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Sundance 2025

Après-screening from Park City, Utah.

Everything else from the slopes

  1. an urgent plea
    When Fans Love a Movie to DeathOscar contenders and Sundance breakthroughs alike are suffering at the hands of the people who want to see them the most.
    By Alison Willmore
  2. sundance 2025
    All the Films Sold at Sundance 2025 (And Their Price Tags)Netflix paid $5 million for a documentary about Florida’s Stand Your Ground laws.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  3. mia
    Twinless and Selena y Los Dinos Pulled from Sundance Online ScreeningsClips from both films were circulating online illegally.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  4. sundance 2025
    The Best and Meh-st of a Dud Year at SundanceThis year’s festival felt like the last days of a going-out-of-business sale. Still, a few gems emerged in the slush.
    By Bilge Ebiri and Fran Hoepfner
  5. that’s a wrap
    Atropia Takes Sundance Film Festival’s Top PrizeWhile Dylan O’Brien’s Twinless was the audience’s favorite.
    By Jason P. Frank
  6. après-screen
    The Vulture Spot at Sundance Film Festival - Day 4
    Vulture’s Complete Sundance 2025 ExperienceAll the highlights from Park City — and how to stream the movies you missed.
    By Anusha Praturu
  7. method acting
    Hailey Gates Goes Full Silly With Atropia“Every single day we went to set we were like, ‘Can you believe people are letting us do this?’”
    By Fran Hoepfner
  8. sundance 2025
    Train Dreams Is a Staggering Work of ArtNetflix just bought one of the best films of the year out of Sundance, but please, for the love of God, don’t watch this masterpiece on your phone.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  9. sundance 2025
    The Wedding Banquet Is Rom-Com Whiplash in the Best SenseThe characters in Andrew Ahn’s remake of an Ang Lee classic can get gay-married, but they’re going to get fake straight-married instead.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  10. mother of the bride
    Joan Chen Runs Away With The Wedding BanquetShe ran away with the Sundance Q&A, too.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  11. take me to your leader
    Dear Beyoncé: Let Ayo Edebiri Come to Your HouseShe would be super chill and cool about it, actually.
    By Jason P. Frank
  12. on & on
    Vince Lawrence Is Proof That ‘Disco Demolition Night’ Didn’t WorkMove Ya Body shows how a Blacker, gayer genre was born from the event: house music.
    By Justin Curto
  13. no artificial flavors
    The Legend of Ochi’s Director Was Never Going to Use AI CreaturesFinn Wolfhard said he learned a lot from “handmade guy” Isaiah Saxon.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  14. sundance 2025
    Moments of Reflection101 stars joined us in our Sundance photo studio. Only six mirrors were harmed in the process.
    Photographs by Sinna Nasseri
  15. sundance 2025
    An Absorbing Sundance Thriller With a Dark HeartAlireza Khatami’s The Things You Kill is a case study for how to make an effective psychological thriller.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  16. sundance 2025
    The Best Film at Sundance Is Just Two People TalkingIra Sachs’s new film, Peter Hujar’s Day, starts off as an elevation of the quotidian but transforms into something more reflective.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  17. double feature
    Queer Men Grapple With Seeing Themselves in Plainclothes and TwinlessTwo films at this year’s Sundance depict romances derailed by acts of surveillance.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  18. it’s time
    The Dark Winds Cast Agrees With George R. R. MartinAbout Zahn McClarnon being long overdue for an Emmy.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  19. imagine that
    Bowen Yang’s Funniest Day From Wedding Banquet Is NSFW (Not Safe for Weddings)Joan Chen made her scenes memorable for those not even on set.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  20. ghosting
    Oh, Hi!’s Molly Gordon Says Relationships Can Feel Like a Horror MovieThe rest of the cast seemed to agree — well, everyone except John Reynolds.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  21. aliens!
    The Cast of Touch Me’s Alien Obsession Began in ChildhoodFor better or for worse.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  22. existing in the context
    Selena y Los Dinos Director Says Mexican Culture Should Not Be VilifiedIsabel Castro also shares the “cosmic” way Jennifer Lopez is connected to the film.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  23. sundance 2025
    A Slithery, Singing John Malkovich Is All Opus Has Going for ItIt’s frankly shocking that nobody has asked him to play a pop star until now.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  24. cake cake cake
    Zack Fox Wants to Throw Ass in a GloRilla Music Video“These movies, they just justify my video ho career.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  25. i’m just a broadway baby
    Quentin Tarantino Prefers the The-a-ter Right Now“When it comes to being a filmmaker, I’ve pretty much done everything I’ve wanted to do.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  26. movie review
    Zodiac Killer Project Brilliantly Deconstructs Our Obsession With True CrimeA work of criticism as well as a work of art, Charlie Shackleton’s sly film is nebulously sinister and dryly hilarious all at once.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  27. honestly
    Maybe Don’t Refer to DeWanda Wise’s Love, Brooklyn Character as ‘No-Nonsense’“She has far more curiosity and acceptance than that.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  28. lies
    There’s Definitely Graphic Lesbian Sex in Tig Notaro’s New DocumentaryJust kidding! But Ryan White and Notaro did find “documentary gold” with Andrea Gibson in Come See Me in the Good Light.
    By Jason P. Frank
  29. sundance 2025
    One Star-Making Performance Can’t Save Kiss of the Spider WomanEnergetic and riveting, Tonatiuh brings layers of tenderness and complexity. If only the rest of the picture could match his vitality.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  30. father figure
    You’re Not Ready To See Josh O’Connor Play a Sad DadHe takes to fatherhood a bit more naturally than he does a big cowboy hat in Rebuilding.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  31. voice acting
    Rebecca Hall Nailed the Role of Linda Rosenkrantz (Thanks to Linda Rosenkrantz)Hey, it beats AI.
    By Bethy Squires
  32. god-like
    Chloë Sevigny Loved David Lynch for His ‘Focus on Female Characters’The cast and crew of Magic Farm geek out on David Lynch.
    By Bethy Squires
  33. kiss and make up
    Tom Basden Would Reunite the Smiths If He CouldIt would be easier to bring half of the Beatles back to life.
    By Bethy Squires
  34. the colors of grief
    Benedict Cumberbatch’s Newest Project Has Him at a LossHe wanted to depict “male grief” with the film adaptation of Grief Is the Thing With Feathers. 
    By Jennifer Zhan
  35. daddy?
    Mark Ruffalo Was a ‘Dream’ Dad for Lili ReinhartIn Hal & Harper, she and Ruffalo join Cooper Raiff as members of a codependent family.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  36. fancasts
    2025 Sundance Film Festival - "Bubble & Squeak" Premiere
    Dave Franco Knows Who He Looks LikeAnd its alleged United Healthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione.
    By Bethy Squires
  37. 365 party bunny
    Rachel Sennott Got Bunnylovr Bumpin’ That Charli XCX Track“I’m like, if I do anything, there has to be a Charli song.”
    By Jennifer Zhan
  38. sundance 2025
    The Thing With Feathers Almost Wastes a Great Benedict Cumberbatch PerformanceThe actor is at his best, most alive and inventive here. But The Thing With Feathers doesn’t know what kind of movie to be.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  39. sundance 2025
    We Have Good News and Bad News About The Legend of OchiThe good news is the controversy over the new A24 film’s supposedly AI-looking critter is baseless. The bad news? Well…
    By Bilge Ebiri
  40. sundance 2025
    All That’s Left of You Isn’t Looking for Just EmpathyA Palestinian acting dynasty stars in this uneven but artful film about the alienation that survival sometimes requires.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  41. sundance 2025
    A Languorous, 87-Minute Movie Worth WatchingSierra Falconer’s Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) is an anthology film that actually works.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  42. we’re seated
    Juliette Lewis Remembers Her First Day as a Chair“Chair in, chair out.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  43. chat room
    Alison Brie’s Codependency with Dave Franco Was an Asset on Together“It came in handy behind the scenes, because this movie required a lot of physical intimacy.”
    By Fran Hoepfner
  44. pride
    The Cast of Jimpa on Bishop Budde’s ‘Beautiful’ Plea to President Trump“When we were making the film, we had no idea how necessary it was going to be at this at this particular moment,” said John Lithgow.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  45. sundance 2025
    Rabbit Trap Needs More Than Technical Razzle DazzleThe Sundance horror movie has a lot to say about repression, but you can’t really call it subtext when it’s literally screeched from minute one.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  46. sundance 2025
    A Dark Truth Runs Beneath the Surface of The Dating GameThe colorful, almost exuberant surfaces of Violet Du Feng’s Sundance documentary mask a grim, dystopian reality.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  47. the festival circuit
    The Sundance Film Festival 2025 LineupIncluding the world premiere of Jennifer Lopez’s Kiss of the Spider Woman.
    By Jason P. Frank
  48. funny girl
    Let Aisling Franciosi Be FunnyTwinless is a great showcase for Franciosi’s real-deal comedic chops.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  49. movie review
    Cinderella Was Always a Body-Horror StoryNorwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister underlines the base grotesquerie of the original fairy tale.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  50. sundance 2025
    There’s Still Money to Be Made at Sundance — Or So Producers HopeDespite fires, strikes, and pandemic hangover, the people hoping to sell films at Sundance are, nonetheless, bullish on indie filmdom.
    By Chris Lee
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