Something that The A.V. Club noted in our breakdown of the best films of 2024 is that, as the industry becomes more polarized between massive too-big-to-fail franchise films and all-but-ignored indies ...

Riz Ahmed found making low-budget movies to be "liberating" early in his career. The 43-year-old actor starred in independent films such as The Road to Guantanamo, Shifty, Four Lions, Trishna, and The ...

A first trip to Middleburg, Virginia, inspired nostalgia for small festivals past and suggestions for Sundance's future. I have fond memories of sitting in the back row of the tiny Holiday Cinema 3 at ...