Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership
Dir. Baron Vaughn
Demonstrating that a great stand-up routine should always stem from strong writing first and foremost, Brian Simpson makes common subjects…
The Eternal Memory
Dir. Maite Alberdi
Documentaries about people suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s, or other neurodegenerative diseases will always occupy a bit of an uneasy space—how…
Kokomo City
Dir. D. Smith
The idea of representation in movies is often limited to superficial gestures of putting on screen people who look a…
Leonor Will Never Die
Dir. Martika Ramirez Escobar
At times looking and sounding like a real Filipino action film from 50 years ago, while painstakingly edited to juggle…
Mr. Dress-Up: The Magic of Make Believe
Dir. Robert McCallum
Just like with his mentor and contemporary, Fred Rogers, there are no dark secrets to Ernest Coombs’ earnest belief in…
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Dir. Jesse Short Bull & Laura Tomaselli
Using the documentary form with supreme clarity and righteous fury, Lakota Nation vs. United States distills hundreds of years of…
Merry Little Batman
Dir. Mike Roth
While it might not be the most inspired story featuring the titular caped crusader—nor is it a particularly Christmas-y tale—Merry…
In My Mother's Skin
Dir. Kenneth Dagatan & Kenneth Lim Dagatan
There’s a cruelty to In My Mother’s Skin that may seem off-putting at first, but one must reckon with the…
The Kidnapping Day
Dir. Park Yoo-young
Genuinely exciting but with more than enough heart to keep its genre trappings from overwhelming the story, The Kidnapping Day…
My Adventures with Superman
Bright, breezy, and refreshingly unburdened by the seriousness of so many live-action Superman shows and movies, this new animated series…
Upon Entry
Dir. Alejandro Rojas & Juan Sebastián Vásquez
He may be out of office, but films about Donald Trump’s racist and xenophobic immigration policies will continue to feel…
20 Days in Mariupol
Dir. Mstyslav Chernov
Formally speaking, 20 Days in Mariupol is little more than a compilation of footage bravely collected by Mstyslav Chernov in…
Kumari Srimathi
Dir. Gomtesh Upadhye
Sometimes the ability to create good drama (and comedy!) just depends on one’s attentiveness to how the world works and…
This Much I Know to Be True
Dir. Andrew Dominik
Whether or not you’re a fan of Nick Cave’s contemplative, idiosyncratic style of music, This Much I Know to Be…
The Burial
Dir. Margaret Betts
Many people lament the decline of the mid-budget drama with Hollywood A-listers in the lead roles, and for good reason:…
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Knowing better than to dwell on its title character’s early life in bondage, Lawmen: Bass Reeves grants him his freedom…
Soap Opera
Dir. Gigi Soares & Renata Pinheiro
The less you try to think about the absurd fantasy premise of this satire on Brazilian telenovelas, the better. Based…
Beth Stelling: If You Didn't Want Me Then
Dir. Mo Welch
If you’ve never encountered Beth Stelling before, it might take some getting used to before her brand of comedy really…
Katrina Babies
Dir. Edward Buckles
If Katrina Babies seems like a somewhat disjointed account of the myriad responses to Hurricane Katrina and the U.S. government’s…
Fabric of the Human Body
Dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
While primarily a showcase of endoscopic footage of various surgeries in different hospitals throughout Paris—which should already be enough to…
20,000 Species of Bees
Dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
As far as LGBTQIA+ stories go, 20,000 Species of Bees isn’t the best at talking about its themes of identity…
Every Body
Dir. Julie Cohen
Even with its haphazard construction and occasionally unnecessary and corny flourishes (what’s with all the mellowed-out covers of pop songs?),…
The Initiated
Dir. Juan Felipe Orozco
Based on four different books by Colombian author Mario Mendoza, The Initiated (or Los Iniciados) is perhaps too much of…
