Sundance 2026 Review: ROCK SPRINGS is a Blood-Soaked Historical Retelling
America's history is tainted and grim. It's a nation founded on colonization, after all, built by immigrants. Writer and director Vera Miao is not shy...
After her father's death, a grieving young girl moves to Rock Springs, Wyoming with her mother and grandmother, only to discover something monstrous hidden in the town’s history and the woods behind their new house.
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America's history is tainted and grim. It's a nation founded on colonization, after all, built by immigrants. Writer and director Vera Miao is not shy...
Vera Miao’s 'Rock Springs' starts off familiar to a fault but builds towards a touching and truly frighteningly finale. Our Sundance review.
Just as tension over immigration reaches a boiling point in our country, Two Sentence Horror Stories‘ writer-director Vera Miao‘s sobering feature deb...
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Jan 25, 2026 | Premiere (Sundance Film Festival) | — |
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