FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceThe best films of Sundance 2022Our critics' favorites of the fest include Happening, After Yang, and Emily The CriminalByA.A. Dowd and Katie Rife1/28/22 6:00PMComments (8)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceFolk horror in the style of Malick and more genre curiosities at the tail end of SundanceWe wrap up the festival with four genre-benders: Something In The Dirt, You Won't Be Alone, Piggy, and Leonor Will…ByKatie Rife1/28/22 3:00PMComments (2)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceAfter Yang brings some robot soul to SundanceWe chase the sci-fi tearjerker with a dark cloning comedy and an even darker thrillerByA.A. Dowd1/27/22 7:30PMComments (12)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceThree films about abortion make for a timely Sundance sidebarCall Jane, The Janes, and Happening serve as harrowing reminders of the human consequences of outlawing abortionByKatie Rife1/26/22 5:30PMComments (53)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceRegina Hall and Aubrey Plaza rule the screen in two highlights from SundanceEmily The Criminal and Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul showcase two of the most compelling characters—and…ByKatie Rife1/25/22 6:15PMComments (6)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceWill 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 SmoothByA.A. Dowd1/25/22 3:35PMComments (4)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceJohn Boyega's hostage drama brings some '90s-Hollywood-style thrills to SundanceBut the real highlight of the festival so far is a nightmarish gauntlet of social discomfortByA.A. Dowd1/24/22 5:15PMComments (10)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceLena Dunham returns to moviemaking with the Sundance premiere of Sharp StickA naive twentysomething, a sex-starved himbo, and a quirky adoptive family star in Dunham's first feature since 2010ByKatie Rife1/23/22 4:30PMComments (79)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceJesse Eisenberg returns with a "Sundance movie," while two horror films shift the definition of oneMaika Monroe, Regina Hall, and Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut feature in our second dispatch from Sundance 2022ByKatie Rife1/22/22 8:30PMComments (7)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceOpening night of Sundance was all about Princess Diana and a twisty Sebastian Stan thrillerWe open this virtual edition of the festival with thoughts on The Princess, A Love Song, and FreshByA.A. Dowd1/21/22 5:00PMComments (9)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceThe best films of Sundance 2021Sundance 2021 wrapped up last night, though the exact time the screening system went dark depended on when you…ByA.A. Dowd2/04/21 4:00PMComments (5)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceQuestlove’s joyous dream-festival concert film is as good as Sundance (and everyone else) insistsSundance is ending exactly as it began: with the virtual equivalent of a standing ovation for the film that kicked…ByA.A. Dowd2/03/21 4:00PMComments (16)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceThe highlight of Sundance ’21 is a transfixing portrait of creepypasta obsessionJudas And The Black Messiah, Shaka King’s propulsive drama about Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton and the months…ByA.A. Dowd2/02/21 7:25PMComments (1)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceNic Cage’s testicle-bomb Mad Max samurai Western is less fun than we’re making it soundThere are few things more alienating to a moviegoer than being the only person in a theater not having the time of…ByA.A. Dowd2/01/21 4:15PMComments (23)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceTwo Sundance dramas, one better than the other, shudder with the chilly influence of Michael HanekeAttending a film festival can feel like an extended game of Spot The Influence. That’s perhaps especially true at a…ByA.A. Dowd1/30/21 6:30PMComments (6)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceAn atypical Sundance opens with typical indie drama and a hallucinatory midnight movieFunny how pet peeves become fond memories the moment you’re denied them. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug that way.…ByA.A. Dowd1/29/21 4:20PMComments (7)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceThe best movies of Sundance 2020 I’ve left Sundance but it hasn’t left me. Two days removed from the mad hustle of the festival—the late nights, the…ByA.A. Dowd1/31/20 2:35PMComments (26)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceThe biggest deal in Sundance history is for a charming Andy Samberg spin on a comedy classicPark City is a bit like the Punxsutawney of Groundhog Day, and not just because of the snow that reliably blankets…ByA.A. Dowd1/29/20 7:25PMComments (68)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceOnly at Sundance can a tweetstorm be a movie and Peter Pan a beast of the Southern wildYou could come to Sundance and only party. Those who do probably spend a lot of their time on Main Street. The…ByA.A. Dowd1/27/20 5:20PMComments (11)Save
FilmFestivalsSundanceFilmFestivalsSundanceAubrey Plaza delivers her boldest performance yet, and two Sundance alums majorly up their gameOne of the purest pleasures of regularly attending the Sundance Film Festival is watching a filmmaker grow into what…ByA.A. Dowd1/26/20 3:45PMComments (29)Save