Here Are Our Editors' Picks From the 2023 Sundance Film Festival

"'Fremont' tells the story of Donya (Anaita Wali Zada), a twenty-something Afghan woman who's moved to Fremont in California and spends her days making fortune cookies in San Francisco. In Afghanistan, she was a translator for the army, ostracizing her from many members of the community and her own family. But it would be wrong to say this movie is depressing. It's an interesting, layered slice-of-life film full of performances that feel weird and specific in interesting ways. Jeremy Allen White shows up late in the third act, and he and Zada shine together on screen. — Victoria Edel, staff writer, TV and movies