More than just a commentary on leadership and hubris, The Odyssey is an adventure film, a romance story, a coming-of-age tale, and a Greek tragedy all rolled into one.

This is The Wizard of Oz, only with transactional sex, gangsters, Hollywood misfits, countless pop culture references, and surprise celebrity cameos.

The adaptation of Azar Nafisi’s best-selling memoir of her life in post-revolutionary Iran, where she shared forbidden Western books with seven female students.

Ross McElwee’s latest film may be his most personal exploration yet, chronicling the grief he has felt since 27-year-old son died of a fentanyl overdose.

From an array of eclectic films, here are three among the varied slate that may have been somewhat overlooked.

Bouchra deals with family estrangement, queerness and the closet, and cultural prohibitions sometimes forthrightly, sometimes obliquely, and sometimes by not dealing with them at all.

The film’s chief strength is the way it captures ennui. Indeed, there are times this seems like a movie mostly preoccupied with waiting.

Shot in Alberta at the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, writer-director Avalon Fast creates a dreamy atmosphere of witchcraft afoot within a tranquil summer camp.

Carla Simón’s third feature is a truly special film—and her best yet. She captures the dynamics of family life with all its secrets, regrets, and resentments.