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The best films of Sundance 2022

Our critics' favorites of the fest include Happening, After Yang, and Emily The Criminal

A.A. Dowd

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1/28/22 7:00PM

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Folk horror in the style of Malick and more genre curiosities at the tail end of Sundance

We wrap up the festival with four genre-benders: Something In The Dirt, You Won't Be Alone, Piggy, and Leonor Will…

Katie Rife

1/28/22 4:00PM

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<i>After Yang</i> brings some robot soul to Sundance

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After Yang brings some robot soul to Sundance

We chase the sci-fi tearjerker with a dark cloning comedy and an even darker thriller

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1/27/22 8:30PM

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Three films about abortion make for a timely Sundance sidebar

Call Jane, The Janes, and Happening serve as harrowing reminders of the human consequences of outlawing abortion

Katie Rife

1/26/22 6:30PM

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Regina Hall and Aubrey Plaza rule the screen in two highlights from Sundance

Emily The Criminal and Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul showcase two of the most compelling characters—and…

Katie Rife

1/25/22 7:15PM

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Will the big Sundance winner be its most charming crowd-pleaser or its most brutally honest drama?

On opposite ends of the festival spectrum sit Palm Trees And Power Lines and Cha Cha Real Smooth

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1/25/22 4:35PM

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John Boyega's hostage drama brings some '90s-Hollywood-style thrills to Sundance

But the real highlight of the festival so far is a nightmarish gauntlet of social discomfort

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1/24/22 6:15PM

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Lena Dunham returns to moviemaking with the Sundance premiere of<i> Sharp Stick</i>

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Lena Dunham returns to moviemaking with the Sundance premiere of Sharp Stick

A naive twentysomething, a sex-starved himbo, and a quirky adoptive family star in Dunham's first feature since 2010

Katie Rife

1/23/22 5:30PM

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Jesse Eisenberg returns with a "Sundance movie," while two horror films shift the definition of one

Maika Monroe, Regina Hall, and Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut feature in our second dispatch from Sundance 2022

Katie Rife

1/22/22 9:30PM

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Opening night of Sundance was all about Princess Diana and a twisty Sebastian Stan thriller

We open this virtual edition of the festival with thoughts on The Princess, A Love Song, and Fresh

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1/21/22 6:00PM

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Joaquin Phoenix anchors the disappointingly precious <i>C’mon C’mon </i>in the final week of NYFF

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Joaquin Phoenix anchors the disappointingly precious C’mon C’mon in the final week of NYFF

Jane Campion’s Western drama The Power Of The Dog and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s stunning Memoria fare much better

Vikram Murthi

10/06/21 5:50PM

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Wes Anderson returns with a densely packed <i>New Yorker </i>homage, <i>The French Dispatch</i>

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Wes Anderson returns with a densely packed New Yorker homage, The French Dispatch

Meanwhile, Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground documentary blows the roof off of NYFF

Vikram Murthi

9/30/21 7:05PM

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Paul Verhoeven’s bawdy lesbian nun movie makes its way to New York

Benedetta, Red Rocket, The Worst Person In The World, and Vortex all continue their respective directors’ signature…

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Mad God is a macabre magnum opus 33 years in the making

Phil Tippett, the SFX legend behind Star Wars and Jurassic Park, debuts a long-term labor of love

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9/29/21 7:00AM

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The New York Film Festival returns with <i>The Tragedy Of Macbeth</i>,<i> </i>the first ever Coen brother film

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The New York Film Festival returns with The Tragedy Of Macbeth, the first ever Coen brother film

Joel Coen follows in the footsteps of Orson Welles and Roman Polanski with a faithful adaptation of the Bard

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Zhang Yimou closes TIFF with a personal ode to the power of cinema

Two years after it was yanked from the Berlinale, the Chinese filmmaker's latest makes its international debut

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The best films of Toronto 2021

We close another TIFF with our favorites of the festival

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There’s a strong streak of Hereditary horror in Broadway adaptation The Humans

Plus, the terrific new film from Asghar Farhadi in the waning hours of TIFF

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Why has Alanis Morissette denounced this documentary about her life?

An upcoming entry in the music-doc series that gave us Woodstock '99 is already pushing buttons

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At Toronto, three major films bloom in the shadow of Great Artists

Directly or indirectly, old masters loom over Bergman Island, Drive My Car, and Benediction

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9/15/21 1:20PM

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