Film-Forward

Crime

Emilia Pérez | NYFF 2024

A ridiculous, beautiful, heartbreaking, and hilarious musical best enjoyed with an open mind.

Red Rooms

A thriller that impresses with its eerie quiet, strong acting, and its focus on the darkest aspects of the internet.

Only the River Flows

An atmospheric police procedural that doesn’t offer the consolation typical of more routine detective pictures.

The Bikeriders

A motorcycle drama about the rise and fall of a bygone era, starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and Tom Hardy.

The French Italian, Lake George, Sacramento | Tribeca Festival 2024

Reports that “comedy is dead” have been greatly exaggerated. Or, in any case, that memo didn’t reach the 2024 Tribeca Festival.

The Last Stop in Yuma County

From a simple premise, writer/director Francis Galluppi wrings maximum suspense.

Love Lies Bleeding

A sapphic Bonnie and Clyde doesn’t come around every day.

The Delinquents | NYFF 2023

In one of the most unusual approaches to the heist film genre, this absorbing piece of Argentinian cinema replaces the sense of danger with sophisticated humor.

Killers of the Flower Moon

Although David Grann’s nonfiction page-turner offers more than enough material for a 206-minute film, the result here is lopsided.