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Bob Trevino Likes It (2025)
Dir. Tracie Laymon
With the anonymity of the internet, it’s hard to trust that the stranger on the other side would be a…
Belén (2025)
Dir. Dolores Fonzi & Female director
Given that this is based on a recent, real life case, and the defendant has chosen to remain behind the…
Toxic Town
Toxic Town tells the true story of how toxic waste in the steel-making town of Corby, England led a group…
Song Sung Blue (2025)
Dir. Craig Brewer
Song Sung Blue gets its name from a Neil Diamond song, but rather than depict his life in a regular…
Black Warrant
With the fresh-faced cast and the sleek camerawork, Black Warrant, at first, didn’t seem to be the gritty adaptation of…
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Lockerbie is a devastating time-hopping journey that tells the story of how the UK’s deadliest terror attacks came to be…
Running Point
If you combined the family business shenanigans of Arrested Development with the behind-the-scenes league drama of Ted Lasso, then you’d…
Masters of the Air
It’s hard not to be swept away by the epicness of Masters of the Air. Produced by Steven Spielberg and…
Griselda
With the success of Narcos, Netflix has created multiple shows about drugs in Latin America to the point that the…
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
Dir. Joachim Rønning
Young Woman and the Sea is a neatly told, inspiring story about a woman who went against the tide to…
Maamla Legal Hai
Dir. Rahul Pandey
With the stakes involved in plenty of cases, legal dramas tend to be more serious and dramatic. However, sometimes, ludicrous…
Coppola, the Agent
Dir. Ariel Winograd
Sports is undeniably exciting, but behind the scenes, there’s a whole world constructed just to get the players in the…
Cristóbal Balenciaga
When Cristobal Balenciaga was in his prime, the courtier was lauded for his technique. More than anything, his dedication to…
Under the Bridge
Dir. Geeta Patel
When it comes to true crime series, it’s rare to hear of teenage girls participating in murder. But it does…
God Save Texas
Sometimes thinking about your home state can feel complicated, because while it’s your home, the events and issues and controversies…
Mary & George
After the likes of The Favourite six years ago, modern historical portrayals have now become more interested in the salacious…
Scoop (2024)
Dir. Philip Martin
To the untrained eye, a TV interview is just that: an interview, a simple (and at times rehearsed) back-to-back between…
Manhunt
Everyone grows up learning about the theatric death of President Lincoln—while enjoying a play with his wife, the actor and…
Wicked Little Letters (2024)
Dir. Thea Sharrock
Is this the most thrilling head-scratcher we’ve seen in a while? No. Is it a rousing take on the feminist…
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld gets many things right—the fashion is spectacular, the drama is gripping, and the details feel true to…
Mutt (2023)
Dir. Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
Just based off its title, Mutt is already a film that tackles a state of in-between, and perhaps what makes…
The Royal Hotel (2023)
Dir. Kitty Green
The Royal Hotel sees Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) resorting to take up a dire live-in job behind…
This World Can’t Tear Me Down
This World Can’t Tear Me Down is a timely release on friendship, punk, and anti-fascism. From the Italian cartoonist Zerocalcare,…
The Good Mothers
Dir. Elisa Amoruso & Julian Jarrold
With years of films depicting Italian crime syndicates, most focus on their leaders – the Dons, the Capos, and the…
Great Photo, Lovely Life (2023)
Dir. Amanda Mustard & Rachel Beth Anderson
Biographical documentaries tend to depict exceptional people– people who are so great that everyone wants to know about them, and…
Simón (2023)
Dir. Diego Vicentini & Diego Vincentini
While we would like to think that we would do all we can to fight against a tyrannical regime, it’s…
The Promised Land (2023)
Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
In The Promised Land, director Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) and Mads Mikkelsen reunite to create another intense, enjoyable drama…
Cabrini (2024)
Dir. Alejandro Monteverde
After drawing controversy for the embellished, modern day-set Sound of Freedom, director Alejandro Monteverde and writer Rod Barr pivoted to…
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