Didn’t DieMeera Menon's 'Didn't Die' takes the zombie apocalypse genre and filters it through the lens of millennial irony, creating a post-apocalyptic dramedy that's more interested in family dynamics than flesh-eating terror. Set two…
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Thelma directed by Ken Margolin, without a doubt has to be among the most humorous films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Thelma blends audience angers and affections in equal measure with an unexpected story of revenge, when, a…
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Rashad Frett's extraordinary directorial debut transforms the familiar story of post-incarceration reintegration into something profound and deeply moving. Based on his acclaimed 2023 short film, Ricky follows 30-year-old Ricardo Smith…
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In an era of performative politics and manufactured personas, Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz's Prime Minister offers something revolutionary: a leader being genuinely human on camera. This Audience Award-winning documentary follows…
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Thirty years after her murder, Selena Quintanilla remains a cultural force whose influence extends far beyond Tejano music. Isabel Castro's Selena y Los Dinos, winner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling,…
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Dylan Southern's adaptation of Max Porter's prize-winning novella delivers an unflinching portrait of a London graphic novelist (Benedict Cumberbatch) whose world collapses when his wife dies suddenly on their kitchen floor. What emerges…
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David Osit's Predators examines the cultural phenomenon of NBC's To Catch a Predator with the precision of a master surgeon and the moral complexity of a philosopher. This isn't simply another true crime documentary, it's a searching…
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James Sweeney's Twinless shouldn't work. It's a comedy about grief, a bromance about deception, a thriller about playing The Sims. It juggles tones like chainsaws, constantly threatening to slice its own fingers off. But somehow,…
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In ‘Love Lies Bleeding,’ which is Rose Glass’s first feature, there are so many distorting factors such as darkness, polish and intensity that one could hardly escape the feelings of discomfort, authority and love as flesh and bone. The…
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Elegance Bratton just delivered the music documentary equivalent of a defibrillator shock to the chest. Move Ya Body: The Birth of House doesn't just tell the story of house music's origins – it reclaims it from the David Guettas of the…
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Cole Webley's directorial debut Omaha is the kind of quiet devastator that Sundance does best – a film so stripped-down and intimate that its emotional impact feels like a physical blow. Working from Robert Machoian's screenplay, Webley…
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Shoshannah Stern's directorial debut "Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore" creates an intimate portrait of the groundbreaking actress through extensive signed interviews that reveal both the public figure and private person. This documentary…
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Director Amel Guellaty has crafted something genuinely special with her feature debut - a visually stunning road trip film that defies every orientalist expectation about Arab cinema while delivering an authentic, heartwarming story about…
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Director Amel Guellaty has crafted something genuinely special with her feature debut - a visually stunning road trip film that defies every orientalist expectation about Arab cinema while delivering an authentic, heartwarming story about…
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Hitman , the film directed by Richard Linklater and co-written by Glen Powell, is by far the most quirky and fun film that was offered by Sundance this year. It’s combining many genres of the film, such as romance, comedy, and crime,…
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Bao Nguyen's explosive documentary investigates one of photojournalism's most controversial questions: did the wrong photographer receive credit for the iconic "Napalm Girl" photograph? What unfolds is a meticulously researched challenge…
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Addison Heimann's "Touch Me" is a vibrant, maximalist fever dream that blends psychosexual horror with queer comedy in ways that shouldn't work but somehow do. This surreal journey follows Joey (Olivia Taylor Dudley), dealing with OCD and…
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Super/man: The Christopher Reeve Story is a deeply moving and exquisitely made documentary film that depicts a life worthy of a person like Icarus who flew high as an eagle but instead it ended after a terrible accident. This documentary…
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Eighteen years in the making – that's how long it took Tom Basden and Tim Key to expand their 2007 short into The Ballad of Wallis Island, and every one of those years shows in the richness of this deceptively simple tale. What could have…
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Amalia Ulman's Magic Farm arrives at Sundance four years after her debut "El Planeta," and this sophomore effort proves she's an artist with a singular vision – even if that vision is sometimes impenetrable. This is a film that feels like…
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Paul Reubens might have died in 2023, but holy hell, did he leave us with one final gift that's as confrontational, messy, and brilliant as the man himself. Pee-wee as Himself isn't just a documentary – it's a 200-minute wrestling match…
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Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman have created the most important documentary of Sundance 2025, and possibly the most infuriating. The Alabama Solution isn't just an exposé of America's deadliest prison system – it's a masterclass in…
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Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine's Middletown delivers their most triumphant celebration of youthful idealism yet, transforming a 1990s high school investigation into toxic waste dumping into a masterclass in both documentary filmmaking and…
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Director Rachel Fleit has crafted a gut-punch of a documentary that lures you in with charm before hitting you with the brutal reality of economic inequality in rural America. Following college student Autumn Johnson as she creates an…
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Bill Condon just delivered the movie musical we didn't know we desperately needed in 2025. Kiss of the Spider Woman is a glittering, gutsy triumph that takes the Broadway show and transforms it into something even more radical – a love…
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Cherien Dabis's "All That's Left of You" is a devastating and essential chronicle of Palestinian experience across nearly 75 years, following three generations of a family from the 1948 displacement through present-day struggles. This…
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Amy Berg's long-awaited documentary about Jeff Buckley achieves something remarkable: it makes you fall in love with an artist all over again while breaking your heart for what we lost. Fifteen years in the making, Berg's passionate…
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The title alone makes André Is an Idiot stand out in the Sundance lineup, but Tony Benna's documentary about advertising creative André Ricciardi dying from colon cancer is far more than a colonoscopy PSA. It's a testament to humor as…
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What a revelatory cinematic experience! In his stunning feature debut, director Georgi M. Unkovski transforms the simple story of a young shepherd into a transcendent meditation on music, tradition, and the transformative power of finding…
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Hold onto your seats, because Amanda Kramer has delivered easily the weirdest film at Sundance this year, and honestly? We're absolutely here for it. By Design is pure experimental madness - a surreal body-swap comedy about a woman who…
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