Sundance Film Festival reviews
‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Review: Latest Ukraine Doc From ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ Helmer Packs a Visceral, Existential Punch
Mstyslav Chernov returns to Sundance with a new story of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and the slow, deadly effort to liberate a tiny village.
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‘Speak’ Review: Touching Doc Trails Teens Competing in Public Speaking Contest
Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman's Sundance-premiering documentary follows five teenagers as they prepare for a national oratory competition.
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‘Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat’ Review: Kinetic Doc Connects Jazz, Decolonization and the Birth of the United Nations
Director Johan Grimonprez delves into Belgium's past to investigate the plot against Congolese independence.
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‘Reinas’ Review: An Understated Portrait of a Peruvian Family Navigating Political Turmoil
In Klaudia Reynicke's third feature, a father reconnects with his daughters during a tumultuous summer in Lima.
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‘Power’ Review: Yance Ford’s Smart and Searing Documentary on Policing in America
The essay-like Netflix film from the 'Strong Island' director delves into the origins and implications of modern police violence in the United States.
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‘Every Little Thing’ Review: A Stunning Up-Close Portrait of a Hummingbird Rescuer and Her Tiny Patients
Inspired by Terry Masear’s book about her work with the world's smallest birds, Sally Aitken’s documentary follows her during a busy caretaking season in Los Angeles.
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The Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of Sundance 2024
Steven Soderbergh’s haunted-house movie, films starring Kieran Culkin and Aubrey Plaza, and docs about Christopher Reeve, Amazon workers, and Argentinian cowboys are among THR critics’ faves from the fest.
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‘It’s What’s Inside’ Review: A High-Concept Mind-Bender With Style to Burn, if Not Substance
Netflix made the largest acquisition out of Sundance 2024, paying $17 million for Greg Jardin’s psychological thriller about a reunited group of college friends and a party game gone wrong.
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‘Krazy House’ Review: A Sick and Twisted Sitcom Spoof That Overstays Its Welcome
Dutch directing duo Steffen & Flip’s first English-language feature stars Nick Frost and Alicia Silverstone as fictional TV parents stuck in an ultra-violent episode.
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‘Devo’ Review: New Wave Radicals Get the Smart, Freewheeling Appreciation They Deserve
Chris Smith offers a welcome corrective to the misconception that the band from industrial Ohio were one-hit wonders or that their eccentricities didn’t have philosophical foundations.
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‘Suncoast’ Review: Laura Linney and Nico Parker in Contrived but Affecting Tearjerker About Grief and Compassion
Woody Harrelson also stars in Laura Chinn’s first feature as writer-director, inspired by her own family’s painful personal history.
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‘Love Machina’ Review: Provocative but Unfocused Doc Tackles Romance and Robotics
Peter Sillen's documentary follows Martine and Bina Rothblatt in their efforts to transfer Bina's consciousness into a creepy robot.
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