Film-Forward

Indie

Omaha

A quietly powerful debut feature, set in the American West in 2008, at the height of the financial and housing crisis.

Rebuilding

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

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.

Familiar Touch

Rarely has the subject of dementia been explored with such delicacy and insight as in Sarah Friedland’s feature debut.

Eephus

The movie is an unlikely success, one that illuminates the meaning of a place and the passage of time with subtlety and poignancy.

The Black Sea

A young and highly optimistic Brooklynite sets off for Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast in pursuit of a wealthy older woman he met online.

Palm Trees and Power Lines

The story of how a lonely, teenage girl is groomed and exploited by an older man.

The Integrity of Joseph Chambers | Tribeca Festival 2022

A hapless hunter chases a vision of masculine self-reliance.