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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.

GOODBYE, COLUMBUS, Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, 1969

New on Physical Media

A New Blu-ray Celebrates ‘Goodbye, Columbus’ as the Bridge Between ‘The Graduate’ and ‘Love Story’

The 1969 adaptation of Philip Roth's debut novella was a hit upon release before slowly drifting into obscurity. A new physical media release provides an opportunity for rediscovery and reappraisal.

Heated Rivalry (L to R) - Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov and Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander in Episode 104 of Heated Rivalry. Cr. Sabrina Lantos © 2025

HL (Hockeys' Love)

The Answer to That ‘Heated Rivalry’ Question Everyone Keeps Asking? It’s Decades-Old

Why do women love this heated love story about gay hockey players? Look no further than the manga known as Boys Love, or yaoi, a decades-old genre of queer male romance written largely by women, for women.

HOUSE PARTY the movie stars Christopher Reid and Tisha Campbell

Features

How ‘House Party’ Ushered in a New Era at New Line Cinema — and Hollywood at Large

When Reginald Hudlin's musical comedy opened in 1990, it inspired a golden age of Black cinema that included classics from John Singleton, the Hughes Brothers, and more.

Pavel 'Pasha' Talankin in 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin'

Sundance

For Documentaries at Sundance, Landing a Sale Is No Longer Expected (Nor the Priority)

Sundance is still the gold standard launching pad for docs, but filmmakers and producers are plotting self-release strategies early rather than wait for a mega worldwide deal.

Jack O'Connell in '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple'

The Real Jimmy(s)

Who Was Jimmy Savile? How the Dead Predator Inspired a Cult in ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’

The tracksuit-wearing villain in Nia DaCosta's new sequel recalls a truly notorious U.K. media personality.

EIRU, Eiru (voice: Coco Teehan Roche), 2025. © GKIDS /Courtesy Everett Collection

Sketch to Screen

What’s Getting Nominated for Best Animated Short?

There are 15 animated films to make the Oscar shortlist. What might make the final cut?

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 28: Director Charlotte Kaufman and Andrew Jarecki attend the "The Alabama Solution" Premiere during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival at Library Center Theatre on January 28, 2025 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images)

Opinion

U.S. Prisons Are Black Sites, Kept Secret from the Public — Filmmakers and Journalists Can Change That (Opinion)

The directors of "The Alabama Solution" ask: since we can find no incident in the past twenty years in which a journalist has been harmed while visiting a prison, who is the secrecy around prisons really protecting?