Sundance 2020 Dispatch #7: Dick Johnson is Dead, Kajillionaire The Glorias and More

For the last several years, the very first film I've seen in Park City has been among the festival's best, launching my Sundance with a bang. The lucky title this year is Dick Johnson is Dead, a documentary--whatever that label means in this case--directed and photographed by Dick’s daughter, cinematographer Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson), whose cinematic imagination couldn't be more alive and kicking. The imminent death, or what’s worse, the gradual ravaging by Alzheimer's, of an aging pare...