A pattern is perceptible in this year’s Sundance’s US Documentary Competition. Though the common thesis—between a film about a Japanese…
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Two of the most divisive films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival center complex and ultimately unsettling gender dynamics, propelled…
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In the early weeks of its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation claimed that it would not be attacking civilians.…
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It’s not uncommon for a laughing break to win the Sundance Audience Award, or at least make for one of…
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Sometimes you can see common themes in the films that unfold at the Sundance Film Festival, but my experience at…
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“Missing” isn’t exactly a sequel to “Searching,” but rather another installment in what feels like a burgeoning Searching Cinematic Universe.…
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It’s always tempting to look for themes at a festival like Sundance, one that has often reflected the anxieties of…
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One of the first narrative features to premiere at Sundance this year brought back some alumnus with major wins from…
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Time runs out in carefully marked units in the mainland Chinese sci-fi disaster pic “The Wandering Earth II,” a sturdy…
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There’s a moment in “When You Finish Saving the World,” written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg (based on his 2019…
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