Pessimism? At Sundance? Well, maybe so, but you won’t hear any booing from Roger Ebert’s seat. “I have just spent an hour with the 2003 program for the Sundance Film Festival, and I am churning with eagerness to get at these films. On the basis of track records, this could be the strongest Sundance in some time — and remember, last year’s festival kicked off an extraordinary year for indie films.”