A Thousand and One
Dir. A.V. Rockwell
At once intimate and sweeping, A Thousand and One seamlessly weaves Inez’s personal turmoil and familial troubles with the systemic…
Monster
Dir. Tomás Ó Súilleabháin
Irish period drama Monster is downright depressing. Of course, for some viewers, that’s just part and parcel of any period…
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…
Sorry to Bother You
Dir. Boots Riley
In the year of the Netflix TV Show Maniac, another absurdist title stole critics’ hearts. Sorry to Bother You is…
Monster
Dir. Patty Jenkins
Monster is a biographical depiction of Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron), a prostitute and serial killer who murdered seven men in…
She’s Gotta Have It
Dir. Spike Lee
Nola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three lovers. A new take…
Sweet Land
Dir. Ali Selim
Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her…
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Dir. Peter Care
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo…
Synecdoche, New York
Dir. Charlie Kaufman
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Dir. Stephen Chbosky
This coming-of-age story based on the bestseller by the same name starts fun but veers towards darker territory. It’s about…
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Dir. Marielle Heller
One of the most memorable entries to the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, The Diary of a Teenage Girl caused considerable…
The Lookout
Dir. Scott Frank
Fans of Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit might be curious about its writer/director Scott Frank’s first feature, this small, suspenseful thriller…
