“I’m not for everybody,” says Annie Clark, the artist also known as St. Vincent — though not to the limo driver who, at the beginning of Bill Benz‘s metafictional mockumentary “The Nowhere Inn,” is interrogating her accusatorily about who she is, knowing she’s famous but having never heard of her. Clark, pristinely clad in designer trench and please-leave-me-alone rock-star sunglasses, doesn’t say it to be dismissive, but rather to give the limo driver a way out of an awkward social situation.

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The 2019 Sundance Film Festival is upon us and we’re feeling good about most of our Most Anticipated 2020 Film feature predictions; many of the films with early February release dates are indeed making Sundance premieres (“Wendy,” “Downhill,” etc.). This year feels rich already, with new films by Dee Rees, Josephine Decker, Miranda July and many, many more.

READ MORE: Sundance 2020 Lineup Revealed: Films By Josephine Decker, Miranda July, Viggo Mortensen & More

But let’s get to some quick first looks, shall we?

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