bother You‚” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Gloria Allred and producer Marta Kauffman, from the film, “Seeing Allred,” are photographed in the Times studio on Saturday.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Chloe Sevigny, from the film “Lizzie,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Michael Zegen, from the film, “Tyrel,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

PARK CITY,UTAH --SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2018-- Actor Luke Wilson, from the film, “Arizona,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

PARK CITY,UTAH --SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2018-- Actress Rosemarie DeWitt, from the film, “Arizona,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Writer/Director Bo Burnham, from the film, “Eighth Grade,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

David Kellman and Bobby Shafran, from the film, “Three Identical Strangers,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Sheila Vand, and actor Raul Castillo, from the film, “We The Animals,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Princess Firyal of Jordan, from the film, “The Stranger,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Cindy Shank, Annalis Shank, Armida Mireles, Adam Shank, director Rudy Valdez, Autumn Shank, Teofilo Valdez, Ava Shank and Valentin Valdez from the film, “The Stranger,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

From left, actors Terry Crews, Omari Hardwick, Steven Yeun, Tessa Thompson, director Boots Riley, and actors LaKeith Stanfield and Armie Hammer, from the film “Sorry to Bother You,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Steven Yeun, from the film “Sorry to Bother You‚” photographed in the L.A. Times studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Boots Riley from the film, “Sorry to Bother You‚” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor LaKeith Stanfield, from the film “Sorry to Bother You‚” photographed in the L.A. Times studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Terry Crews, from the film “Sorry to Bother You‚” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Sebastian Silva, from left, and actors Jason Mitchell and Christopher Abbott, from the film, “Tyrel,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Roddy Bottum, from the film, “Tyrel,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

From left, actors Luke Wilson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lolli Sorenson, Elizabeth Gilles, director Jonathan Watson, amd actprs Kaitlin Olson and Danny McBride, from the film, “Arizona,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Elizabeth Gilles, from the film, “Arizona,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Back, from left, Rob Morgan, director/writer Reinaldo Marcus Green, Chante Adams, Anthony Ramos, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Niclole Beharie, and front, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and John David Washington from the film “Monsters and Men,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Jane Fonda, from the film “Jane Fonda in Five Acts,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah, Jan. 19, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Susan Lacy and Jane Fonda from the film, “Jane Fonda in Five Acts,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Blythe Danner, Ted Danson, Sasha Lane, writer/director Brett Haley, Kiersey Clemons and Nick Offerman from the film “Hearts Beat Loud,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Nicole Beharie from the film “Monsters and Men,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Jack Black from the film “Don’t Worry, He Wont Get Far on Foot,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Blythe Danner from the film “Heart Beats Loud,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Tony Revolori from the film “The Long Dumb Road,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Jackie Seigel from the film “Queen of Versailles,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Reinaldo Marcus Green from the film “Monsters and Men,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Jason Mantzoukas, from the film “The Long Dumb Road,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 19, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Writer/actor Daveed Diggs, from the film “Bliindspotting,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 19, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Limo Bob from the film “Generation Wealth,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Limo Bob and his bling from the film “Generation Wealth,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Kiersey Clemons from the film “Heart Beats Loud,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Ted Danson, left, Blythe Danner, writer/director Brett Haley, Sasha Lane, Kiersey Clemons and Nick Offerman from the film “Hearts Beat Loud,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Writer/director Brett Haley and Sasha Lane from the film “Hearts Beat Loud,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Sasha Lane from the film “Hearts Beat Loud,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Nick Offerman from the film “Hearts Beat Loud,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Tony Revolori from the film “The Long Dumb Road,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio at Chase Sapphire on Main in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Grace Gummer from the film “The Long Dumb Road,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Jason Mantzoukas, left, Grace Gummer, director/co-writer Hannah Fidell and Tony Revolori from the film “The Long Dumb Road,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Documentarians Elan Bogarin and Jonathan Bogarin from the film “306 Hollywood,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Jack Black from the film “Don’t Worry, He Wont Get Far on Foot,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Gus Van Sant, Jonah Hill, Joaquin Phoenix and Jack Black from the film “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Gus Van Sant and Joaquin Phoenix from the film “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Writer Angelica Nwandu, left, Tatum Hall, Dominique Fishback and director Joreana Spiro from the film “Night Comes On.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Daveed Diggs, Utkarsh Ambudkar, director Carlos Lopez Estrada, Janina Gavankar and co-writer Rafael Casal from the film “Blindspotting.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Joaquin Phoenix and director Lynne Ramsay from the film “You Were Never Really Here.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Janina Gavankar from the film “Blindspotting.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

From left, Tiffany Masters, Conrad Homm, Frank Evers, Patricia Greenfield, director Lauren Greenfield, Gabriel Evers, Noah Evers, Limo Bob, and Bobby J. Strauser from the film “Generation Wealth,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Paul Rudd stars in “The Catcher Was a Spy,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Paula Niedert Elliott, from left, actress-director Bridey Elliott, actress Abby Elliott and actor Chris Elliott, from the film “Clara’s Ghost,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Haley Joel Osment, from the film “Clara’s Ghost,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

“Clara’s Ghost” is the first feature film directed by Bridey Elliott, photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Chris Elliott stars in the film “Clara’s Ghost,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director and co-Writer Paul Dano with co-writer Zoe Kazan, from the film “Wildlife,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Ed Oxenbould and Zoe Colletti, from the film “Wildlife,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Writer Zoe Kazan, from left, writer-director Paul Dano and actors Ed Oxenbould and Zoe Colletti, from the film “Wildlife,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress-writer-director Anna Margaret Hollyman and actor Nico Evers Swindell, from the short film “Maude,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Anna Margaret Hollyman wrote, directed and acted in the short film “Maude,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Derek Doneen, subject Kailash Satyarthi and producer Sarah Anthony from the documentary “Kailash,” photographed in the L.A. Times studio in Park City, Utah. FULL COVERAGE: Sundance Film Festival 2018 »  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Japanese anime director Masaaki Yuasa, left, and producer Eunyoung Choi, from the film, “Lu Over the Wall,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2018.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)