We Grown Now
Dir. Minhal Baig
Places evoke certain emotions, but even the most rundown, cramped projects feel special when they’re home. We Grown Now is…
Theater Camp
Dir. Molly Gordon & Nick Lieberman
You don’t have to be a theater kid to enjoy this feel-good mockumentary set in a summer camp for junior…
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…
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Dir. Eliza Hittman
This difficult movie is about a seventeen-year-old from the U.S. underclass who has to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. Autumn…
We the Animals
Dir. Jeremiah Zagar
Three half-Puerto-Rican, half-white boys grow up in suburban New York in this personal movie shot on stunning 16mm film. This…
American Animals
Dir. Bart Layton
This crazy heist movie is told in a very original way. Because it’s based on a true story, the movie…
Mid90s
Dir. Jonah Hill
It wouldn’t be too far of a reach to evoke Kids (1995) while diving into Mid90s. But instead of taking…
A Most Violent Year
Dir. J. C. Chandor
Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac star in this slow-burning but impeccable crime thriller. Abel Morales (Isaac) owns a fuel distribution…
Frances Ha
Dir. Noah Baumbach
Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York – but not the glamorous NYC of Woody Allen movies. Taking place primarily…
Swiss Army Man
Dir. Dan Kwan & Daniel Kwan
Probably the weirdest film you’ll ever see. Paul Dano plays a borderline suicidal man who befriends a farting corpse that…
Call Me by Your Name
Dir. Luca Guadagnino
In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family’s villa in Italy. One day Oliver,…
Upstream Color
Dir. Shane Carruth
Nine years after his out-of-nowhere, mind-bending premier Primer, writer/producer/director/ star Shane Carruth returns with this exponentially more challenging feature—a neo…
It Follows
Dir. David Robert Mitchell
This movie is distilled horror. A teenager sleeps with her boyfriend for the first time, after which he tells her…