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‘Didn’t Die’ Review: Post-Apocalyptic Podcaster Horror Whiffs on Scares, but Nails Life Amidst Disaster [B-] – Sundance Film Festival‘Didn’t Die’ Review: Post-Apocalyptic Podcaster Horror Whiffs on Scares, but Nails Life Amidst Disaster [B-] – Sundance Film Festival

‘Didn’t Die’ Review: Post-Apocalyptic Podcaster Horror Whiffs on Scares, but Nails Life Amidst Disaster [B-] – Sundance Film Festival

How scared do we allow ourselves to be in the face of disaster? I was not scared watching Didn’t Die,… Read More

January 29, 2025
‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Spins a Tantalizing Web but Tonatiuh is a Star in the Making [B] – Sundance Film Festival‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Spins a Tantalizing Web but Tonatiuh is a Star in the Making [B] – Sundance Film Festival

‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Spins a Tantalizing Web but Tonatiuh is a Star in the Making [B] – Sundance Film Festival

Amid the recent surge of big screen musicals, Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) returns to the director’s chair with a new adaptation… Read More

January 28, 2025
‘Rebuilding’ Review: Josh O’Connor Quietly Stuns in Max Walker-Silverman’s Solemn but Hopeful Second Feature [A] – Sundance Film Festival‘Rebuilding’ Review: Josh O’Connor Quietly Stuns in Max Walker-Silverman’s Solemn but Hopeful Second Feature [A] – Sundance Film Festival

‘Rebuilding’ Review: Josh O’Connor Quietly Stuns in Max Walker-Silverman’s Solemn but Hopeful Second Feature [A] – Sundance Film Festival

“It’s funny, the things you pack and the things you leave,” says Dusty (Josh O’Connor) to a friend in the… Read More

January 28, 2025
‘Omaha’ Review: John Margaro Will Break Your Heart as a Widowed Dad in Nuanced Family Drama [A] – Sundance Film Festival‘Omaha’ Review: John Margaro Will Break Your Heart as a Widowed Dad in Nuanced Family Drama [A] – Sundance Film Festival

‘Omaha’ Review: John Margaro Will Break Your Heart as a Widowed Dad in Nuanced Family Drama [A] – Sundance Film Festival

One of the most quietly devastating films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is also one of the festival’s sleeper… Read More

January 25, 2025
‘By Design’ Review: Juliette Lewis Turns Into a Chair in a Comedy That Won’t Sit Well With Many [C-] – Sundance Film Festival‘By Design’ Review: Juliette Lewis Turns Into a Chair in a Comedy That Won’t Sit Well With Many [C-] – Sundance Film Festival

‘By Design’ Review: Juliette Lewis Turns Into a Chair in a Comedy That Won’t Sit Well With Many [C-] – Sundance Film Festival

Every single screening of By Design at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is sold out. The logline – “A woman… Read More

January 23, 2025
2025 Sundance Film Festival Lineup: ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ with Jennifer Lopez, Andrew Ahn’s ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Set for World Premieres2025 Sundance Film Festival Lineup: ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ with Jennifer Lopez, Andrew Ahn’s ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Set for World Premieres

2025 Sundance Film Festival Lineup: ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ with Jennifer Lopez, Andrew Ahn’s ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Set for World Premieres

Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the 87 feature films and six episodic projects selected for the 2025 Sundance Film… Read More

December 11, 2024
Focus Features Acquires Worldwide Rights to Sean Wang’s Sundance Winner ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’Focus Features Acquires Worldwide Rights to Sean Wang’s Sundance Winner ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’

Focus Features Acquires Worldwide Rights to Sean Wang’s Sundance Winner ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’

Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to Dìdi (弟弟), written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sean Wang, following… Read More

January 31, 2024
Sundance 2024 Reviews: ‘Dìdi (弟弟),’ ‘In the Summers,’ ‘A Real Pain’Sundance 2024 Reviews: ‘Dìdi (弟弟),’ ‘In the Summers,’ ‘A Real Pain’

Sundance 2024 Reviews: ‘Dìdi (弟弟),’ ‘In the Summers,’ ‘A Real Pain’

In today's Sundance 2024 review diary I look at three of the festival's award winners in the U.S. Dramatic section:… Read More

January 29, 2024
2024 Sundance Film Festival Awards: ‘In the Summers, ‘Didi,’ ‘Daughters’ Top Winners2024 Sundance Film Festival Awards: ‘In the Summers, ‘Didi,’ ‘Daughters’ Top Winners

2024 Sundance Film Festival Awards: ‘In the Summers, ‘Didi,’ ‘Daughters’ Top Winners

The Sundance Film Festival handed out its 2024 laurels for the best of the fest across U.S., World Cinema, Documentary… Read More

January 26, 2024
‘Little Death’ Review: Separate Storylines Highlight Character Explorations in Jack Begert’s Lingering Debut | Sundance 2024‘Little Death’ Review: Separate Storylines Highlight Character Explorations in Jack Begert’s Lingering Debut | Sundance 2024

‘Little Death’ Review: Separate Storylines Highlight Character Explorations in Jack Begert’s Lingering Debut | Sundance 2024

“No one wants to watch another white guy with problems, not in this climate.” That’s the feedback Martin (David Schwimmer)… Read More

January 26, 2024