Remarkably Bright Creatures
A grieving widow and a telepathic aquarium octopus solve a mystery. It should be unbearable. Instead, Sally Field makes it…
André Is an Idiot
An ad exec who skipped his colonoscopy films his own terminal cancer with humor intact. A documentary about death that's…
Love Story
Let’s get this out of the way: Love Story isn’t an accurate retelling of the marriage between John F. Kennedy…
Pressure
A tense chamber drama about the weather forecast that decided D-Day. All talk and barometric readings, no beaches, and it…
Silent Friend
Ildikó Enyedi follows a single ginkgo tree across three eras while the humans around it fall in and out of…
Tuner
A young piano tuner with freakish hearing gets pulled into cracking safes. A well-made adult crime picture that trusts its…
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Matt Johnson's guerrilla comedy about two friends trying to book a gig, now with a time-travel plot. Silly, sweet, and…
A Poet
A washed-up Medellín poet latches onto a talented teenage girl as his second chance. One of the funniest, saddest films…
Ponies
Ponies is a fun ride. Centered on two widows who lost their CIA husbands, the unexpected spy series puts their…
Rooster
Rooster is drier than we expected from a show starring and co-produced by Steve Carrell, but the humor reflects the…
Blue Heron
Sophy Romvari's debut is a camcorder-soaked memory film about a Hungarian family finding its feet on Vancouver Island. Gorgeous 90s…
Superboys of Malegaon
Dir. Reema Kagti
Based on the life of a real small town filmmaker, this coming-of-age film is a familiar underdog story. After their…
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Because of the format, Margo’s Got Money Troubles doesn’t quite have the same laugh-out-loud humor as the original novel– televised…
Young Sherlock
Young Sherlock isn’t quite accurate to the Andrew Lane book series or the original works from Arthur Conan Doyle. Here,…
John Candy: I Like Me
Dir. Colin Hanks
John Candy: I Like Me takes a somewhat standard approach in remembering the titular comedian. The film pulls out old…
Dying for Sex
Dir. Shannon Murphy
Dying for Sex feels like two shows in one. Mainly, it follows Molly (Williams), a 40-something diagnosed with Stage 4…
DTF St. Louis
At first glance, DTF St. Louis seemed to be a nonchalant comedy that would poke fun at domestic dissatisfaction. David…
My Mom Jayne
Dir. Mariska Hargitay
Unlike the other documentaries depicting “Hollywood’s smartest dumb blonde”, My Mom Jayne takes on a different approach to Jayne Mansfield.…
Sound of Falling
Dir. Mascha Schilinski
Previous depictions of provincial living tend to paint the pastoral experience as idyllic, simple, and much more innocent compared to…
The Alabama Solution
Dir. Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman
Depicting the horrifying cycle of abuse in the state’s prison system, The Alabama Solution is tough to watch. It was…
From Ground Zero
Dir. Ahmad Hassunah & Ahmed Al Danaf
From Ground Zero doesn’t have the most number of shorts within an anthology film, though it comes pretty close with…
The Chair Company
Dir. Aaron Schimberg & Andrew DeYoung
After being promoted as a project lead, Ron falls down due to his office chair breaking. At first he tries…
Bob Trevino Likes It
Dir. Tracie Laymon
With the anonymity of the internet, it’s hard to trust that the stranger on the other side would be a…
Task
From the creators of HBO’s Mare of Easttown comes Task, a gritty crime drama that follows two men —one cop…
