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.…
In the Company of Men
Dir. Neil LaBute
It’s both sad and amazing that a film about toxic masculinity and corporate culture released in the ‘90s remains relevant…
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…
Animal Kingdom
Dir. David Michôd
A cracking cast including Guy Pearce and Joel Edgerton elevate this dark and gripping Australian crime drama, which was received…
Eighth Grade
Dir. Bo Burnham
You live in a strange world. Or at least, that’s what the generation before you thinks. Eight Grade is a…
Big Night
Dir. Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci
There are comfort food movies, and then there are films like Big Night: comfort food movies about comfort food. Stanley…
The Babadook
Dir. Jennifer Kent
In an age where recent horror films mostly use the jump-scare as a crutch to make their CGI-spawned (not to…
Animal Kingdom
17-year-old Joshua “J” Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies…
George Washington
Dir. David Gordon Green
Set in the landscape of a rural southern town, “George Washington” is a stunning portrait of how a group of…
Son of Saul
Dir. László Nemes
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival…
