This is perhaps one of the most admirable casting achievements of this or any other year, and Exhibit A for why a casting Oscar category was recently created.

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

A biopic about Aloïse Corbaz, a self-taught Swiss artist who belonged to the outsider art movement, starring Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig.

The occasionally stirring biopic of Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson.

The biopic offers a 1980s untainted, sanitized version of the singer that, in its own way, feels like a real-life version of Michael Jackson reaching Neverland.

The story of two Milwaukee musical sensations becomes a Hollywood saga, embodied by magnetic movie stars.

Contact sport movies are a dime a dozen, but Christy Martin’s remarkable true story helps make David Michôd’s biopic a compelling watch.

Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague won’t start any cinematic revolution, but it will defend the idea that making movies (and watching them) is an inspiring collective effort.

Hollywood finds a way to turn a star into a martyr of the arts, even if he’s one of the most well-behaved guys in the music industry.