Saturday Night
Dir. Jason Reitman
As the title suggests, Saturday Night takes place in all of one night, during the very first airing of the…
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…
The Duke
Dir. Roger Michell
In 1961, Francisco de Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington was stolen from London’s National Gallery, but the theft…
The Black Book
Dir. Editi Effiong
When the system messes with you personally, it’s such a powerful fantasy to be able to settle things with your…
24 Hours with Gaspar
Dir. Yosep Anggi Noen
We would never know when we would die, but oftentimes, when faced with a deadline to one’s mortality, most would…
Infinity Pool
Dir. Brandon Cronenberg
Surreal, off-putting, and extremely disturbing, Infinity Pool plays with the concepts of cloning and the death penalty to craft an…
The Peasants
Dir. DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman
After Loving Vincent, DK and Hugh Welchman’s iconic oil paint animation initially seems like old hat, but this time the…
The Assessment
Dir. Fleur Fortuné
The Assessment is a psychological sci-fi thriller following Mia and Aaryan, a wealthy couple applying to be parents in the…
Val
Dir. Leo Scott & Ting Poo
The late Val Kilmer is best known for his roles in Top Gun and Batman. If you’re from an earlier…
The Novice
Dir. Lauren Hadaway
If the sheer intensity of The Novice’s storytelling can at times feel like it’s trying too hard to be in-your-face—rather…
Totally Killer
Dir. Nahnatchka Khan
In the vein of classic 80s films, Totally Killer is an homage to the genres that got its heyday in…
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…
Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me
Dir. Alek Keshishian
As the title suggests, My Mind & Me is a documentary that reckons with the mental state of a pop…
Swan Song
Dir. Todd Stephens
In Swan Song, acclaimed actor Udo Kier stars as the real-life Pat Pitsenbarger, a local queer legend in the small…
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…
One Night in Miami
Dir. Regina King
This stagelike historical drama is about a meeting between Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke, and Muhammad Ali, the night…
Uncle Frank
Dir. Alan Ball
You’ll recognize more than a few faces in Uncle Frank. There are no mega-stars but the caliber of acting in…
The Outfit
Dir. Graham Moore
The Outfit doesn’t need to do a lot to be as sleek and surprising as it is. In fact, much…