Festivals: Sundance
Sundance 2026 Review: THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2 Documents an Avoidable Tragedy
Amir Bar-Lev directed.
Sundance 2026 Review: THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, An Ode to Times and Peoples' Past
John Turturro, Jamie Lee Curtis, Steve Buscemi, Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany and Will Price star in writer/director Noah Segan's character study / crime drama.
Sundance 2026 Review: THE WEIGHT, Ethan Hawke Leads Period Crime-Drama
Russell Crowe also stars in director Padraic McKinley's crime drama.
Sundance 2026 Review: CHASING SUMMER, A Cut Above the Usual Coming Home Comedy-Drama
Directed by Josephine Decker, Iliza Shlesinger wrote and stars in the comedy-drama, alongside Garrett Wareing, Lola Tung, Cassidy Freeman, Tom Welling, and Megan Mullally.
Sundance 2026 Review: THE INCOMER, Welcome Weirdness Dominates This Island Set Comedy
Gayle Rankin, Grant O'Rourke, and Domhnall Gleeson star in director Louis Paxton's feature debut.
Sundance 2026 Review: FING!, Roald Dahl-Inspired Fantasy for the Whole Family
Mia Wasikowska, Blake Harrison, and Taika Waititi star in director Jeffrey Walker's film.
Sundance 2026 Review: FRANK & LOUIS, Poignant, Sensitive Exploration of Redemption Through Caregiving
Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan star in Petra Volpe's prison drama.
Sundance 2026 Review: BUDDY Brings Childhood Horrors to Unreal Life
Casper Kelly directs Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Keegan-Michael Key, Jamie King, Michael Shannon and Topher Grace in a horror comedy.
Sundance 2026 Review: LEVITICUS, Standout Queer Horror From Down Under
Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, and Mia Wasikowska star in Adrian Chiarella's coming-of-age queer horror picture.
Sundance 2026 Review: ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, The Downside of Unlimited Wealth
Sinéad O'Shea directed the documentary.
Sundance 2026 Review: THE MUSICAL Brings the Comedy and the Cringe in Equal Measure
Move over, Tim Robinson. You too, Nathan Fielder. Tim Heidecker, consider yourself on notice. There’s a new contender for the cringe-comedy throne. Said contender isn’t a writer-director-actor, but writer Alexander Heller, director Giselle Bonilla, actor Will Brill, and The...
Sundance 2026: JOSEPHINE, Deeply Moving, Powerful Character Study
When a police investigator asks eight-year-old Josephine (newcomer Mason Reeves), the title character in Beth de Araújo’s (Soft & Quiet) devastating crime drama/character study, if she’s seen the perpetrator of a violent crime in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park before,...
Ryland's Musings From Two Decades of Sundance
It's hard for me to overstate the importance of Sundance on my career, and even my personal life in adulthood. At the height of my fest-going career, I was going to nearly two dozen festivals a year. Those trickled down...
SACCHARINE: Independent Film Company And Shudder Acquire Sundance-Bound Body Horror
Hana, a lovelorn medical student, becomes terrorized by a sinister force after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.
Fantasia 2025 Review: THE VIRGIN OF THE QUARRY LAKE, Argentine Summer of Hell
In the early minutes of Laura Casabe’s sweltering horror-adjacent drama, The Virgin of The Quarry Lake, a homeless vagrant is nearly beaten to death in a middle-class neighbourhood. Bearing passing resemblance to the creature behind the Winkies in Mulholland Drive,...
Calgary Underground 2025 Review: TWO WOMEN, A Modern Remake of Quebec Sex Comedy
A tiny camera move during a scene at a Montreal Canadiens hockey game demonstrates what good direction can do: the storytelling happens via the camera itself, revealing the gag (which I will not) and surprising the audience with something possible...
THE UGLY STEPSISTER: IFC Films And Shudder Announce Theatrical Date For Dark Satire Fantasy Horror
IFC Films and Shudder have announced the theatrical date for Emilie Blichfeldt's feature directorial debut, The Ugly Stepsister. The dark satire and fairy tale horror flick from Norway will arrive in cinemas on April 18th. Elvira battles against her...
Sundance 2025 Review: JIMPA, Generational Queer Drama Elevated By Authentic, Heartfelt Performances
With a career spanning six decades, two centuries, and more accolades than could fit in a single review, John Lithgow could have retired long ago to bask in much deserved critical acclaim and popular consideration. Even as he approaches...
Sundance 2025 Review: PREDATORS Unveils a Dark Legacy
David Osit's documentary revisits 'To Catch a Predator,' a popular television show with a controversial legacy.
SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) Review: Sly Stone Doc Enlightens, Entertains
Win a well-earned Academy Award on your first try and chances are, you’d be tempted to call it a day and quit while you were ahead. For Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, though, winning a Best Documentary Oscar for Summer of...
