Tag: sundance2025

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...

David Osit's documentary revisits 'To Catch a Predator,' a popular television show with a controversial legacy.

Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov offers an unvarnished and unflinching look at the frontlines of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Elections have consequences, as pundits keep reminding us. One of those is Florida's "stand your ground" legislation, which allows the use of deadly force if people feel they are in imminent danger. Composed almost entirely of bodycam and surveillance video,...

Director Amber Fares follows comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi, who uses humor to navigate the fraught landscape of Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Gianluca Matarrese's documentary offers an emphatic exploration of the delicate balance between personal aspirations and systemic limitations, as seen through the humanistic lens of Dr. Maurizio Bini within Italy's conservative healthcare system.

Updated 2/17/25. On January 23, 2025, the center of our genre-film loving world moved to Park City, Utah, US, where the Sundance Film Festival unveiled a broad and diverse selection of films. Our own Mel Valentin attended the festival in...

It's been a bit of a weird start to 2025, but festival season is kicking off in earnest with the traditional chilly celebration of indie film that is the Sundance Film Festival. The fest includes 88 feature films in this...