Our first view of the festival on Tuesday afternoon, when an at times intense, surprise snowstorm caught visitors and locals alike by surprise. The photo can't quite capture the striking chill in the air . Weather.com says the temperature will hit 4 degrees tonight, with a high of 13 tomorrow and a low of 3 tomorrow night.

Anyway, we used a cropped version of this image atop Steve Rosen's indieWIRE article about Sundance buzz tonight. Meanwhile, folks have been buzzing about yesterday's pre-fest dispatch, noting that some 100 new films will be vying for U.S. distribution at Sundance this year.