Film Festivals

Slamdance Film Festival 2025: RACEWALKERS

Racewalkers reminds us of the beauty in embracing the quirky, the unconventional, and the unexpected.

Slamdance 2025: American Theater and Foul Evil Deeds
Slamdance 2025: American Theater and Foul Evil Deeds

We’re taking a look at a documentary following a conservative musical theater production and an ensemble dark comedy about people acting out in suburbia.

Slamdance 2025: Lockjaw and Portal to Hell
Slamdance 2025: Lockjaw and Portal to Hell

Kicking off this year’s Slamdance coverage, we’re looking at two different styles of comedy in “Lockjaw” and “Portal to Hell.”

Sundance 2025: Twinless and Train Dreams
Sundance 2025: Twinless and Train Dreams

Sundance this year has Twinless, an audacious exercise in storytelling, and Train Dreams that is equally as compelling.

Sundance Film Festival 2025: ATROPIA, OMAHA & ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT

From sharp satire to raw emotion and meta-commentary, these three films take wildly different approaches to storytelling in this Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance 2025: Bubble & Squeak and By Design
Sundance 2025: Bubble & Squeak and By Design

While quirky and strange are always welcoming qualities, they can also be quite risky. Wilson Kwong reviews Bubble & Squeak and By Design.

Sundance Film Festival 2025: THE VIRGIN OF THE QUARRY LAKE, SORRY, BABY & OH, HI

While these three Sundance movies are narratively different, their female focus leaves this trio, all by female directors, a fantastic assembly of our talent in today’s industry.

Sundance 2025: Brides; Seeds; & Sugar Babies
Sundance 2025: BRIDES; SEEDS; & SUGAR BABIES

From Sundance Film Festival, Jules Caldeira takes a look at Brides, Seeds, and Sugar Babies.

"Two Women" Sundance
Sundance 2025: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN and TWO WOMEN

Aside from having a similar word in its titles, the following two films from Sundance…

Sundance 2025: Didn’t Die and Rains Over Babel
Sundance 2025: Didn’t Die and Rains Over Babel

Though these two films, “Didn’t Die” and “Rains Over Babel,” are very different stories, they are tied together by ideas of mortality.

Sundance 2025: Mr. Nobody Against Putin & 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Sundance 2025: Mr. Nobody Against Putin & 2000 Meters to Andriivka

These two documentaries take place on opposite ends of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Both are powerful, gripping films that must be viewed in today’s climate.

"Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)" Sundance 2025
Sundance 2025: SUNFISH (& OTHER STORIES ON GREEN LAKE) and LAST DAYS

With Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), we have a Sundance newcomer in Sierra…

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You review
Sundance 2025: PRIME MINISTER and IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU

In some respects, both Prime Minister and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You are…

Sundance 2025: Pasta Negra; Somebody Cares; En Memoria; Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites
Sundance 2025: Pasta Negra; Somebody Cares; En Memoria; Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites

Here’s a look at a Spanish-language fable, a crime comedy, dystopian sci-fi, and a Khmer-language story about a dead woman and her Queer grandson.

Sundance 2025: Azi; The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing; Out for Delivery; The Eating of an Orange
Sundance 2025: Azi; The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing; Out for Delivery; and The Eating of an Orange

This year, I’m kicking off Sundance with one of their short film programs. Here are four films from the Short Film Program 2.