Wild Rose
Dir. Tom Harper
A simple movie about a Scottish country singer with a dream to go to Nashville, U.S.A and reach stardom. It…
Letter from Masanjia
Dir. Leon Lee
When thinking about buying something, it’s easy to only think about price and quality, but with many investigations around the…
April and the Extraordinary World
Dir. Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci
Contrary to other sci-fi films, this oddball animated feature reimagines a different history. Rather than envisioning where tech can take…
Double Happiness
Dir. Female director & Mina Shum
Sandra Oh earned her breakout in this warm, candid Canadian indie, which — not uncoincidentally — shares its name with…
Sharp Objects
Based on Gillian Flynn’s 2006 debut novel, the two actors are showcased by director Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club). Amy…
To Kill a Tiger
Dir. Nisha Pahuja
To Kill a Tiger should not be an easy watch. It’s about the gang rape of 13-year-old Kiran, a girl…
Smoke Signals
Dir. Chris Eyre
To Hollywood’s shame, it wasn’t until 1998 that a major feature made by Native American filmmakers was released. It was…
Indian Horse
Dir. Stephen S. Campanelli
This Canadian drama produced by Clint Eastwood is based on the true story of Saul Indian Horse, a famous indigenous…
Last Night
Dir. Don McKellar
Forgoing the typical catastrophic approach to the apocalypse, writer, star, and director Don McKellar opts for a grounded tone in…
The Nightingale
Dir. Jennifer Kent
From The Babadook director Jennifer Kent comes another horror, although this one is more about the horrors of humanity. Set…
The Breadwinner
Dir. Nora Twomey
The Breadwinner is as beautiful as it is heartbreaking. The animation is magical as it seamlessly jumps back and forth…
Official Secrets
Dir. Gavin Hood
Keira Knightley stars in this incredible true story of an Iraq War whistleblower who remains relatively little-known in the U.S.…
Casting By
Dir. Tom Donahue
Watch this documentary and find yourself amazed at how much of Hollywood history was determined by one woman: legendary casting…
Film, The Living Record of Our Memory
Dir. Inés Toharia Terán
It’s impossible not to be moved by this passionate love letter to the medium of film and its singular abilities…
Still Mine
Dir. Michael McGowan
A slice-of-life true-story-based film on growing old and in love. When on his own land, Craig Morrison (played by James…
The Ron Clark Story
Dir. Randa Haines
The Ron Clark Story tells the true tale of how the titular educator, played by Matthew Perry (Friends), takes on…
High School
Based on a forthcoming memoir by queer music duo Tegan & Sara, High School follows the twin sisters in ’90s…
For the Love of Spock
Dir. Adam Nimoy
There are moments in cinema when the character and actor are irrevocably linked– to think of one is to think…
The Whistleblower
Dir. Larysa Kondracki
Based on a true story, The Whistleblower is the biography of a once Nebraskan police officer who volunteers for the U.N. peacekeeping…
Interstate 60
Dir. Bob Gale
Without wish-granting mythical creatures like genies or fairies, it can seem that America has no one but themselves in life,…
The Accused
Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
An arguably tough watch, The Accused fluctuates between crime and courtroom drama, eschewing any kind of sentimentality in its storytelling.…