Ingrid Goes West
Nate von Zumwalt
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017Matt Spicer's directorial debut is a cautionary tale for the social media age, and one shepherded by a patented performance from Aubrey Plaza, who plays an unstable young woman intent on parlaying her obsession with Instagram influencer and lifestyle guru Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen) into a picture perfect friendship. As most acts of creepy desperation go, the one in Ingrid Goes West fails miserably, but not before Plaza's character cleverly schemes her way into Taylor's life while escalating her own fixation. Spicer's timely satire captures the absurdity and danger of curating our second lives – the ones that play out on digital screens and almost always portray us in our best light.
Check out all of the Sundance-supported films hitting theaters and digital platforms in August, and don't miss Gook, Lemon, and other films as they make their L.A. premieres at NEXT FEST this month.
Friday, August 4
Icarus, directed by Bryan Fogel (Netflix)
Columbus, directed by Kogonada
Brigsby Bear, directed by Dave McCary
STEP, directed by Amanda Lipitz
Fun Mom Dinner, directed by Alethea Jones
Machines, directed by Rahul Jain (UK Release)
Friday, August 11
Ingrid Goes West, directed by Matt Spicer
Whose Streets?, directed by Sabaah Folayan
The Nile Hilton Incident, directed by Tarik Saleh
Friday, August 18
Patti Cake$, directed by Geremy Jasper
Gook, directed by Justin Chon
Lemon, directed by Janicza Bravo
Marjorie Prime, directed by Michael Almereyda
Friday, August 25
Beach Rats, directed by Eliza Hittman
Crown Heights, directed by Matt Ruskin
Ingrid Goes West