Sundance 2026 - THE ROLLING TAPE

Dates January 22-February 1, 2026

Location Park City, Utah

Reporting

he final Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, is finally upon us. After a month-long process of Sundance selecting its new location, The Rolling Tape could not be more thrilled to have a team on the ground this year to experience the largest independent American festival in its longstanding location before its move to Boulder, Colorado, in 2027.

Reviews

Lead Dispatch

Review: ‘Buddy’ Is an Inventive Horror-Parody of 90s Kids’ TV that Runs Out of Steam

As part of the Sundance 2026 Midnights Section, veteran Adult Swim writer Casper Kelly, alongside co-writer Jamie King, brings us Buddy, which turns a Barney-esque show into a horror movie.

Cameron Ritter

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February 11, 2026 · by Cameron Ritter

‘I Want Your Sex’ Review: Hoffman and Wilde Bare It All in Gregg Araki’s Delectable Big Screen Return

According to other generations, Gen Z has many issues it needs to address — Respect, communication, anxiety, and screen time, just to n...

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February 10, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

Documentarians Lead the Way on Environmentalist Storytelling at Sundance 2026

While experiencing the final Park City edition of the Sundance Film Festival, it felt almost fitting that there was little to no snow on the ...

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February 9, 2026 · by Cameron Ritter

‘When a Witness Recants’ Review: The Exoneration of the Harlem Park Three Gets True Crime Treatment

In November 1983, three Baltimore. MD teens are brought in for questioning related to a murder at one of the local schools in the area. 36 ye...

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February 9, 2026 · by Ethan Simmie

Review: ‘The Moment’ Proves Charli XCX Is More Than Just a Bratty Moment

Brat summer may be over according to a calendar, but it isn’t actually over. In fact, it might just live on forever. The summer sensation of ...

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February 9, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: ‘LADY’ Asks What We Are Willing to Sacrifice in Order to Find Freedom

What does a woman give up in order to achieve independence? This is the heart of Olive Nwosu’s LADY, her feature debut at the Sundance Film F...

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February 7, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

Emerging Filmmakers Shine in the Sundance NEXT Section

Most major festivals program a section of their lineup dedicated to new voices in storytelling who are experimenting with the form of filmmak...

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February 5, 2026 · by Ethan Simmie

Review: ‘Night Nurse’ Is Neither Erotic Nor Thrilling Enough to Find Its Footing Within the Genre

Erotic thrillers are generally, well, erotic and thrilling. They blend the grey areas between pleasure and pain to construct something distur...

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February 3, 2026 · by Adam Patla

Review: Rinko Kikuchi Dances Through the Pain in ‘Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!’

The art of dance conveys so much. An effective routine drips with passion or moves you to tears. Gyrating on the dance floor with friends unl...

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February 3, 2026 · by Adam Patla

Review: ‘The Musical’ is a Cynical and Irreverent Comedy That Almost Hits All the Right Notes

The male loneliness epidemic has emerged as a hot topic of conversation in a post-COVID age where the world is collectively lonelier than eve...

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February 2, 2026 · by Adam Patla

Review: Tones ‘Run Amok’ in NB Mager’s Feature Adaptation of Oscar-Qualifying Short

Film has never shied away from covering contentious and difficult subject matter. Art is a vessel for confronting our most pressing issues, w...

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January 31, 2026 · by Kasey Dunifer

‘Chasing Summer’ Review: Iliza Shlesinger Chases Clichés in Sundance Coming-of-Age

There’s nothing worse than that dreaded feeling of returning to a hometown full of haunted high school stories, hatred, and the decaying scen...

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January 27, 2026 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: ‘Wicker’ Is the Sexy-fantasy We've Been Yearning For, and Colman Delivers on All Fronts

As the trend of adapting short stories, 18th-century novels, and period romance drama continues, Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson debut...

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