drama
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Embrace of the Serpent
A visually sumptuous, frightening meditation on colonialism's violent stamping-out of indigenous culture.
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Boris Without Béatrice (Berlin Review)
Denis Côté's latest film is a visually striking look at one man's unchecked privilege.
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In Your Dreams! (Berlin Review)
Teen drama, parkour and fantasy sequences are just a few of the sloppy ingredients that make up this...
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Things to Come (Berlin Review)
With Isabelle Huppert, Mia Hansen-Løve has found a perfect collaborator.
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The Unity of All Things
'The Unity of All Things' epitomizes the notion of something being an acquired taste.
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The Finest Hours
This uninspired, effects-driven dramatization is ice cold.
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Spa Night (Sundance Review)
'Spa Night's' specificity and uniqueness among US cinema don't change how emotionally inert it feels.
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Embers (Slamdance Review)
A thought-provoking debut about how memory ties into our own individuality.
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A Good Wife (Sundance Review)
An admirable directorial debut about the sins of the past finally coming to light.
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Driftwood (Slamdance review)
Paul Taylor's dialogue-free debut showcases the ups and downs of purely visual storytelling.
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MAD (Slamdance Review)
'MAD' has a great cast and plenty of wit, but its acerbic screenplay winds up getting the better...
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Naz & Maalik
A powerful premise fizzles fast in this drama about a pair of closeted Muslim teens in New York.
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Aferim!
Stark history and stunning imagery combine to form the backdrop for Radu Jude's gorgeous and raucous Romanian comic...
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One Floor Below
By exploring character-based mysteries rather than narrative ones, 'One Floor Below' provides a rich and rewarding experience.
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45 Years
The frailty of the human ego threatens to topple the might of a long marriage in this measured but mesmerizing...