At first, I bundled these three films together under a thin umbrella of stories of crime and criminals, but the good news is that there is...
The two best films I saw at Sundance, and what will be two of the best films of 2025, couldn’t be more different, an invigorating reminder...
The NEXT category at Sundance is always the place to go if you want to see a big swing, and in this dispatch, there are three...
No Sundance is complete without a trip through the Midnight programming. And very few films playing at Sundance are as creative and, ahem, as lively as...
There’s a certain prescience to this year’s documentary selections that feel serendipitous given the unique afflictions besetting the world. Political, ecological, and societal grief are all...
My critical efforts to never judge a film before seeing it are most challenged by remakes of movies I adore. Ang Lee’s “The Wedding Banquet” is...
Sundance is a Film Festival with two capital Fs, but each year they also feature a handful of shows via their “episodic” category. The 2025 entries...
Sometimes at a festival, a movie will begin that’s so good that, by the time you get to its final act, you’re praying for it not...
The debate over how the Marvel Cinematic Universe depicts Peter Parker/Spider-Man has been interesting. After being introduced in “Captain America: Civil War” by Tony Stark, his...
There’s no program I love at Sundance more than NEXT. Not only does it treat us to new, exhilarating voices, we’re also often granted the most...
