Updated as of February 16, 2026.
As our own Ryland Aldrich noted in his wonderful essay, Ryland's Musings From Two Decades of Sundance, the Sundance Film Festival celebrated its final edition in Park City, Utah, with a bang -- and with an announcement about their annual awards. Next year, it will be a whole new festival in Boulder, Colorado.
But first, there are the many films that debuted in the past few days. Our critics saw as many films as possible, and reviewed as many as possible.
Here's our evergreen guide to what they saw and reviewed.
Reviews by Mel Valentin
JOSEPHINE, Deeply Moving, Powerful Character Study
THE MUSICAL Brings the Comedy and the Cringe in Equal Measure
LEVITICUS, Standout Queer Horror From Down Under
BUDDY Brings Childhood Horrors to Unreal Life
FRANK & LOUIS, Poignant, Sensitive Exploration of Redemption Through Caregiving
FLING!, Roald Dahl-Inspired Fantasy for the Whole Family
THE INCOMER, Welcome Weirdness Dominates This Island-set Comedy
CHASING SUMMER, A Cut Above the Usual Coming Home Comedy-Drama
THE WEIGHT, Ethan Hawke Leads Period Crime Drama
THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, An Ode to Times and Peoples' Past
RUN AMOK, Must-See Hard-Hitting, Heart-Shredding Comedy Drama
THE MOMENT, Surface Deep Charlie XCX Mockumentary
TUNER, Star-Driven Crime-Thriller Hampered by Predictable Plotting
EXTRA GEOGRAPHY, idiosyncratic, Brit-Set Coming-of-Age Story Elevated By Duel Leads
NIGHT NURSE, Promising Psychosexual Thriller Dissipates Into Abstraction
THE INVITE, Who's Afraid of Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen?
I WANT YOUR SEX, Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman Headline Gregg Araki's Welcome Return to Filmmaking
GHOST IN THE MACHINE, A Must-See AI Primer
HANGING BY A WIRE, Fascinating Documentary Leaves You Wanting More
THE GALLERIST, Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega Co-Star in Ambitious Art-World Satire
UNION COUNTY, Will Poulter Leads Devastating Examination of Opioid Addiction
Reviews by Daniel Eagan
ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, The Downside of Unlimited Wealth
THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2 Documents An Avoidable Tragedy
TAKE ME HOME, Deeply Personal Drama of Family in Peril
TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN, Farmers in Montenegro Fight for Their Land
Reviews by Rino Lu
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY, A 14-Year-Old Girl Assimilating the World Only Through the Other
JARIPEO, Queer Identify in Masculine Arena
TELL ME EVERYTHING Traces a Closeted Husband and Father Against His Family
Reviews by Martin Tsai
SACCHARINE Turns Body Horror Into a Study of Appetite and identity
MUM, I'M ALIEN PREGNANT Pushes Sci-Fi Comedy Past Good Taste
ROCK SPRINGS Excavates a Forgotten American Atrocity
Interviews by Blake Simons
BURN Writer-Director Makoto Nagahisa Wants His Sophomore Feature to Affect You
Reviews by Martin Kudlac
SOFT BOIL, Anxiety and Cringe Collide in an Acid Quarter-Life Crisis Rom-Com
BIRDS OF WAR, War Reporting and Love Collide
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET, Collective Presence Stalls the System