The 2025 edition of the Sundance Film Festival finds filmmakers tackling prickly material with a warmer lens — or avoiding it altogether.

A lavish, MGM-style musical is not typical Sundance Film Festival fare. But Sunday night Bill Condon brought such a creation — well, part of one — to Park City, Utah, with his adaptation of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,

Jennifer Lopez's new film Kiss of the Spider Woman has received a positive response at Sundance Film Festival, with the singer and her co-stars being given a standing ovation. The movie adapts the Broadway musical which swept the Tony Awards in 1993,

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A lavish, MGM-style musical is not typical Sundance Film Festival ... A 1985 film adaptation starred William Hurt and Raul Julia. Hurt won an Oscar for his performance.

Jennifer Lopez dressed to impress at the world premiere of Kiss of the Spider Woman. Making a fashion statement at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City on Sunday, January 26, the

The plot in the new film follows the original in that it is centered on a political prisoner (played by Diego Luna) in Argentina who shares a cell with a queer window dresser (Tonatiuh), where they talk about the plot of a Hollywood musical starring a talented actress (Lopez).

Naturally, The Verge is going to be taking in as much of Sundance as we can and posting bite-sized reviews of everything we see. We’ll also be posting longer reviews and sharing trailers, and you can follow along here to keep up with all of the news out of the festival.

Sundance Institute this week revealed all the trophy winners to emerge from the fest's short film program during a ceremony and party presented by Vimeo at venue The Park in Park City, Utah.

Eva Victor appears in Sorry, Baby by Eva Victor, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Mia Cioffy Henry.

The new documentary, “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley,” pays tribute to the “Hallelujah” singer, who died too young at age 30.

Six Sundance documentaries are part of the Ford Foundation's $4.2 million investment in social justice stories.

Amid a number of thin, depressing movies at this year’s edition of the Utah festival, a pair of funny, big-hearted films stood out, alongside the typical contingent of thoughtful character studies and powerful documentaries.