The Souvenir Part II
Dir. Joanna Hogg
After 2019’s The Souvenir—a drama about a toxic, suffocating relationship—director Joanna Hogg brings back her protagonist (played by a superb…
Old Henry
Dir. Potsy Ponciroli
It’s not easy to abandon the past. Even if you want to shed your new identity, the memory of what…
The Truffle Hunters
Dir. Gregory Kershaw & Michael Dweck
With truffle being so expensive, you would think that the world would eventually figure out how to get this tasty…
Saint Frances
Dir. Alex Thompson
This fun comedy-drama is about Bridget, a 34-year-old who hasn’t quite got it all figured out, but at least she’s…
The Mole Agent
Dir. Maite Alberdi
Going deep undercover, integrating one’s self into a group without any suspicion, and passing out information to another party… That’s…
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…
Bad Education
Dir. Cory Finley
Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, and Ray Romano star in this true story of a big academic corruption case. Hugh Jackman…
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…
Best in Show
Dir. Christopher Guest
Best in Show’s cast list reads like a catalog of comic greats. Among others, it includes Parker Posey, Jane Lynch,…
American Splendor
Dir. Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
Having an ordinary life isn’t a bad thing, but it can feel like a huge disappointment, hearing of other people…
Like Crazy
Dir. Drake Doremus
See, low budget films do work! Like Crazy schools other romantic films on what they should all be: cute and sweet…
Fargo
Taking the violence and offbeat comedy of the original movie and adding constantly expanding narratives on top of it, Noah…
Collective
Dir. Alexander Nanau
Following a group of journalists uncovering an entire architecture of institutional corruption in Romania, Collective makes for an inspiring watch—not…
Win Win
Dir. Tom McCarthy
Paul Giamatti knocks in out of the park in Win Win. The movie has so much humanity in it as well as…
Maria Full of Grace
Dir. Joshua Marston
Is courage still courage when you have no choices left? What do you do when you’re pressed to the wall…
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…
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Dir. Michael Schwartz & Tyler Nilson
This buddies-on-the-road drama was the highest-grossing independent film of 2019, which tells you everything you need to know about it:…
The Last Duel
Dir. Ridley Scott
The Last Duel propped high expectations as the Closing Film at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, but its theatrical release…
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…
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Dir. Martin Scorsese
Don’t be fooled by the “romcom” label on Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Beyond romantic flings and meet-cutes, Martin Scorsese’s…