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My Salinger Year

Sigourney Weaver is the standout here as a complex, layered woman, sometimes mean, sometimes kind, but always fully human.

Cherry

Directed by MCU masterminds Joe and Anthony Russo, Cherry tackles a lot of issues: youthful malaise, PTSD, the opioid crisis, and Midwestern economic collapse.

French Exit

The film revolves around the complicated, codependent relationship between a self-absorbed mother (Michelle Pfeiffer in an icy, brittle performance) and her passively resentful son.

The White Tiger

A strong film about the amorality that is required to succeed in an amoral world.

Martin Eden

The director has one ace in the hole: the lean, beguiling face of leading man Luca Marinelli.

Once Upon a River

In this adaptation of the novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell, a 15-year-old biracial girl embarks on an adventure to find her mother.

Nomadland | New York Film Festival 2020

For an off-kilter year in which moviegoing has been curtailed and new films have debuted online and not in theaters, it’s fitting that this low-key and muted film has recently been celebrated.

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Charlie Kaufman finds yet another vehicle for exploring identity, longing, denial, and missed opportunities while creating a movie that is a maze-like series of corridors.

Words on Bathroom Walls

A film built around the message that if you accept love into your life, all your problems will disappear.