Glen Powell-Led ‘Hit Man’ Dazzles Sundance With Applause Breaks, Standing Ovation

Before the Sundance 2024 screening Monday of his new film “Hit Man,” director Richard Linklater described himself – and a whole generation of filmmakers – as the “children of Robert Redford.”

Linklater, a Sundance darling who was also at the festival to promote his new limited series “God Save Texas,” described it as “the glue that holds the indie film world together.” And when his “Hit Man” leading man (and co-writer) Glen Powell took the stage, he said that it was so exciting to be at Sundance since it was, “a festival that really loves movies.”

He then quipped: “Please don’t disappoint me.”