EO
Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
It’s a bold move, centering a drama around a creature as docile as a donkey, but EO pulls it off…
Sick of Myself
Dir. Kristoffer Borgli
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…
Pacifiction
Dir. Albert Serra
It doesn’t feel quite right to call Pacifiction a political thriller — at 2 hours 45 minutes and with an…
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…
So Late So Soon
Dir. Daniel Hymanson
“Youth is a state of mind,” a poet once said — but, young in spirit though they are, the elderly…
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…
Skate Kitchen
Dir. Crystal Moselle
Director Crystal Moselle based Skate Kitchen on NYC’s eponymous crew of young female skateboarders, who actually play fictionalized versions of…
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…
The Mission
Dir. Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss
In this documentary about John Allen Chau — the American Christian missionary reportedly killed when he tried to preach the…
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…
Finders Keepers
Dir. Bryan Carberry & J. Clay Tweel
A wacky viral story — the kind that gets played for laughs at the end of news broadcasts — gets…
The Ciambra
Dir. Jonas Carpignano
This fiery coming-of-age drama has an unlikely origin story: director Jonas Carpignano was first introduced to the sprawling Roma clan…
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Dir. William Friedkin
The late, great William Friedkin’s final film is staged with all the military precision of its naval court setting. We…
The Change
Initially, The Change’s premise might seem as eccentric as its kooky characters, but this comedy series set in ancient woods…
Double Happiness
Dir. Female director & Mina Shum
Sandra Oh earned her breakout in this warm, candid Canadian indie, which — not uncoincidentally — shares its name with…
ONEFOUR: Against All Odds
Dir. Gabriel Gasparinatos
Documentaries about musicians — or anyone famous, for that matter — are often mythologizing puff pieces, essentially feature-length airings of…
Smoke Signals
Dir. Chris Eyre
To Hollywood’s shame, it wasn’t until 1998 that a major feature made by Native American filmmakers was released. It was…
A Summer's Tale
Dir. Éric Rohmer
The sunniest installment of Éric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons series is a sly, slow burn of a character…
On the Beach at Night Alone
Dir. Hong Sang-soo
There’s an intriguing meta appeal to this drama, the plot of which is a thinly veiled reference to the scandal…
Tour de Pharmacy
Dir. Jake Szymanski
This HBO mockumentary is part-pastiche of the mythologising sports documentary, part-zany comic creation of its own. Tour de Pharmacy tells…
Cette Maison
Dir. Miryam Charles
A harrowing family loss sets off a poetic exploration of grief in this experimental film from Haitian-Canadian filmmaker Miryam Charles.…