It Was Just an Accident
Dir. Jafar Panahi
You can probably predict from the title that an accident starts this thriller but what happens after is totally unexpected.…
September 5
Dir. Tim Fehlbaum
On September 5, 1972, at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, Palestinian terrorists held members of the Israeli Olympic team…
A Real Pain
Dir. Jesse Eisenberg
A Real Pain is a deceptively simple film. There’s not a lot going on on the surface, but Eisenberg’s smart…
Minari
Dir. Lee Isaac Chung
Minari is a film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, about a Korean-American family in search of the so-called…
Avalon
Dir. Barry Levinson
For the longest time, family was everything. Traditions were maintained, opportunities were made and created for it, and the community…
Frozen River
Dir. Courtney Hunt
Frozen River won’t be the most uplifting film to watch this Christmas, but it’s a stark reminder of how different…
Metropolitan
Dir. Whit Stillman
It’s very interesting, if not startling, to see an earnest movie made about the white upper class these days. Metropolitan…
Topsy-Turvy
Dir. Mike Leigh
If you’re a fan of musical theater of any kind, Topsy-Turvy pays tribute to that notoriously tricky art form with…
Dirty Pretty Things
Dir. Stephen Frears
Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as a disgraced doctor-turned-immigrant cab driver who inadvertently stumbles upon London’s black market organ trade. Audrey Tatou…
20th Century Women
Dir. Mike Mills
Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, and many other big names star in this comedy-drama directed by Mike Mills (Beginners, Thumbsucker.) The…
Lone Star
Dir. John Sayles
All kinds of lines — those separating good and bad, past and present, and even international borders — are blurred…
The Brutalist
Dir. Brady Corbet
Just a few minutes in, you can already feel the immensity of The Brutalist. The rousing score stirs you. The…
The Savages
Dir. Female director & Tamara Jenkins
Philipp Seymour Hoffman stars in this family drama next to Laura Linney as siblings. They have to unite to support…
Another Year
Dir. Mike Leigh
This is a very nice movie about a lovely older couple named Tom and Gerri. It follows their lives for…
Happy-Go-Lucky
Dir. Mike Leigh
Happy-Go-Lucky is a Mike Leigh feel-good movie tells the story of Poppy, a North London teacher, whose story we follow…
Foxcatcher
Dir. Bennett Miller
From the director of Moneyball, Foxcatcher is a true-story-based thriller centered around Olympic wrestlers and brothers Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) and…
Lars and the Real Girl
Dir. Craig Gillespie
Starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner and Patricia Clarkson. Lars and the Real Girl is a funny…
sex, lies, and videotape
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Remarkably, Steven Soderbergh was only 26 years old when he directed this coolly assured debut, the searingly candid script of…
Far From Heaven
Dir. Todd Haynes
Anyone who’s seen All That Heaven Allows will naturally be skeptical that a movie claiming to be an homage to…
Heavenly Creatures
Dir. Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson made the transition from splattery gross-out movies like Braindead to more respectable fare with Heavenly Creatures, the true…
The Substance
Dir. Coralie Fargeat
There is nothing quite like The Substance right now. It’s unsubtle, it’s provocative, and its satirical humor can be a…
The Big Sick
Dir. Michael Showalter
A revelation of a movie, both in filmmaking and commercial success. While little-known abroad, it has made more than $42 million in…