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Sundance Film Festival

Two men, one in a teal shirt and the other bare-chested, standing in a bedroom.
Festivals

Passages – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Ira Sachs returns with an inti­mate, intense three-han­der about a Fass­binder-like film direc­tor played by the great Franz Rogowski.
A human face with a serious expression, captured in a darkly lit setting.
Festivals

Emily the Criminal – first-look review

by Jourdain Searles

Aubrey Plaza deliv­ers a stand-out per­for­mance as a strug­gling artist with a crim­i­nal record who becomes involved with a cred­it card scam.
Two individuals, a man and a woman, seated on ornate golden thrones in a lavish, red-and-blue decorated room.
Festivals

Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul – first-look review

by Jourdain Searles

Adamma Ebo offers a glimpse into South­ern Bap­tist cul­ture – specif­i­cal­ly the cor­po­rate greed of megachurch­es and cel­e­bra­to­ry pastors.
Person in red top standing on grassy bank, overlooking vast blue sea and cloudy sky.
Festivals

Tantura and Descendant reckon with troubling elements of Israeli and US history

by Adam Solomons

Two of the best doc­u­men­taries at Sun­dance probe the messy lega­cies of nations’ found­ing epochs.
A person in a black leather jacket walking through a stream in a forest.
Festivals

The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

Fran­cis­ca Ale­gría presents an envi­ron­men­tal fable with ele­ments of mag­i­cal realism.
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Festivals

Sharp Stick – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A naïve 26-year-old sets her sights on a sex­u­al awak­en­ing in Lena Dunham’s brash and hon­est sec­ond feature.
A person wearing camouflage clothing standing next to a black car in a wooded area.
Festivals

2nd Chance – first-look review

by Matthew Eng

Ramin Bahrani’s lat­est is a fit­ful­ly inter­est­ing, by-the-num­bers account of a curi­ous fig­ure on the fringes of Amer­i­can law enforcement.
Two figures embracing intimately, faces close together, arms entwined in a dark setting.
Festivals

Am I OK? – first-look review

by Emily Maskell

Dako­ta John­son grap­ples with her sex­u­al­i­ty and the poten­tial loss of her best friend in Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne’s roman­tic drama.
A woman in a black jacket standing in a dimly lit hallway, with a serious expression on her face.
Festivals

God’s Country – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

Thandi­we New­ton plays a col­lege pro­fes­sor who faces off against a group of hunters in Julian Hig­gins’ pre­cise and pre­scient debut.
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Festivals

You Won’t Be Alone – first-look review

by Ariel Klinghoffer

Goran Stolesvs­ki weaves a strange and sump­tu­ous tale of wom­an­hood against the back­drop of ancient Macedonia.