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.
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
In HBO’s doc Come Inside My Mind, Robin Williams bares it all
Literally and figuratively
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
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, 2018Tasha 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, 2018Tasha 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
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
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
Summer of ‘84 is the grisly little brother of Stranger Things
Another trip down memory lane mashes up The ’Burbs and Monster Squad
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
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
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
306 Hollywood feels like a whole new way of tackling documentaries
This ‘magical-realist doc’ pushes subjectivity into poetry, with a Wes Anderson spin
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
