The Contestant
The bizarre 1998 Japanese phenomenon that established the template for reality TV in the 21st century.
Film-Forward
Challengers
The trinity of the cool Hollywood star, the theater kid, and the versatile indie actor lends itself to a powerful collaboration of differing styles and tensions in this love triangle.
Sasquatch Sunset
David Zellner and Nathan Zellner’s latest curiosity treks the four seasons deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest from the point of a view of a small band of Sasquatches.
Housekeeping for Beginners
An unusual and loving portrait of an imperfect family.
Wicked Little Letters
The novelty of a movie aimed at a typical anglophile audience with uptight British people swearing and reading vulgar words eventually wears thin.
Achilles/Samsara/Sujo | First Look 2024
It’s always a thrill when a film surprises, and Spanish filmmaker Lois Patiño’s Samsara, set in Laos and Zanzibar, is a lovely and adventurous work.
High & Low—John Galliano
The fashion designer’s insidious, anti-Semitic comments overrides the runway footage and the fawning heaps of praise from luminaries.
Onlookers
Kimi Takesue’s entrancingly framed image-based documentary follows swarms of tourists in Laos.
The Monk and the Gun
A buoyant parable that manages to portray messy, complicated matters like democracy in a deft, light-to-the-touch, yet complex manner.