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sundance film festival 2026
Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe in 1930s Crime Saga
An original saga with novelistic roots in Great Depression Americana and classic Westerns, Padraic McKinley’s first…
Josephine Decker Directs Iliza Shlesinger
One comes to Sundance looking for novelty, for strangeness, for bold reimaginings of hoary forms. In…
A Sensitive Portrait of Caregiving Challenges
For Anna, the 30-something woman at the center of Take Me Home, the smallest change in…
From A24, Another ‘Hereditary’ Clone
Did Hereditary ruin horror movies? Artful and dreadfully compelling as that film is, Ari Aster’s most…
Olivia Colman & Alexander Skarsgard in Quirky Romance
A strange person comes to (an also strange) town and teaches the set-in-their-ways locals how to…
A Stylish, Urgent Queer Horror Film
While the happy and only barely tortured gay romance of Heated Rivalry sweeps the nation, nay…
Messy Doc on Wild Chapter in New York Media
In describing the free-for-all world of New York City’s Manhattan Cable Television, the official Sundance description…
Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan in Dark Family Drama
While Beth de Araújo’s 2022 debut feature Soft & Quiet, an uncomfortably real ride-along with the…
A Sensitive Mother-Son Road Movie
A mother-son road movie more laced with humor than laden with trauma, Hot Water marks a…