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The Five Devils (2022)
The Five Devils (2022)
7.8
Movie

The Five Devils (2022)

The curious link between smell and memory forms the basis of this intriguing — albeit uneven — exploration of the…

Hail Satan? (2019)
Hail Satan? (2019)
8.0
Movie|Sundance

Hail Satan? (2019)

The question mark in the title represents the central idea of this fascinating documentary: what if worshipping Satan is the…

Rust and Bone (2012)
Rust and Bone (2012)
8.1
Movie|Cannes · Golden Globe · BAFTA

Rust and Bone (2012)

This is the type of movie I completely fell in love with but cannot articulate exactly why. Maybe it’s the…

Documentary Now!
Documentary Now!
8.2
Show

Documentary Now!

Fans of sketch comedy, documentaries, and the always-hilarious duo of Bill Hader and Fred Armisen are in for a treat…

Tangerine (2015)
Tangerine (2015)
8.3
Movie

Tangerine (2015)

What’s great about this highly inventive film is that it doesn’t look like it was shot through three iPhone 5s.…

The Starling Girl (2023)
The Starling Girl (2023)
8.0
Movie|Sundance · Spirit

The Starling Girl (2023)

The agonizing tug of war between dogma and desire is sharply illustrated in writer-director Laurel Parmet’s feature debut, set inside…

Rivals
Rivals
8.3
Show

Rivals

Rivals is a heady dose of 1980s maximalism set against the backdrop of a seemingly quiet British countryside. The result…

Dear Child
Dear Child
8.0
Show

Dear Child

Dear Child may be tackling difficult themes, including sexual violence and domestic abuse, but it’s not hard to watch at…

Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
8.0
Movie|Cannes · Golden Globe · BAFTA

Strictly Ballroom (1992)

Strictly Ballroom is an energetic, fun and hilarious movie. Baz Lurhman does an incredible job telling the story of a…

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
8.2
Movie

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

This unique romance is set during a time when a man would be sent the painting of the woman he…

The Whistleblower (2010)
The Whistleblower (2010)
8.3
Movie

The Whistleblower (2010)

Based on a true story, The Whistleblower is the biography of a once Nebraskan police officer who volunteers for the U.N. peacekeeping…

Open Your Eyes (1997)
Open Your Eyes (1997)
8.0
Movie|Sundance · Berlin

Open Your Eyes (1997)

While the mixed reception of its near-faithful American remake Vanilla Sky might make some viewers pause, there’s an intuitive brilliance…

Dying for Sex
Dying for Sex
8.4
Show|Golden Globe

Dying for Sex

Dying for Sex feels like two shows in one. Mainly, it follows Molly (Williams), a 40-something diagnosed with Stage 4…

Task
Task
8.0
Show|Golden Globe

Task

From the creators of HBO’s Mare of Easttown comes Task, a gritty crime drama that follows two men —one cop…

Chief of War
Chief of War
8.0
Show|Spirit Winner

Chief of War

Co-created and starring Jason Momoa, Chief of War is a historical drama depicting the events that led to the unification…

Deli Boys
Deli Boys
7.8
Show|Spirit

Deli Boys

Deli Boys moves fast. It starts out as a simple succession story, then it quickly evolves into a crime caper…

The Alabama Solution (2025)
The Alabama Solution (2025)
7.9
Movie|Sundance

The Alabama Solution (2025)

Depicting the horrifying cycle of abuse in the state’s prison system, The Alabama Solution is tough to watch. It was…

The Girlfriend
The Girlfriend
7.8
Show|Berlin

The Girlfriend

The Girlfriend, which is Meet the Parents by way of Death Becomes Her and Parasite, is a silly thriller about…

Love Story
Love Story
7.7
Show|Oscar · Golden Globe Winner · Golden Globe

Love Story

Let’s get this out of the way: Love Story isn’t an accurate retelling of the marriage between John F. Kennedy…

Bodies
Bodies
8.3
Show

Bodies

Based on the DC Vertigo comic, Bodies is an intriguing crime thriller with a unique twist – one body, in…

Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)
Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)
7.7
Movie|Sundance Winner

Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)

Come See Me in the Good Light takes a somewhat conventional approach in documenting poet Andrea Gibson’s battle against cancer,…

Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
8.1
Show|Sundance · Golden Globe · BAFTA

Like Water for Chocolate

With the gorgeous period costumes, the romance, and the familial dynamics, you would think that Like Water for Chocolate’s latest…

Euphoria
Euphoria
8.4
Show|Venice Winner

Euphoria

While this show is quite explicitly about problems faced by teenagers, it is hard to imagine a teenager watching it.…

303 (2018)
303 (2018)
8.3
Movie|Oscar · BAFTA · BAFTA Winner

303 (2018)

A sweet and romantic German movie about two Berliners who meet randomly and go on a road trip to the…

The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons
7.5
Show|Golden Globe

The Four Seasons

Four Seasons, a series remake of the 1981 romcom of the same name, follows three married couples and the different…

Sound of Falling (2025)
Sound of Falling (2025)
7.7
Movie|Cannes Winner

Sound of Falling (2025)

Previous depictions of provincial living tend to paint the pastoral experience as idyllic, simple, and much more innocent compared to…

Nobody Wants This
Nobody Wants This
8.3
Show|SAG · Golden Globe

Nobody Wants This

Romantic comedies used to be a dime a dozen in the 2000s, but now it seems like a dying genre,…

The Substance (2024)
The Substance (2024)
8.3
Movie|Golden Globe · Oscar · Golden Globe Winner

The Substance (2024)

There is nothing quite like The Substance right now. It’s unsubtle, it’s provocative, and its satirical humor can be a…

Left-Handed Girl (2025)
Left-Handed Girl (2025)
7.6
Movie|Cannes

Left-Handed Girl (2025)

Left-Handed Girl is titled after I-Jing, the youngest daughter of the Ching family, whose left-handedness puts her at odds with…

Nickel Boys (2024)
Nickel Boys (2024)
8.3
Movie|Oscar · Golden Globe · BAFTA

Nickel Boys (2024)

The first things that grab your attention in Nickel Boys are its beauty and technicality. Director RaMell Ross, a large-format…

Common Side Effects
Common Side Effects
7.8
Show|Spirit

Common Side Effects

From the creators of Scavengers Reign and Veep comes Common Side Effects, a show that’s at once quirkily funny and…

The Beast in Me
The Beast in Me
7.5
Show|Golden Globe

The Beast in Me

What makes crime thrillers exciting isn’t necessarily the crime itself– it’s when the leads meet their match. The Beast in…

Long Story Short
Long Story Short
8.4
Show

Long Story Short

Long Story Short follows three siblings throughout their youth and adulthood. It sounds basic enough, except the ten-episode series time-hops…

The Long Walk (2025)
The Long Walk (2025)
7.5
Movie|Venice

The Long Walk (2025)

The dystopian survival thriller isn’t concerned about the reasons behind its death marathon, only giving a short speech about a…

His Three Daughters (2024)
His Three Daughters (2024)
8.2
Movie|Spirit Winner

His Three Daughters (2024)

Not everybody holds a good relationship with their sisters, but ideally, we get to reunite and repair things in a…

Resurrection (2025)
Resurrection (2025)
8.0
Movie|Oscar · Golden Globe

Resurrection (2025)

How do you make sense of Resurrection? This dreamlike feature seems rather inscrutable, but there’s no denying how breathtaking it…

For All Mankind
For All Mankind
8.0
Show|Sundance Winner · Oscar

For All Mankind

What if the 1960s space race never ended? For All Mankind imagines such a world; here, Russia’s cosmonauts arrive on…

Big Boys
Big Boys
8.3
Show|BAFTA

Big Boys

Masculinity can look like different things, and Big Boys reminds us of that in hilarious and poignant ways. The British…

Hard Truths (2024)
Hard Truths (2024)
8.2
Movie|BAFTA · Spirit

Hard Truths (2024)

Hurt people hurt people, the saying goes, and nowhere is that more evident than in Hard Truths. Directed by Mike…

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