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.
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Sundance 2019: reviews from the annual indie film festival
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August 23, 2019
The Hulu documentary Jawline poignantly explores the price of social media stardom
A charming, bittersweet documentary about getting famous online
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June 7, 2019
Netflix’s I Am Mother is a slow, tense movie about how we love and fear AI
A cliched but effective thriller that draws from real-world robotics
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April 17, 2019
Hail Satan? puts the fun in Satanic fundamentalism
Penny Lane’s documentary about The Satanic Temple’s grassroots activism is hilarious but thought-provoking
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March 19, 2019
The Inventor examines the $9 billion Theranos scandal, and blames Silicon Valley
Alex Gibney’s latest documentary considers how a $9 billion company emerged, then dissolved, over a few short years
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February 7, 2019
The best VR and AR of the Sundance Film Festival
New Frontier 2019 showcased Magic Leap and immersive theater
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February 4, 2019
Paradise Hills is a gorgeous, confusing science fantasy
A surreal fairytale about a futuristic boarding school with a horrifying secret
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February 1, 2019
Netflix’s Velvet Buzzsaw feels like Robert Altman’s Final Destination
It builds a compelling world, then burns it down
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January 30, 2019
Netflix documentary The Great Hack turns the Cambridge Analytica scandal into high drama
A meandering look at a company that claimed to hack brains