“Silenced” Shows How Defamation Law Became A Weapon Against Survivors
Sundance documentary “Silenced” argues that the #MeToo backlash matured into a profitable legal strategy that lets abusers off the hook.
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In “TheyDream,” One Artist’s Losses Fuel His Creativity
Sundance doc “TheyDream” painstakingly resurrects the filmmaker’s lost loved ones. It’s almost too much to bear.
“If I Go Will They Miss Me” Offers a Lyrical Project
What truly sets Walter Thompson-Hernández’s “If I Go Will They Miss Me” apart is the utter beauty it finds in community.
“The Legend of Luis Valdez” Illuminates Chicano History (and Its Limitations)
In college, learning about the Chicano movement was a privilege that helped me begin to understand the world around me, in all its complications. Even coming from a predominantly Mexican-American hometown, I didn’t know anything about the movement and the terminology that fueled so much change in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now, at […]
“Josephine” Gives Unflinching Look at How Violence Ripples Out
Sundance winner “Josephine” lays bare the hard truth that parents’ best can’t keep their kids safe. Not in this unjust world we’ve built.
“Jaripeo” is a Spirited Ode to Gay Cowboys
Sundance selection “Jaripeo” candidly foregrounds subversion, shots, and sexy gay cowboys, and it soars because of it.
“The Huntress (La Cazadora)” Mythologizes Vengeance Against Juárez Femicide
The women in front of and behind the camera in “The Huntress” leave you praying for the bus doors to open so you can take a gasp of fresh air.
Sundance Doc “Aanikoobijigan” Reveals Perversity and Unity
Watching “Aanikoobijigan,” I kept returning to one disturbing question: what the fuck is wrong with the people who keep stolen human remains?
“Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” Is Delightfully Unhinged
“Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” is a dumb, strangely hopeful comedy about agency and the ways women are taught to compromise.
“The Gallerist” and the Art of Selling Emptiness
A dead body is impaled on a sculpture at Art Basel Miami, and instead of calling the police, a desperate gallerist decides to sell it. That’s not a metaphor. That’s the actual logline of Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist, which premiered at Sundance 2026. They bill it as a “comic thriller” and “ironic fever dream” about […]