Film-Forward

Family drama

The Five Devils

With witchcraft, racism, a lesbian interracial affair, and even a case of arson in its mix, this French Alps–based fantasy thriller has a lot of potential to start fires.

iMordecai

Taxi’s Judd Hirsch Carol Kane reunite in this sentimental family dramedy that has a lot on its plate.

Juniper

Charlotte Rampling stars as an ornery former war correspondent who doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

Joyland | Sundance 2023

Of the dozen or so narrative films seen at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, this expansive and novelistic film from Pakistan takes the prize as the most illuminating.

The Blue Caftan

Melancholy and tentative hope are stitched together in a bittersweet story of a Moroccan tailor shop and the three lonely yet interwoven souls within.

Broker

Like in his 2018 Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new movie brings together social outcasts who form an unconventional familial bond.

The Whale

Darren Aronofsky’s workmanlike approach to an Off-Broadway play recalls many 1950s film adaptations of Broadway hits.

One Fine Morning

Understated and deceptively breezy, Mia Hansen-Løve’s new film accumulates nuanced moments that add up to a subtly powerful, satisfying work.

Utama

Set on the Andean plateau, Utama takes the conventions of the Western genre in a different direction.