The Curse
That The Curse is squirm-inducingly awkward won’t be news to anyone who’s watched a Nathan Fielder show before, but TV’s…
Scrapper
Dir. Charlotte Regan
Be prepared to have the expectations you form after reading Scrapper’s synopsis shattered: though it is about a 12-year-old dealing…
Fremont
Dir. Babak Jalali
Aptly for a film partly set in a fortune cookie factory, Fremont deals with luck — specifically, the other side…
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
Dir. Dan Hartley
The Harry Potter movies undoubtedly changed the lives of its young stars forever — but a stuntman whose future the…
Once Upon a Time in Uganda
Dir. Cathryne Czubek
If you were on the Internet around 2015, you might be familiar with the viral phenomenon that is Wakaliwood, a…
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Falcon Lake
Dir. Charlotte Le Bon
The gorgeous grain of Falcon Lake’s lush 16mm cinematography instantly gives it an air of nostalgia, as if the movie…
Theater Camp
New on Tubi 7 days ago
You don’t have to be a theater kid to enjoy this feel-good mockumentary set in a summer camp for junior…
White Balls on Walls
Dir. Sarah Vos
This sociologically revealing documentary follows the attempts of the largely “snow-white” staff of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk art museum to refresh the…
Sick of Myself
New on Prime Video 59 days ago
One woman’s main character syndrome reaches shocking lows in this vicious Norwegian satire of social-media-era narcissists. Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp)…
Luzzu
Dir. Alex Camilleri
In Luzzu, tradition and modernity — plus principles and necessity — come crashing up against each other like waves in…
Cairo Conspiracy
Dir. Tarik Saleh
When he’s accepted into the prestigious Islamic university Al-Azhar, fisherman’s son Adam (Tawfeek Barhom) gets an eye-opening education — but…
The Duke
Dir. Roger Michell
In 1961, Francisco de Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington was stolen from London’s National Gallery, but the theft…
Betty
This spiritual sequel to director Crystal Moselle’s Skate Kitchen gives that movie’s characters a fresh slate but retains all of…
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The Beasts
Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen
In The Beasts, the idyllic semi-retirement that a French couple seeks in the Galician countryside — growing organic vegetables, fixing…
Science Fair
Dir. Cristina Costantini & Darren Foster
Science Fair is simultaneously a feel-good documentary and a feel-bad one: while inspiring and reassuring for all the brilliant young…
I Am Not a Witch
Dir. Rungano Nyoni
Remarkably for a movie about women being shunned and exploited by those more powerful than them, I Am Not A…
I'm a Virgo
Boots Riley established himself as a wildly creative voice with 2018’s zany anti-capitalist satire Sorry To Bother You, and with…
Wild Style
Dir. Charlie Ahearn
This cult classic is the first hip-hop movie in cinema’s history — and, aptly, one of the most sampled movies…
Sheikh Jackson
Dir. Amr Salama
Michael Jackson’s death triggers the sudden unraveling of a young imam’s buttoned-up life in this idiosyncratic Egyptian character study. The…