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Sundance

The Best Movies of Sundance 2026, According to IndieWire’s Critics Survey

Beth de Araújo's "Josephine" was an overwhelming favorite among critics worldwide.

Sundance

Inside Michał Marczak’s Cinematic Return 11 Years After ‘All These Sleepless Nights’ with Sundance’s ‘Closure’

Clothes Make the Na'vi

How Real World Costumes Inform the Looks of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

Buddy, Jaripeo, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Sundance

Memo to Distributors: Buy These 2026 Sundance Movies

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, 2006, © Fox Searchlight / Courtesy: Everett Collection

Critical Roles

The Winners of the Best Casting Oscar from the Last 25 Years, According to IndieWire

Because it's fun, and we say so.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 17: A general view of the Egyptian Theater on Old Main Street in Park City during the 2005 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2005 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)

Thompson on Hollywood

Hollywood Still Needs That Sundance Energy

At the final days of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, the festival's enduring power never felt more clear.

Sundance

The 17 Best Films of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival

Goodbye, Park City, and hello to an assortment of new narrative features, documentaries, and rising stars to celebrate (and get to know better).

True Stories

Every Documentary Filmmaker Should Be Worried About the Success of ‘Melania’

The film is the latest streamer-funded, carefully choreographed, boring, celebrity puff piece being branded as a documentary. It's also a harbinger of what sorts of "true stories" are being championed these days.

A still from Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] by Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Top of the Line

Subscribe to Our Craft Newsletter, Top of the Line: This Week, A Last Dance at Sundance

Week 8 of IndieWire's Craft newsletter celebrates cinematography and Sundance, and the psychopath chic of "The Housemaid."

(Clockwise from bottom left): "Send Help," "Spider-Man 2," Sam Raimi on the set of "The Quiet and the Dead," "Evil Dead II," and "Army of Darkness"

Groovy!

Sam Raimi’s 10 Best Movies, Ranked

From "Spider-Man" to "Send Help," the pop-comic director has never lost his signature style.

Adrian Chiarella, Mia Wasikowska, Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Davida McKenzie and Jeremy Blewitt at the IndieWire Studio Presented by Dropbox at Sundance on January 23, 2026 in Park City, Utah.

Sundance

Meet the Breakout Talents of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance: From Mason Reeves in "Josephine" to a number of exciting new genre filmmakers, these are the best discoveries from the festival.

Bridgerton Season 4 Part 2 stars Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton, shown kneeling with a kite and smiling

'Derry Girls' Alert!

The 7 Most Anticipated Shows on Netflix in February

February sports a sparse slate of Netflix original series, which means it's time to revisit some old favorites (while we wait for the second part of "Bridgerton" Season 4).

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