IFC Films Lands Fave Sundance Doc ‘Room 237’ About ‘The Shining’

One of my favorite documentaries that I’m really hoping breaks out from Sundance this year is Room 237, a little-known, fan-favorite doc about Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and all the crazy conspiracy theories hidden within. It played in the New Frontier (the “experimental”) category at Sundance this year. I caught it late in the fest with a bunch of film bloggers after we’d spent the night buzzing about it, and it surpassed all of our expectations, topping a lot of Best Of lists and earning a place in our hearts for just being a wacky but fascinating deconstruction of The Shining. Thankfully IFC Films has just acquired the doc for distribution! The news comes from Deadline where they say that indie distributor IFC Films has picked up the doc and is planning a “theatrical/day and date VOD release” later in the year, after it plays fests like New Directors New Films …