To watch “Opus,” the muddled semi-satire starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is to witness a movie go from promising to punishing.

Sundance Film Festival 2025 kicked off in Utah last week and runs through Sunday. Cincinnati is in the running to host the event starting in 2027, but it faces competition from Boulder, Colorado, and Park City,

In A24's 'Opus', Ayo Edebiri stars as Ariel, a young journalist inexplicably invited to the compound of pop legend Moretti (John Malkovich).