Sound of Falling
Dir. Mascha Schilinski
Previous depictions of provincial living tend to paint the pastoral experience as idyllic, simple, and much more innocent compared to…
Bird
Dir. Andrea Arnold
Given the genre being centered on a child protagonist, many coming-of-age stories sideline parents in the narrative, sometimes to the…
September 5
Dir. Tim Fehlbaum
On September 5, 1972, at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, Palestinian terrorists held members of the Israeli Olympic team…
The Secret Agent
Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
From 1964-1985, Brazil was under a military dictatorship. If you’re looking for films about this period of time, you can…
The Outrun
Dir. Nora Fingscheidt
The Outrun, which follows Rona as she struggles to acknowledge and eventually overcome her alcoholism, is understandably in shambles. It’s…
About Dry Grasses
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Given the controversial subject matter, there’s something remarkably placid about the way About Dry Grasses proceeds. Amidst the snowy white…
The Promised Land
Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
In The Promised Land, director Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) and Mads Mikkelsen reunite to create another intense, enjoyable drama…
Holy Spider
Dir. Ali Abbasi
As a crime thriller, Holy Spider is taut and terrifying, a modern noir that manages to unnerve despite the familiar…
Return to Seoul
Dir. Davy Chou
In both documentaries and films, adoptees meeting their biological parents for the first time is an event often painted in…
Afire
Dir. Christian Petzold
There’s something rich at the heart of Afire that, whether intentionally or not, is kept at arm’s length from the…
Four Daughters
Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
Normally, a film like this would be a straightforward documentary with archival footage and key interviews with experts in the…
Boiling Point
Dir. Philip Barantini
One of the most overlooked films in recent years, Boiling Point is an intense British drama about the life of…
Moonage Daydream
Dir. Brett Morgen
Forget everything you know about the music biopic. One-on-one interviews, chronological storytelling, silent moments with the subjects—Moonage Daydream isn’t that…
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Dir. Arthur Harari
It’s an incredible story, but it’s one that only really deserves to be told a certain way, which director Arthur…
Great Freedom
Dir. Sebastian Meise
Great Freedom is not an easy watch. Apart from the quiet stretches of time and the claustrophobic confines of its…
Compartment Number 6
Dir. Juho Kuosmanen
In Compartment Number 6, two different people strike an unlikely friendship during a train ride from Moscow to Murmansk. One…
I'm Your Man
Dir. Maria Schrader
Romantically pairing up AI with humans is hardly new, and I’m Your Man is aware of that. Instead of spending…