Highlights from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

By Aisha Harris,

Monica Castillo, Cristina Escobar, Hafsa Fathima, Lennon Sherburne, Mike Katzif, Jessica Reedy

Published February 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM EST

Alison Brie and Dave Franco in Together. — Alison Brie and Dave Franco in *Together.*

We watched many films at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Today, we're recommending some of the best things we saw, including a thrilling debut from a writer on The Bear, a timely doc about the wave of book bans across America, and a bizarro horror comedy starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco.

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