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The best films of Sundance 2022

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

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1/28/22 6:00PM

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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…

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1/28/22 3:00PM

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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 7:30PM

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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

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1/26/22 5:30PM

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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…

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1/25/22 6:15PM

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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 3:35PM

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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 5:15PM

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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

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1/23/22 4:30PM

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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

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1/22/22 8:30PM

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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 5:00PM

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The best films of Sundance 2021

Sundance 2021 wrapped up last night, though the exact time the screening system went dark depended on when you…

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2/04/21 4:00PM

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Questlove’s joyous dream-festival concert film is as good as Sundance (and everyone else) insists

Sundance is ending exactly as it began: with the virtual equivalent of a standing ovation for the film that kicked…

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2/03/21 4:00PM

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The highlight of Sundance ’21 is a transfixing portrait of creepypasta obsession

Judas And The Black Messiah, Shaka King’s propulsive drama about Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton and the months…

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2/02/21 7:25PM

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Nic Cage’s testicle-bomb <i>Mad Max</i> samurai Western is less fun than we’re making it sound

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Nic Cage’s testicle-bomb Mad Max samurai Western is less fun than we’re making it sound

There are few things more alienating to a moviegoer than being the only person in a theater not having the time of…

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2/01/21 4:15PM

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Two Sundance dramas, one better than the other, shudder with the chilly influence of Michael Haneke

Attending a film festival can feel like an extended game of Spot The Influence. That’s perhaps especially true at a…

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1/30/21 6:30PM

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An atypical Sundance opens with typical indie drama and a hallucinatory midnight movie

Funny how pet peeves become fond memories the moment you’re denied them. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug that way.…

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1/29/21 4:20PM

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The 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…

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1/31/20 2:35PM

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The biggest deal in Sundance history is for a charming Andy Samberg spin on a comedy classic

Park City is a bit like the Punxsutawney of Groundhog Day, and not just because of the snow that reliably blankets…

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1/29/20 7:25PM

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Only at Sundance can a tweetstorm be a movie and Peter Pan a beast of the Southern wild

You could come to Sundance and only party. Those who do probably spend a lot of their time on Main Street. The…

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1/27/20 5:20PM

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Aubrey Plaza delivers her boldest performance yet, and two Sundance alums majorly up their game

One of the purest pleasures of regularly attending the Sundance Film Festival is watching a filmmaker grow into what…

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1/26/20 3:45PM

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