Boulder, Colorado, to be new home for the Sundance film festival
The festival, started by Robert Redford in 1978, will move from its previous home in Park City, Utah, for 2027
‘80 years of lies and deception’: is this film proof of alien life on Earth?
A provocative new documentary that argues for the existence of extraterrestrials has drawn gasps and criticism at the SXSW film festival
O’Dessa review – clumsy sci-fi musical is a rocky road to nowhere
Sadie Sink, Kelvin Harrison Jr and Regina Hall are all left adrift in this messy attempt to mash genres
Friendship review – Tim Robinson spirals in a darkly hilarious comedy
The star of I Think You Should Leave brings a similar brand of comedy to this strange and genuinely funny film about a friendship breakup
The Rivals of Amziah King review – Matthew McConaughey returns with unwieldy misstep
The Oscar-winner’s first film role for six years shows his undeniable magnetism but squanders it on a baggy mix of tones and genres
Drop review – a standout from White Lotus excels in tight first date thriller
Meghann Fahy lands a killer star vehicle with a fun, seat-edge piece of pulp entertainment, playing a woman tasked with killing her date
Death of a Unicorn review – goofy eat-the-rich satire isn’t fun enough
Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Richard E Grant lead a wasted cast in this silly and exasperating mishmash of comedy and gore
The Accountant 2 review – Ben Affleck’s autistic assassin returns for solid sequel
There’s more ludicrous plotting and macho action in Amazon’s decent enough fan service follow-up
Another Simple Favor review – supremely silly sequel serves more absurd twists
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return in Amazon’s ridiculous yet glossily enjoyable follow-up to 2018’s fan favorite
From Parasite to Anora: how Cannes became an Oscars power player
The increasingly international Academy has warmed to more and more Cannes film festival premieres, leaving all eyes on this year’s edition
Berlin film festival 2025 roundup – a new boss, a flawless fairytale and Ethan Hawke’s finest hour
At a snowy Berlinale, against a backdrop of political divisions, this year’s standouts include Lucile Hadžihalilović’s The Ice Tower, Richard Linklater’s Broadway biopic of Lorenz Hart, and intensely sexual romance starring Jessica Chastain
Kontinental ’25 review – scattergun satire on a tour of Romania’s social ills
A bailiff has an identity crisis after a tragedy in Radu Jude’s new film, a scornful polemic on 21st-century Europe set between hope and despair
Drømmer (Dreams) review – teen’s high romantic hopes throw adults into disarray
When Johanne, at 17, writes a memoir about her passion for teacher Johanna, the precocious result rattles three generations
‘The most important thing was getting to the truth’: how Claude Lanzmann broke all the rules to create Shoah
French director Guillaume Ribot’s new film shines a light on the making of Lanzmann’s nine-hour Holocaust opus – a tale of obsession, deception and danger
What Marielle Knows review – teenager’s telepathic powers reveal parents’ secrets and lies
In this fantasy-satire of bourgeois family life, a girl is suddenly able to see everything her messed-up parents are up to