The Sympathizer
After the only war the Americans have lost, American post-Vietnam war portrayals tend to lean as patriotic revenge fantasies or…
I Am: Celine Dion
Dir. Irene Taylor
Celebrities are often described as being “vulnerable” in documentaries, but it’s never been more fitting in this case. Here, Celine…
Sugarcane
Dir. Emily Kassie & Julian Brave NoiseCat
Everything about Sugarcane is arresting, whether it’s the epic shots of the sweeping reservation (“Canada is our land,” one native…
Terrestrial Verses
Dir. Ali Asgari & Alireza Khatami
Since we live in a society, interacting with authority is inescapable. Terrestrial Verses depict fairly mundane day-to-day interactions– getting a…
Mr. Dress-Up: The Magic of Make Believe
Dir. Robert McCallum
Just like with his mentor and contemporary, Fred Rogers, there are no dark secrets to Ernest Coombs’ earnest belief in…
Falcon Lake
Dir. Charlotte Le Bon
The gorgeous grain of Falcon Lake’s lush 16mm cinematography instantly gives it an air of nostalgia, as if the movie…
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Dir. Ariane Louis-Seize
When vampires choose not to kill a human, it’s usually played up with so much drama, angst, and maybe a…
Swan Song
Dir. Chelsea McMullan
If you’re hard working and well-situated enough, you get to chase and achieve and live out your dreams for your…
The Staircase
The bizarre case of Kathleen Peterson’s death, which has yet to be fully resolved to this day, has been the…
School Spirits
A murder mystery on one hand and a supernatural dramedy on the other, School Spirits is an engaging teen series…
Three Pines
Set in the seemingly idyllic town of Three Pines in Quebec, Canada, Three Pines the series follows Chief Inspector Armand…
Alaska Daily
As far as newsroom dramas go, Alaska Daily is on the cheesier side, its structure hewing closer to network television…
Women Talking
Dir. Sarah Polley
Not much happens in Women Talking, but what it lacks in action it more than makes up for in message.…
Yellowjackets
When a girls soccer team is left stranded in the wilderness, things quickly descend from worrisome to outright, delightful, and…
The Peripheral
Set in 2032, The Peripheral finds a protagonist in Flynne Fisher (Chloe Grace Moretz), a cash-strapped but ambitious woman who…
The Twentieth Century
Dir. Matthew Rankin
A truly bizarre comedy that shoots far beyond the boundaries of what should probably be considered good taste, The Twentieth…
The Apprentice
Dir. Ali Abbasi
The Apprentice is as much about Roy Cohn as it is about the titular mentee, a very green Donald Trump.…
The Kid Detective
Dir. Evan Morgan
In The Kid Detective, Adam Brody stars as Abe Applebaum, a once-beloved child prodigy turned pathetic P.I. stuck in the…
Frankenstein
Dir. Guillermo del Toro
After more than 400 separate film adaptations, is there anything new to say about the monster that birthed the sci-fi…
Midnight Traveler
Dir. Hassan Fazili
Hassan Fazili and Nargis Fazili are two filmmakers who, faced with death threats, escape their home in Afghanistan and start…
Kuessipan
Dir. Myriam Verreault
This coming-of-age drama set near Sept-Îles in Quebec, Canada is about two indigenous Innu best friends who grow up together.…