Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Dir. David Hinton
Is there anything more lovely than hearing Martin Scorsese talk about cinema? Maybe it’s just the film nerds in us–…
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
If you’re expecting the sleek, playful, and totally over-the-top spy shenanigans of 2005’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, you’re not going…
The Day of the Jackal
Watching The Day of the Jackal feels like watching a film; it’s taut, fast-paced, and flashy, featuring incredible dual performances…
Kiss the Future
Dir. Nenad Cicin-Sain
If you’re expecting a documentary about the particular U2 concert in Sarajevo, to focus exclusively on U2, you’re not really…
Perpetrator
Dir. Jennifer Reeder
There’s a degree of removal in Perpetrator which some viewers may find jarring: most visibly, in the performances, whose heightened…
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…
Janet Planet
Dir. Annie Baker
Many films have been made about that uniquely taut mother-daughter bond, but maybe none is as delicate as Janet Planet.…
Between the Temples
Dir. Nathan Silver
Many movies try to be nostalgic, but few have come as close as Between the Temples. Directed by Nathan Silver,…
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 Passenger
Dir. Carter Smith
More psychological drama than bloody horror, The Passenger focuses on its two leads, Randy (Johnny Berchtold) and Benson (Kyle Gallner),…
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…
The Dropout
The Dropout is an eight-part series about disgraced biotech entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, played here to eerie perfection by Amanda Seyfried.…
Infinity Pool
Dir. Brandon Cronenberg
Surreal, off-putting, and extremely disturbing, Infinity Pool plays with the concepts of cloning and the death penalty to craft an…
Last Days at Sea
Dir. Venice Atienza
A great example of a documentary that covers a marginalized community without imposing the gaze of a detached, “superior” filmmaker,…
Little Girl
Dir. Sébastien Lifshitz
It would be understandable if it only occurs to you midway through that Little Girl isn’t actually a narrative feature…
Death of Nintendo
Dir. Raya Martin
Unlike in other films that only seem to evoke a previous era to make a target demographic feel warm and…
Last and First Men
Dir. Jóhann Jóhannsson
Almost more like an audiobook than a traditional movie, the first and unfortunately final film from Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson…
Language Lessons
Dir. Natalie Morales
Most computer screen films take the horror film route as a cautionary tale about technology and how we use it.…
Rosie
Dir. Paddy Breathnach
This emotional and moving story is about a mother of four who is forced into homelessness in Dublin. With her…
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Dir. Bill Ross & Bill Ross IV
This stirring peek into the final days of a shuttering Las Vegas dive might be one of the finest odes…
First Cow
Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Two misfits, an immigrant and a traveling cook, team up to start an unlikely enterprise in this slow but captivating…
The Vow
This HBO docuseries is about NXIVM, a multi-million dollar personal development coaching company whose leader was arrested for sex and…
Monos
Dir. Alejandro Landes & Alejandro Landes Echavarría
This crazy adventure thriller was Colombia’s nomination for the 2020 Oscars. “Monos” translates to monkeys, the nom de guerre of…
The Mauritanian
Dir. Kevin Macdonald
Given the political nature of the story, it’s not surprising that The Mauritanian takes a somewhat safe and simple approach…
What We Do in the Shadows
Based on the 2014 film of the same title, this mockumentary series manages the difficult, Seinfeld-ean task of being about…
The Looming Tower
Dir. Alex Gibney & Ali Selim
The incredible script for this Hulu-produced series comes courtesy of Lawrence Wright, who wrote the Pulitzer-winning book the series is…
