Review: ‘The Oldest Person in the World’ takes a ramshackle approach toward life and death
Documentarian Sam Green embarks on a 10-year journey to interview each current “oldest person in the world” and learns just as much about himself along the way.
Review: ‘The Best Summer’ is like watching the coolest home movie ever
From shots of Thurston Moore getting a malaria shot to Kathleen Hanna and Ad-Rock clearly falling for each other, Tamra Davis’ documentary The Best Summer is a wonderful artifact and time capsule of the post-Nirvana rock golden age.
Review: ‘Jaripeo’ puts queer Mexican rodeo culture under the strobe light
Co-director Efrain Mojica returns to their rural western Mexico homeland to explore the complex queerness of jaripeo rodeo culture, where homosexuality carefully dances with hypermasculinity.
Review: In ‘The Huntress’, femicide takes the bus
A speculative adaptation of the real-life unsolved murders of two Mexican bus drivers by an unknown vigilante, The Huntress shines a light on the continued horrors and institutional failures plaguing the women of Juárez for decades.
Review: ‘zi’ is a fascinating if floundering experiment
Part gorgeous travelogue of Hong Kong and part Before Sunrise-style talking-and-wandering movie, Kogonada’s zi works best when viewed through the lens of an artist trying to find himself again.
Grace Annabella Anderson picks 4 movies to pair with ‘Art, Baby’
Indie singer-songwriter Grace Annabella Anderson on the movies that complement her debut album.
Coverage of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival
Our reviews, features, and more from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
16 Movies On Our Sundance 2026 Watchlist
We’re excited to be covering the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, which features a great lineup of feature films, shorts, and documentaries from around the world.
Review: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ balances brutal violence and macabre whimsy
Much like 28 Years Later, Nia DaCosta’s sequel is a deeply strange movie that takes a lot of risks that pay off.
David Guterson picks 4 movies to pair with ‘Evelyn in Transit’
Author David Guterson on the movies that complement his new novel.
Review: Want to relive your terrible teen years? Catch ‘The Plague’
In Charlie Polinger’s debut feature, a tween finds himself caught between wanting to be a lackey of a water polo camp bully or living freely as a social pariah.
Review: ‘The Secret Agent’ is full of arthouse surprises and genre thrills
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film paints a vivid portrait of life in a Brazilian dictatorship—with a dash of grindhouse, Coen Brothers, and Wes Anderson.
Laura Danger picks 5 movies to pair with ‘No More Mediocre’
Educator and author Laura Danger on the movies that complement her new book.
Top 10 Movies of 2025
From a Taipei night market to a rundown baseball diamond to a Mississippi juke joint, the movies of 2025 brought us unforgettable stories and characters that only humans could dream up.
Review: ‘No Other Choice’ is a haunting dark comedy that doesn’t let up
Park Chan-wook’s dark-as-they-come comedy haunted me more than any horror film this year.
Review: ‘Song Sung Blue’ is a hopeful ode to music, the Midwest, and making dreams come true
Craig Brewer’s film about a Neil Diamond cover group is a beautiful representation of how making a dream come true takes a village.
Where’s the Tylenol? Analyzing Clark Griswold’s Meltdown Speech in ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’
Griswold’s unhinged yet somehow heroic yuletide meltdown soliloquy isn’t just madness, but American Christmas distilled to its neon, glittering core.
This Christmas, Give the Gift of ‘Millions’
Like every good Christmas classic, Danny Boyle’s 2004 film points to the humanity and giving nature this season ought to draw out of us, and reminds me what this season should be about.
Review: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ is a stunning yet familiar spectacle
When a movie looks as incredible as James Cameron’s Avatar sequel does, with constantly entertaining sequences and a sheer command of every little detail on screen, the repetitive story becomes only a minor flaw.
How to Enjoy ‘The Polar Express’
Yes, the uncanny valley is nightmare fuel. No, we didn’t know that Hanks overload was possible. But there’s so much to recommend about Robert Zemeckis’ half classic, half bewildering holiday film.