A sexy gay cruising thriller, an all-too-timely drama about post-wildfire recovery and a shocking doc about U.S. prisons are among our critics’ faves from the fest.

Writer-director Carmen Emmi, Russell Tovey and Maria Dizzia discuss the intense intimacy and the unfortunate relevancy of their queer thriller.

“I find it hard to watch myself,” Olivier winner Benedict Cumberbatch said while discussing his Sundance film THE THING WITH FEATHERS. “I started out on stage where there’s a fourth wall…. To sit ...