Film-Forward

Emma Morano, age 114, in The Oldest Person in the World (Roberto Masiero/Assembly Releasing)

The Oldest Person in the World

Director Sam Green’s decade-long project treks the globe as he meets with six of the oldest living individuals, all of whom are women.

Buddy

A horror film whose scares and campy laughs prey upon our attachment to nostalgic comfort.

Coyote vs. Acme

A genuine delight and a hilarious slapstick comedy-turned-legal thriller that features all the mayhem and hijinks you’d expect from Looney Tunes characters.

Boorman and the Devil

David Kittredge’s documentary brings John Boorman and many of his surviving cast and crew back to revisit the making of a notorious flop.

Hanging by a Wire

Much of the footage is appropriately stunning—certainly the vistas fail to disappoint—and many of the near-death feats here are captured with impressive precision.

Filipiñana

A day in which nothing happens transitions to one in which a great deal happens, wrapped up in a quietly terrifying manner.

To Use a Mountain

An inspiring look at a hard-to-believe true story, To Use a Mountain is a timely reminder that people power is a force to be reckoned with.

Franz

For her ambitious biopic about Franz Kafka, director Agnieszka Holland refuses to take the obvious route.

It Ends

The feature film debut of Alex Ullom makes for a confident first impression.

How to Divorce During the War

A tale of a marriage falling to unhappy pieces, its aggression mirrored by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine not far away.