Housekeeping for Beginners
Dir. Goran Stolevski
Only a few people in Dita’s house are related by blood, but you wouldn’t know that by how they move.…
The Girl with the Needle
Dir. Magnus von Horn
Given the original real-life story behind it, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that The Girl with the Needle was so…
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…
Godland
Dir. Hlynur Palmason
On the one hand, Godland is a film about nature’s unforgiving beauty. Like the photographs the priest Lucas (Elliott Crosset…
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…
The Ugly Stepsister
Dir. Emilie Blichfeldt & Emilie Kristine Blichfeldt
There are plenty of versions of the Cinderella story, but none as brutal and nauseating as The Ugly Stepsister. For…
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…
Sick of Myself
Dir. Kristoffer Borgli
One woman’s main character syndrome reaches shocking lows in this vicious Norwegian satire of social-media-era narcissists. Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp)…
Cairo Conspiracy
Dir. Tarik Saleh
When he’s accepted into the prestigious Islamic university Al-Azhar, fisherman’s son Adam (Tawfeek Barhom) gets an eye-opening education — but…
Beautiful Beings
Dir. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
There are many ways through which a friendship can form, but sometimes, it’s due to compassion for someone who needs…
The Innocents
Dir. Eskil Vogt
The Innocents is a Norweigan thriller that follows four kids who discover they have supernatural powers over the summer. They…
200 Meters
Dir. Ameen Nayfeh
How far would you go for the people that you love? Regardless of the answer, whether that would be one…
Scenes from a Marriage
This English-language adaptation of the 1973 Swedish miniseries by Ingmar Bergman stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, whose palpable chemistry…
Held for Ransom
Dir. Niels Arden Oplev
The real life situation behind this harrowing drama is quite extraordinary, so adapting Daniel Rye’s captivity straightforwardly would already intrigue…
Scheme Birds
Dir. Ellen Fiske & Ellinor Hallin
In Motherwell, you either “get locked up or knocked up,” or so says Gemma, a teenager on the cusp of…
Sabaya
Dir. Hogir Hirori
When it comes to depicting human rights violations, sometimes it’s more important to depict them as fast as you can,…
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.…
Monos
Dir. Alejandro Landes & Alejandro Landes Echavarría
This crazy adventure thriller was Colombia’s nomination for the 2020 Oscars. “Monos” translates to monkeys, the nom de guerre of…
The Wild Pear Tree
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Wild Pear Tree is somewhat like a novel made into a movie– It’s long, it’s philosophical, and it’s mostly…
Last Breath
Dir. Alex Parkinson & Richard da Costa
An 80-minute documentary about a diver who gets stranded in the deep sea with 5 minutes of oxygen left, while…