The Sundance Film Festival expands to Ann Arbor, one of the select locations that receive a single film from the festival to screen. The East — playing at the Michigan Theater on Thursday, January 31 — follows a government mole (Ellen Page) who is planted in an ecoterrorist group and ends up questioning her loyalty and purpose as she falls for the group's charismatic leader. Co-writer Zal Batmanglij, co-writer and star Brit Marling and Director of Programing for the Sundance Film Festival will be present.
$15. 8pm. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 734-668-8397.www.michtheater.org —SR
