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.

While its humor is more chuckle-worthy than gut-busting, The Sheep Detectives wears its heart on its wool, courtesy of a playful script by Craig Mazin.

François Ozon’s adaptation of Albert Camus’s novel is filled with details that enrich and contextualize the status of colonial France in Algeria through a critical lens.

Emily Brontë’s gothic tale of a platonic, ghostly romance gives way to a carnal dark-pop nightmare dreamed in Technicolor.

The mystery of death and the mystery of love—here they are.

The life and tribulations of an ordinary man as seen through an epic gaze usually reserved for great figures or grand historical events.

A throwback to mid-budget Hollywood historical dramas of the 1990s and early 2000s, with a starry cast and handsome production values.

A 24-year-old woman went to a hospital with severe abdominal pain and ended up deprived of her freedom for three years.

Sometimes, the raw, loose emotions and dark humor of John Cassavetes’s movies seem to be in conversation with this film.