Film-Forward

Book adaptation

We the Animals

A coming-of-age story that stands out for its kinetic style and raw emotion.

The Wife

An old-fashioned, tony chamber piece on the surface, the film has surprises below.

BlacKkKlansman

The absurdity, the humor, and the implications for today are real when a black cop joins the KKK in the 1970s

Bye Bye Germany

Living in displaced limbo by selling schmattes to hausfraus and recalling jokes made to the SS.

Breath

Surfing the Australia coast and adolescent male angst in the 1970s.

Little Pink House

A working-class town’s relentless legal battle against the state government’s use of eminent domain, anchored by a powerfully subdued Catherine Keener.

Lean on Pete

Moments of heartbreaking compassion mired in an exhausting plot.

A Bag of Marbles

Two Jewish boys’ adventures have life-and-death consequences in Occupied France.

Django

The biopic of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt is given a stifling, low-energy treatment.