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Here’s what’s going on in Park City, Utah this year, as the year’s kickoff film festival brings together virtual reality experiments, independent cinema from around the world, and first-look sneak peaks from Netflix, Amazon Studios, HBO, and other distribution services.
Sep 21, 2018, 4:01 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Assassination Nation is a vicious, cathartic horror film about misogyny
Aug 24, 2018, 5:57 PM UTCBryan Bishop
The emotional thriller Searching proves good computer-screen movies aren’t a fluke
The producer of Unfriended returns with a movie that proves there’s life left in this formula
Jul 18, 2018, 2:53 PM UTCTasha Robinson
In HBO’s doc Come Inside My Mind, Robin Williams bares it all
Literally and figuratively
Jun 8, 2018, 2:53 PM UTCTasha Robinson
Ari Aster’s breakout horror hit Hereditary is pants-wettingly scary
His directorial debut has its faults, but the combination of slow-build tension and intense, merciless shocks is unbeatable
Jan 31, 2018, 10:37 PM UTCTasha Robinson
Half the Picture proves that #MeToo alone won’t solve sexism in entertainment
Amy Adrion’s lively doc lets Ava DuVernay, Jill Soloway, and dozens of other women talk about their experience as directors
Jan 31, 2018, 4:34 PM UTCTasha Robinson, Adi Robertson and 1 more
The 8 weirdest things on-screen at Sundance 2018
From an AI asking sexual questions to the demon murder-baby
Jan 30, 2018, 9:40 PM UTCTasha Robinson, Bryan Bishop and 1 more
Our favorite feature films from Sundance 2018
It was a quiet year at Sundance, but there were still memorable projects, from the bloody Nic Cage film Mandy to Ethan Hawke’s low-key Blaze
Jan 30, 2018, 2:26 PM UTCTasha Robinson
A24’s unnerving Sundance hit Hereditary has a trailer and a release date
For those worried that this film is like The Witch and It Comes At Night, this trailer should prove otherwise
Jan 26, 2018, 4:20 PM UTCAdi Robertson
The best VR and AR from Sundance 2018, from haptic gloves to alien abduction
It’s been a good year for long(ish) narrative projects
Jan 25, 2018, 9:14 PM UTCBryan Bishop
Summer of ‘84 is the grisly little brother of Stranger Things
Another trip down memory lane mashes up The ’Burbs and Monster Squad
Jan 24, 2018, 11:09 PM UTCAdi Robertson
I’m Poppy is as weird as its namesake YouTube star, but less intriguing
Jan 24, 2018, 8:14 PM UTCBryan Bishop
Lizzie is a subtle chamber drama about the infamous hatchet-wielding killer
Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart shine in this biopic of the nursery-rhyme horror legend
Jan 23, 2018, 5:28 PM UTCBryan Bishop
I Think We’re Alone Now is a quiet, contemplative look at life after the apocalypse
Director Reed Morano takes Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning on a beautiful and moody ride
Jan 22, 2018, 10:24 PM UTCAdi Robertson
BattleScar is a short animated ode to ‘70s punk, starring Rosario Dawson
Jan 22, 2018, 6:46 PM UTCAdi Robertson
The surrealist horror film Mandy pits Nicolas Cage against murderous hippies
Jan 21, 2018, 10:55 PM UTCBryan Bishop
The Cleaners is a riveting documentary about how social media might be ruining the world
A look at the content moderators that control what we see turns into a manifesto against the internet itself
Jan 21, 2018, 3:00 PM UTCTasha Robinson
306 Hollywood feels like a whole new way of tackling documentaries
This ‘magical-realist doc’ pushes subjectivity into poetry, with a Wes Anderson spin
Jan 20, 2018, 7:00 PM UTCBryan Bishop
The disturbing single-location thriller The Guilty explores the problem with good intentions
Gustav Möller’s feature directorial debut makes a taut, memorable drama out of police abuse of power
Jan 19, 2018, 9:06 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Wolves in the Walls is a virtual friendship wrapped in a detective story
Jan 18, 2018, 7:15 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Oculus Story Studio veterans are founding their own cinematic VR studio
