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It almost feels like ticket buyers should have to prove that they’ve seen Brandon Cronenberg’s “Possessor” before being allowed admittance to his newest film, “Infinity Pool.” That way they know what they’re in for. Once again,...

In the early weeks of its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation claimed that it would not be attacking civilians. We know this to be not true, especially in the city of Mariupol, because of what...

It’s not uncommon for a laughing break to win the Sundance Audience Award, or at least make for one of the most popular titles in a sea of exciting but far more serious movies. That’s likely...

Friday evening at the Sundance Film Festival saw the world premiere of “Justice,” a furious and enraging documentary that will change how we talk about the sexual allegations made public against Brett Kavanaugh back in 2018. Director...

Sometimes you can see common themes in the films that unfold at the Sundance Film Festival, but my experience at the Eccles Theatre here on the first full day of the first in-person event in three...

One of the first narrative features to premiere at Sundance this year brought back some alumnus with major wins from the festival’s past. Director Christopher Zalla, who previously won the Grand Jury Prize for “Padre Nuestro”...

It’s always tempting to look for themes at a festival like Sundance, one that has often reflected the anxieties of the nation with more urgency than some other events simply through the quick turnaround of the...

“Missing” isn’t exactly a sequel to “Searching,” but rather another installment in what feels like a burgeoning Searching Cinematic Universe. It features a brief reference to the mystery within the 2018 hit film during a breathless,...

There’s a moment in “When You Finish Saving the World,” written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg (based on his 2019 audiobook), when Evelyn (Julianne Moore), a rigid, fragile social worker who brings “good intentions gone awry”...

As our critic Monica Castillo said last week in her review of the “House Party” remake, “Nineties nostalgia is in full swing.” Take this week’s latest throwback as the latest way that Hollywood is thrifting a...