Film-Forward

American

Ella McCay

James L. Brooks’s new film feels like it was written by an extraterrestrial being who has consumed too much media from the 1990s and 2000s and attempts to re-create how the human species behaves.

Rental Family

An earnest, though innocuous, feel-good movie for the armchair traveler.

Rebuilding

People behaving nice and helpful to one another, despite chaos, seems novel these days, perhaps even groundbreaking.

Bunny

If you are a fan of gritty 1990s indie film and have a taste for screwball comedy and eccentric Coen-esque characters, then Bunny is for you.

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Director Mary Bronstein bravely and imaginatively confronts head-on issues that many films would shy away from.

Twinless

The script is consistently funny and astutely written, where sorrow often collides with humor.

Splitsville

Essentially a portrait of male insecurity, with two men clueless about how to handle the women in their lives.

Sorry, Baby

For a film about someone stuck and slowly coming to terms with trauma, it’s surprisingly spirited.

Lemonade Blessing | Tribeca Festival 2025

Much of this coming-of-ager is so convincingly awkward that I kept needing to hide my face in embarrassment.