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

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

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.

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 (Elizarraraz), where they talk about the plot of a Hollywood musical starring a talented actress (Lopez).

Jennifer Lopez brought some Hollywood glamour to Park City, Utah, with the debut of her new film "Kiss of the Spider Woman."

Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ from director Bill Condon, premiered in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 26Jennifer Lopez premiered her very first movie musical in snowy Utah. At the Sundance Film Festival in Park City on Sunday,

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,

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.

Below, I spoke to Sachs about his approach to adapting Rosenkrantz’s slim tome, what his film has to say about the artist’s life in the 1970s and now, and the classic independent short films that influenced the making of Peter Hujar’s Day.

Juan Collado appears in Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) by Joel Alfonso Vargas, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Kiss of the Spider Woman, co-starring Jennifer Lopez, is a great example of the modern movie musical, and features a breakout performance from Tonatiuh.