Sundance Now has announced the movies and TV series that are coming to the AMC Networks-owned streaming service in May. The Sundance Now May 2022 lineup includes world-class dramas, mysteries, and comedies from Britain and beyond.
The Sundance Now May 2022 slate features such titles as Ten Percent Season 1, The Ipcress File, and The Dreamers.
SUNDANCE NOW MAY 2022 HIGHLIGHTS
Ten Percent Season 1, Episode 3 (Friday, May 6, 2022)
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The Sundance Now Original Series, based on the original hit French series Call My Agent!, follows the small London talent agency of Nightingale Hart as it struggles to adapt in an ever-changing industry. After tragedy strikes the company, the personal and professional lives of the agents and assistants are thrown into turmoil.
But duty calls – their celebrity clients are in constant need of help from their agents, with issues ranging from marital problems to over-commitment to lingering method acting to stage fright. As the Nightingale Hart agents deal with the incessant demands of their jobs, they’ll also find themselves dealing with more off-screen drama than they ever expected. (8 episodes, 2022)k
The Ipcress File (Thursday, May 19, 2022)
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At the height of the Cold War, ex-soldier and convicted thief Harry Palmer (Joe Cole, Gangs of London, Peaky Blinders) is recruited to an unorthodox British spy unit whose boss, Dalby (Tom Hollander, Pride & Prejudice), wants his help to retrieve a missing scientist.
Working alongside cool, ambitious agent Jean (Lucy Boynton, Bohemian Rhapsody), Harry’s journey will take him to the wrong side of Berlin, the risky hedonism of Beirut, and the blinding light of a Pacific H-bomb test – before one step too many lands him an unwitting role in a violent political conspiracy. (6 episodes, 2022)
The Dreamers (Thursday, May 26, 2022)
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The Dreamers tells the story of three young Palestinian students who travel to Tel Aviv in 2008 and try to establish a new and liberated Palestinian community for themselves. When the three friends, Warda (Maisa Abd Elhadi), Kayes (Riyad Sliman), and Salah (Aiman Daw), try to buy drugs and get high at the end of a long day, they find themselves caught in a drug deal with a Palestinian crime family who ultimately see the three indebted students as ideal accomplices for getting their goods distributed among local youth.
This gets them into trouble with the local crime world, the police, and their own families. The story is set against the backdrop of the rising tensions in the Gaza Strip, and the trio realizes that, in order to unload the drugs, they have to create the “new Palestinian scene.” In their own unique way, they decide to initiate an anti-war protest in the form of a large music festival featuring Jews and Palestinians together. Along the way, they create a historic moment in the Palestinian and Jewish underground scene. (Arabic/Hebrew Language Drama, ten episodes, 2022)
SUNDANCE NOW SCHEDULE
AVAILABLE MAY 2
In Reality
Ann is consumed by the fantasy of finding true love. Just when she thinks she’s found it, she is friend-zoned. The disappointment of rejection sends her into an obsessive downward spiral that tests the limits of her sanity and the strength of her closest friendship. In order to reclaim her bearings on reality, she confronts her overgrown fantasies by making a film about the experience. The result is a vulnerable, hilarious, and vibrantly stylized investigation of love. (Romance, 2018)
My Darling Vivian
Experience the romantic, wrenching, and dizzying journey of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash’s first wife and the mother of his four daughters. With all-new interviews and exclusive, unprecedented access to never-before-seen footage and photographs, this emotional and moving film takes an intimate look at a woman long cast to the shadows and brings her entire fascinating story into vivid focus. (Documentary, 2020)
AVAILABLE MAY 6
Ten Percent, Ep. 3
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Change is in the air while a potential takeover looms over Nightingale Hart. Meanwhile, the agents face personal turmoil as professional pressures mount while an unlikely source of inspiration rescues an A-lister from a disastrous opening night. Guest Starring: Dominic West (The Affair, The Wire)
AVAILABLE MAY 9
The Off Hours
A waitress working the night shift at a roadside diner in a small, industrial town becomes intrigued by a charming truck driver while the diner’s owner struggles to keep his dwindling business afloat. (Drama, 2011)
AVAILABLE MAY 13
Ten Percent, Ep. 4
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While relationships bloom out of the office, the agents find art doesn’t always imitate life as an intimacy coordinator is called onto a project. Misunderstandings abound both on camera and off. Guest Starring: Emma Corrin (The Crown) and Himesh Patel (Yesterday)
AVAILABLE MAY 16
Sparrow’s Dance
When stage fright gets the best of her, a former actress stops leaving her apartment, crippled by fear of the outside world. Living off delivery food and residuals from her acting career, she spends her days watching bad TV and spying on the city from her window. But when her toilet overflows and a kind, compassionate plumber shows up, she reluctantly allows him into her refuge. (Romance/Drama, 2012)
AVAILABLE MAY 19
The Ipcress File, Ep. 1
SERIES PREMIERE
Berlin, 1962. Enterprising British corporal Harry Palmer (Joe Cole, Gangs of London, Peaky Blinders) gets rich, smuggling stolen goods to the east until the handcuffs snap shut. Back in London, unorthodox spymaster Dalby (Tom Hollander, Pride & Prejudice) is ordered to retrieve a missing nuclear physicist. Sharp’s observation by his cool, ambitious agent Jean (Lucy Boynton, Bohemian Rhapsody) reveals a link to the incarcerated Palmer, who is swiftly enlisted to bring back the boffin.
Ten Percent, Ep. 5
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Cultures clash as Americans invade the office. Dan (Prasanna Puwanarajah, Patrick Melrose) and Rebecca (Lydia Leonard, Gentleman Jack, Last Christmas) race to win a new client, while Misha’s attempt to gain public interest for a project leads to unexpected reactions. Guest Starring: Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton, Younger)
AVAILABLE MAY 23
The Days to Come
Vir and Lluis have been dating for a year now. Vir finds out she is pregnant. During the next nine months, Vir and Lluis will live their fears, joys, expectations, and realities that, during their pregnancy, grow before them. (Romance/Drama, 2019)
AVAILABLE MAY 26
The Ipcress File, Ep. 2
Under the diligent eyes of agent Jean (Lucy Boynton, Bohemian Rhapsody), Palmer’s (Joe Cole, Gangs of London, Peaky Blinders) intuition edges them closer to the professor while gun-for-hire former MI6 man Randall (Brian Ferguson, Elizabeth Is Missing) is always one step ahead. A tip-off from a key witness draws Jean and Palmer closer to the truth, but their discovery only opens the door to a more chilling mystery.
The Dreamers
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE | Full Season Binge
The Dreamers tells the story of three young Palestinian students who travel to Tel Aviv in 2008 and try to establish a new and liberated Palestinian community for themselves. When the three friends, Warda (Maisa Abd Elhadi), Kayes (Riyad Sliman), and Salah (Aiman Daw), try to buy drugs and get high at the end of a long day, they find themselves caught in a drug deal with a Palestinian crime family who ultimately see the three indebted students as ideal accomplices for getting their goods distributed among local youth.
This gets them into trouble with the local crime world, the police, and their own families. The story is set against the backdrop of the rising tensions in the Gaza Strip, and the trio realizes that, in order to unload the drugs, they have to create the “new Palestinian scene.” In their own unique way, they decide to initiate an anti-war protest in the form of a large music festival featuring Jews and Palestinians together. Along the way, they create a historic moment in the Palestinian and Jewish underground scene. (Arabic/Hebrew Language Drama, ten episodes, 2022)
AVAILABLE MAY 27
Ten Percent, Ep. 6
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE | New Episode Weekly
Relationships all over the office reach breaking points due to unspecified boundaries, while Jonathan (Jack Davenport, The Morning Show, The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise) must manage those of a married acting couple client. Guest Starring: David Oyelowo (Selma) and Jessica Oyelowo (Sleepy Hollow)
AVAILABLE MAY 30
Dark River
Following the death of her father, Alice returns home to Yorkshire for the first time in 15 years to claim the tenancy of the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Once there, she encounters her older brother Joe, a man she barely recognizes.
Joe is thrown by Alice’s sudden arrival, angered by her claim, and finds her presence increasingly impossible to deal with. Battling to regain control in a fragile situation, Alice must confront traumatic memories to find a way to restore the farm. (Drama, 2017)
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to cover the latest streaming, movie, TV, and game news.