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Sundance 2026 Wrap: We Came, We Saw, We Reviewed

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...

Sundance 2026 Review: ROCK SPRINGS Excavates a Forgotten American Atrocity

Vera Miao's horror debut stars Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong, Jimmy O. Yang, Aria Kim, and Fiona Fu in a story that links a grieving Asian American family to the 1885 massacre.

Sundance 2026 Review: GHOST IN THE MACHINE, A Must-See AI Primer

Valerie Veatch directed the "mind-expanding, investigative essay" documentary.

Sundance 2026 Review: EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET, Collective Presence Stalls the System

Director Felipe Bustos Sierra documents a spontaneous act of civic resistance in Glasgow, examining how collective presence can momentarily disrupt the mechanisms of state authority.

Sundance 2026 Review: BIRDS OF WAR, War Reporting and Love Collide

Directors Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak are also the film's protagonists, following a 13-year collaboration that unfolds from professional exchange into personal involvement amid the realities of reporting on the Syrian war.

Sundance 2026 Review: SOFT BOIL, Anxiety and Cringe Collide in an Acid Quarter-Life Crisis Rom-Com

In the pilot of Soft Boil, director Alec Goldberg and lead actress and co-writer Camille Wormser sketch a tightly observed portrait of early adulthood that channels contemporary American indie comedy through anxiety, volatility, and low-stakes personal collapse.

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: ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, The Downside of Unlimited Wealth

Sinéad O'Shea directed the documentary.