Festivals & Awards
Sundance 2026: Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie, To Hold a Mountain, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Our final dispatch from Park City, ever! And it includes the best documentary of Sundance 2026.
Sundance 2026: BURN, zi, How to Divorce During the War
On three films from Sundance that don’t fit the usual fest model.
Sundance 2026: The Lake, Nuisance Bear, Seized, Public Access
On four U.S. docs: two about nature and two about who controls the message.
Sundance 2026: Levitating, Kikuyu Land, Sentient
A final dispatch from our Associate Editor on three films that came to Park City from around the world.
Sundance 2026: The Oldest Person in the World, Give Me the Ball!, The Last First: Winter K2
On three Sundance documentaries about legacy.
Sundance 2026: Shame and Money, Lady, Everybody to Kenmure Street
On three of the best films of Sundance 2026.
Sundance 2026: Closure, Hanging by a Wire, All About the Money
On three very different documentaries from the World program at this year’s Sundance.
Sundance 2026: American Doctor, American Pachuco, Barbara Forever
On three memorable docs from this year’s Sundance.
Sundance 2026: The Best Summer, Saccharine, Rock Springs
On three films from the Midnights program at the last Park City Sundance about body dysmorphia, 19th century ghosts, and the Beastie Boys.
Sundance 2026: Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild], Ghost in the Machine, TheyDream
On three film’s from Sundance’s NEXT section, including the winner of the jury prize.
Sundance 2026: The Weight, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, See You When I See You
On three premieres from Sundance, including another gem from Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke.
Sundance 2026: Chasing Summer, Frank & Louis, The Friend’s House is Here, Run Amok
Four very different films from Sundance get reviewed.
Sundance 2026: When a Witness Recants, Time and Water, Antiheroine
On three docs from the Premieres section of Sundance.
The A.I. Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
It’s an emotionally driven, inquisitive piece of non-fiction filmmaking that doesn’t necessarily say we’re all screwed but asks why we’re not talking about it more if there’s even a chance that we might be.
Sundance 2026: Extra Geography, Filipiñana, The Huntress
On three dramas from the World Dramatic Competition program.
Sundance 2026: The Disciple, Jane Elliott Against the World, Troublemaker
On three very different docs from this year’s Premieres section.
Sundance 2026: If I Go Will They Miss Me, Night Nurse, Jaripeo
On three ambitious films from Sundance’s NEXT program.
Sundance 2026: Bedford Park, Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty, Take Me Home
Three films from the Dramatic Competition program at Sundance, including a nuanced stand-out.
Sundance 2026: Josephine, Union County, The Musical
On three films from the U.S. Dramatic Competition program of Sundance 2026, including one of the best of the fest, and one of the worst.
