Married Iranian directors Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki just premiered Cutting Through Rocks—their feature debut—at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (where I reviewed it). The documentary tells the story of Sara Shahverdi, who lives in a village in northwestern Iran, […]

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Rising filmmaker Roxy Sophie Sorkin brings her unique comedic sensibility to the screen with Swollen, a sharp-witted short film which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. In this 13-minute horror-comedy, two best friends recovering from facial plastic surgery find […]

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Filmmaker and visual artist Amalia Ulman brings her bold perspective to Magic Farm, a film that examines the fraught relationship between American media and Latin American subjects. Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and later screening at Berlin, this 93-minute […]

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I had the opportunity to speak with key members of the creative team behind Bubble & Squeak, premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. This unique film follows newlyweds Declan and Delores (played by Himesh […]

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Two Women, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, marks the latest feature from acclaimed Quebec filmmaker Chloé Robichaud (Sarah Prefers to Run, Boundaries). The French-language comedy, adapted from Catherine Léger’s stage play, inspired by the 1970s films of […]

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Argentinian director Laura Casabé (The Returned) premiered her latest feature, The Virgin of the Quarry Lake, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (where I reviewed it). Based on two short stories—“Our Lady of the Quarry” and “The Cart”—by author Mariana […]

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Tunisian director Amel Guellaty just premiered her feature-film debut, Where the Wind Comes From, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (where I reviewed it). The movie offers striking visuals and a compelling story of friendship in a road-trip structure, showing […]

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In André Is An Idiot, which premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance 2025 (where it won the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary), first-time feature director Tony Benna crafts an unexpectedly profound portrait of his friend André Ricciardi, a maverick advertising […]

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