Film-Forward

Gladiator II

It was always going to be difficult for Ridley Scott to top his 2000 Roman historical epic Gladiator.

All We Imagine as Light

An entrancing depiction of life in contemporary Mumbai.

April | NYFF 2024

Every sequence becomes a moment on the edge, with something more difficult to process just around the corner.

100 Yards

This is an elevated martial arts film, with gorgeous set design and smooth and precise fight scenes.

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

The boisterous Italian-American Balsano family gathers for what may be their final Christmas Eve dinner in the suburban ancestral home.

Meanwhile on Earth

Dan Levy’s overwhelming score is the movie’s best asset. If you close your eyes, you might imagine you’re experiencing a grounded, minimalist French answer to Interstellar.

Bird

A lyrical, bittersweet, and sometimes brutal flight of fancy set amid the overpasses and dingy council estates of lower-class Broken Britain.

Heretic

In an against-type performance, Hugh Grant is foreboding and unsettling as a disturbing villain.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

An allegorical family drama and a cat-and-mouse thriller by the exiled Mohammad Rasoulof.

Dusty & Stones

Two cousins/country artists from Swaziland land in America in this heartening documentary.