Movies

This year’s Sundance Film Festival featured a number of women’s stories, especially among the documentaries. As one of the earliest films to play at the festival, Shoshannah Stern’s feature debut set quite a high bar. “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone...

As we’ve written about before, dispatches are often bundled out of festivals at this site based on program, theme, and even the day they premiere. But necessity dictates that the assemblage must sometimes be random to clean up films...

You don’t expect to see security guards roaming the foyer of the Hannover State Opera, a well-regarded, midsize opera house in a midsize central German city.But before the Saturday premiere of “Echo 72: Israel in Munich,” a new opera...

Every month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to their libraries. Here are our picks for some of February’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving notice. For more recommendations on what to...

Every month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to their libraries. Here are our picks for some of February’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving notice. For more recommendations on what to...

On Monday, Jenkins was onstage at the festival, and the audience was on its feet. He is one of the producers on “Sorry, Baby,” a sometimes bruising, sometimes bitingly funny, impressively assured directorial debut from the comedian Eva Victor,...

Karla Sofía Gascón, the star of the movie musical “Emilia Pérez” and the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy Award, apologized on Thursday after social media posts she wrote denigrating Muslims, George Floyd and China...

Although the narrative features have left something to be desired, Sundance consistently delivers on the documentary front (some of 2024’s most acclaimed documentaries, such as “Daughters,” “Black Box Diaries,” and “Union,” all premiered at last year’s festival). I’ve already...