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Sundance Film Festival 2017: film reviews and news
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January 23, 2020
Why Sundance, America’s largest independent film festival, matters
The annual festival in Park City, Utah, is where scrappy little indie films go to make it big.
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January 30, 2017
15 Sundance movies to watch for, from social issue documentaries to ghost stories
You’ll be hearing about these ones again.
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January 28, 2017
What happens when we die? 2 new movies propose an answer.
The Discovery and A Ghost Story contemplate the afterlife in thoughtful, probing ways.
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January 27, 2017
The Oscars rarely celebrate women filmmakers. Sundance is trying to change that.
Through movies and programs, the festival’s recognition of women in the business outpaces Hollywood by a mile.
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January 24, 2017
How can film help us make sense of a post-truth world?
Three ways to navigate the current political and cultural climate, culled from the Sundance Film Festival.
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January 23, 2017
Kristen Stewart, Nick Offerman, and Rooney Mara marched for women's rights in a small Utah town
The Park City Women's March was mostly locals, but some celebrities in town for Sundance snuck in too.
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January 21, 2017
Sundance 2017: 3 movies about women who refuse to behave
They’re set in 19th century Scotland, a 1960s American convent, and 2017 Los Angeles, but all three want to make us a little uncomfortable.
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January 20, 2017
Robert Redford says Sundance isn't political. Its opening night gala starred Al Gore.
Gore’s Inconvenient Truth sequel and a swampy black comedy captured the festival’s opening mood.
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January 19, 2017
11 Sundance films to look forward to
From an Inconvenient Truth sequel to a Daniel Clowes adaptation, there’s something for everyone at this year’s festival.
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February 1, 2016
The 16 movies that explain Sundance 2016
Featuring Casey Affleck’s career-best performance, Nate Parker’s record-breaking sale, the strong returns of several festival alumni, and more.