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Silenced

‘Silenced’ review: Damning Australian doc explores the legal backlash to the #MeToo movement

Filmmaker Selina Miles focuses on several high-profile women who have faced defamation cases, including Amber Heard

To Hold A Mountain

‘To Hold A Mountain’ review: Tender, immersive doc follows mountain life in Montenegro

Sundance World Cinema Documentary Grand Prize winner proves both intimate and universal

Nuisance Bear

‘Nuisance Bear’ review: Sundance US Documentary winner is thoughtful, impactful study of Canada’s polar bears

Directors Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden expand their 2021 short to impressive results

Run Amok

‘Run Amok’ review: A student plans a musical about a school shooting in audacious, uneven US debut

Newcomer Alyssa Marvin joins Patrick Wilson and Margaret Cho in NB Mager’s expansion of her 2023 short

The Only Living Pickpocket In New York

‘The Only Living Pickpocket In New York’ review: John Turturro impresses in stylish crime drama

Actor/director Noah Segan’s second feature also stars Steve Buscemi and Giancarlo Esposito

The AI Doc Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist

‘The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist’ review: ‘Navalny’ helmer Daniel Roher co-directs toothless AI study

Roher and co-director Charlie Tyrell attempt to personalise this hot-button topic, to disappointing results

See You When I See You

‘See You When I See You’ review: Jay Duplass helms sensitive but superficial family drama

Cooper Raiff, David Duchovny, Hope Davis and Kaitlyn Dever star in uneven Sundance Premiere title

Shame And Money

‘Shame And Money’ review: Visar Morina follows ‘Exile’ with striking Kosovan social realist drama

A rural couple struggle with a move to the city in Morina’s Sundance World Cinema Dramatic title

Chasing Summer

‘Chasing Summer’ review: Josephine Decker’s latest is smart, sexy Texas-set crowdpleaser

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger writes and stars in the latest feature from the ’Madeline’s Madeline’ and ‘Shirley’ director

Knife: The Attempted Murder Of Salman Rushdie

‘Knife: The Attempted Murder Of Salman Rushdie’ review: Alex Gibney documents the author’s moving road to recovery

Film follows the acclaimed writer and his wife as they heal from the 2022 knife attack on Rushdie

The Weight

‘The Weight’ review: Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe expertly carry tense, effective 1930s survival tale

Padraic McKinley’s confident debut takes place in the depths of the Oregon wilderness

Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass

‘Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass’ review: Zoey Deutch heads limp LA-set sex parody

‘Wet Hot American Summer’ director David Wain returns to Sundance with old-school romp

Once Upon A Time In Harlem

‘Once Upon A Time In Harlem’ review: Invigorating doc celebrates legacy of the Harlem Renaissance

Filmmaker David Greaves expertly shapes footage shot by his father at a 1972 meeting of the Renaissance’s key players

Frank & Louis

‘Frank & Louis’ review: Petra Volpe follows ‘Late Shift’ with authentic English-language prison drama

Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan head intimate story of a dementia care programme in a US prison

All About The Money

‘All About The Money’ review: Astute study of wealth, ideology and influence in modern America

Sinead O’Shea follows ‘The Edna O’Brien Story’ with impactful portrait of radical US communist James ‘Fergie’ Chambers

Union County

‘Union County’ review: Will Poulter anchors intimate addiction drama set in rural Ohio

Writer/director Adam Meeks makes a heartfelt debut with this Sundance US Dramatic Competition title

Soul Patrol

‘Soul Patrol’ review: Powerful portrait of the first Black special operations unit in Vietnam

Filmmaker J. M. Harper follows up ’As We Speak’ with moving look at the cost of war

One In A Million

‘One In A Million’ review: Compelling doc follows a Syrian refugee to a new life in Germany

Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes followed Syrian adolescent Israa over 10 tumultuous years

Undertone

‘Undertone’ review: A podcaster hears something haunting in immersive Canadian horror

Nina Kiri stars in Ian Tuason’s impressive debut, which bows in Sundance Midnight