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‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ Review: Carey Mulligan Adds Grace Notes but Tom Basden and Tim Key Provide the Melody to This Minor-Key Charmer
James Griffiths’ comedy-drama with songs stirs up the troubled romantic past of a once-popular Brit folk-rock duo, their awkward reunion engineered by an oddball superfan.
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THR Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of Sundance 2025
A sexy gay cruising thriller, an all-too-timely drama about post-wildfire recovery and a shocking doc about U.S. prisons are among our critics’ faves from the fest.
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‘By Design’ Review: Juliette Lewis Plays a Chair in an Absurdist Comedy That Fascinates and Alienates
Melanie Griffith, Samantha Mathis and Robin Tunney co-star in Amanda Kramer's latest oddball offering, which premiered at Sundance.
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‘Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)’ Review: A Colorfully Raw New York Story That Skirts the Line Between Doc and Theater
Writer-director Joel Alfonso Vargas' feature debut follows a Dominican American family struggling to make it work in one of the city’s toughest boroughs.
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‘Zodiac Killer Project’ Review: A Clever Deconstruction of True Crime Docs That Both Satirizes and Deepens the Genre
British critic and filmmaker Charlie Shackleton ('Beyond Clueless') reopens the infamous case of the murderer who terrorized the Bay Area in the late 1960s.
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‘Heart Eyes’ Review: A Been-There-Slashed-That Rom-Com Horror Flick
A masked killer attacks couples every Valentine's Day in Josh Ruben's movie starring Mason Gooding, Jordana Brewster and Olivia Holt.
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‘Lurker’ Review: Théodore Pellerin and Archie Madekwe Pop the Fame Bubble in Alex Russell’s Scintillating Power Play
The first-time director, a writer and producer on ‘The Bear’ and ‘Beef,’ traces the oily path from sycophant to puppet master in an ‘All About Eve’ for Generation Instagram.
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‘Deaf President Now!’ Review: Davis Guggenheim and Nyle DiMarco’s Doc Gives the Deaf Rights Movement a Compelling Spotlight
Premiering at Sundance, the film looks at the protests surrounding the hiring of a new president at Gallaudet University in 1988.
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‘All That’s Left of You’ Review: Cherien Dabis’ Drama Poignantly Traces Decades of Palestinian Displacement
In her third feature, which premiered at Sundance, the 'Amreeka' director tells a multigenerational story of a family expelled from Jaffa in 1948.
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‘Plainclothes’ Review: Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey Smolder and Sweat as Closeted Gay Men in Bristling Police Entrapment Drama
Set in Syracuse, New York, in the mid ‘90s, Carmen Emmi’s debut feature revolves around a young cop assigned to a sting operation that forces him to confront his sexuality.
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‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ Review: Kahlil Joseph’s Feature Debut Is a Kinetic Tribute to Black Experimentalists
Premiering at Sundance, the 'Lemonade' director's film blends a fictional Afro-futurist narrative, archival research, multimedia work and personal history.Â
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‘Sally’ Review: A Refreshingly Clear-Eyed Documentary Weaves Together the Professional and Personal Lives of NASA Pioneer Sally Ride
Directed by Cristina Costantini, the film features archival footage of the late astronaut and interviews with her family and colleagues, as well as narration by her partner of 27 years, Tam O'Shaughnessy.
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‘Oh, Hi!’ Review: Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman Have Electric Chemistry in Sophie Brooks’ Twisted, Half-Great Spin on the Rom-Com
The film revolves around a couple who reach an unexpected turning point in their relationship during a romantic weekend getaway.
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‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Powerful New Doc From ‘The Jinx’ Duo Investigates Injustices in Alabama Prisons
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman chronicle financial mismanagement, abuses of power and general inhumanities in a system allegedly designed for rehabilitation.
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‘Luz’ Review: Isabelle Huppert in a Virtual Reality Drama Whose Catchy Visuals Compensate for a Lackluster Plot
Now premiering at Sundance, the second feature from writer-director Flora Lau is a multiplayer narrative about several characters seeking connection both online and IRL.
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‘Dog Man’ Review: Pete Davidson in a Consistently Delightful, Surprisingly Heartfelt ‘Captain Underpants’ Spinoff
The 'SNL' alum voices a villainous cat in DreamWorks' animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey's best-selling series of children's graphic novels about a half-human, half-canine police officer.
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