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Kokuho

With its sprawling story of a fitful brotherhood at its center, Kokuho is often a film of ravishing beauty.

All That’s Left of You

Jordan’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Oscars is ambitious in its scope and intimate in its focus.

Caught by the Tides

In one of the most impressive cinematic experiments of the decade, Jia Zhangke pushes the boundaries of how far movies can play with time and generate new meanings.

The Return

Uberto Pasolini’s retelling of The Odyssey rewards viewers with profound psychological depth and the electrifying chemistry of Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.

Gladiator II

It was always going to be difficult for Ridley Scott to top his 2000 Roman historical epic Gladiator.

The Brutalist | NYFF 2024

Simultaneously vital and sepulchral, The Brutalist is monumental—grand, bold, and ambitious.

Megalopolis

Francis Ford Coppola has one eye on the past and another on the future, blending old-school Hollywood epics with bombastic 21st-century hyperrealism.

Outlaw King

Sir Robert the Bruce (a steely-eyed Chris Pine) fights to free Scotland from the despotic clutches of England’s King Edward I.

The Birth of a Nation

Perhaps no other film this year arrived with as much expectation and coverage as Nate Parker’s directorial debut.