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Highlights from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival

WSHU | By Aisha Harris,
Mandalit del Barco
Published February 3, 2026 at 6:04 AM EST
Ethan Hawke in The Weight.
Matteo Cocco/Sundance Institute
Ethan Hawke in The Weight.

We watched a ton of movies and we're recommending some of the best things we saw at this year's Sundance Film Festival. This includes a thrilling adventure starring Ethan Hawke, a quiet romance with Chris Pine, and quite possibly the best documentary we'll see all year.

For a complete list of the movies we loved at Sundance, Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd
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Aisha Harris
Aisha Harris is a host of Pop Culture Happy Hour.
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Mandalit del Barco
As an arts correspondent based at NPR West, Mandalit del Barco reports and produces stories about film, television, music, visual arts, dance and other topics. Over the years, she has also covered everything from street gangs to Hollywood, police and prisons, marijuana, immigration, race relations, natural disasters, Latino arts and urban street culture (including hip hop dance, music, and art). Every year, she covers the Oscars and the Grammy awards for NPR, as well as the Sundance Film Festival and other events. Her news reports, feature stories and photos, filed from Los Angeles and abroad, can be heard on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Alt.latino, and npr.org.
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