©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The most endearing family dramas are often those that avert expectations. The unique stories explore themes of identity, belonging and the emotional bonds between parent and child as a tender character study. The new movie, Hot Water, is one such feature, as it grapples with the definition of home during…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The most confident, compelling films trust acting and craft ability over spectacle. Like its American and Korean counterparts, the new romantic drama, Bedford Park built its foundation on the accumulation of small, human moments. It further succeeds as a result of varying element working in careful balance with each other….
Check out more of Our YouTube Channel Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…
Check out more of Our YouTube Channel Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at…
@Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival In order to fully appreciate this new movie directed by Kogonada, you must understand that Zi is so far the most personal and likely free project he has realized. After Columbus, After Yang and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, the director has in fact decided to lose even more from…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Master directors Jia Zhangke of China and Lav Diaz of the Philippines both believe that films need space and time to breathe. Long, slow takes allow viewers to notice small details, absorb everyday moments, and reflect. Filmmaker Rafael Manuel has taken this philosophy to heart. In his quietly powerful debut…
©Courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival Lithuania knows Russia not as a distant neighbor, but as a shadow in its history — from centuries of conflict to five decades of Soviet occupation (1940–1990). In 1990, the Baltic nation became the first republic to break from the USSR and reclaim its independence. So, when Russia invaded…
Burn : When runaway teen Ju-Ju is embraced by a tribe of misfit youths in Kabukicho, she finds belonging for the first time — until betrayal and despair twist her haven into a prison, and she’s left with one way to take back control. An extreme juxtaposition of formal radiance and narrative dread, Makoto Nagahisa’s…
@Courtesy of Sundance Film festival After Sometimes I Think About Dying starring Daisy Ridley, the director Rachel Lambert comes back to the Sundance Film festival with another movie exploring the complexity of human relationships. Carousel tells the story of Noah (Chris Pine), a divorced doctor living in Cleveland, struggling with his job and in particular…
Dancing can have a profoundly inspiring effect on anyone willing to embrace its transformative benefits. That’s certainly the case for the protagonist of Haru, a recent widow who uses the physical movements to come out of mourning, in the new romantic dramedy, Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! Josef Kubota Wladyka directed and produced, and also co-wrote…
©Courtesy of Sundance Institute The 2026 Sundance Film Festival announced the award-winning films, presented at a ceremony at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah. The ceremony was attended by the jury and artists receiving honors, in advance of the final day of the Festival on February 1. The 2026 Festival has featured premieres, screenings,…
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