Film-Forward

Foreign

Bitter Christmas

Pedro Almodóvar returns with a layered and twisty meditation on loss, relationships, and the art of writing.

On the Road

Uncompromising and unashamed of explicit nudity and gay sex, On the Road fully steps into a quasi-forbidden world—or at least it feels that way.

Sense and Sensibility

Director Georgia Oakley’s sober, naturalistic take comes at the expense of the novel and its author’s intentions.

Possible Love | TIFF 2026

In a year when the fall festivals are overloaded with bloated and aimless running times of 150 minutes or more, Possible Love’s 165 minutes are well justified.

Double Freedom; Heil, Jupiter!; The Life of Jorge Luis Borges | NYFF 2026

More horrifying than any horror movie released this year and more visionary than many sci-fi movies yet to come, Heil, Jupiter! is a time-traveling testimony from the end of times.

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

It features a winning and touching comic performance by Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel).

Filipiñana

A day in which nothing happens transitions to one in which a great deal happens, wrapped up in a quietly terrifying manner.

Sheep in the Box

Director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest offering could hardly feel less Hollywood in either spirit or execution.

Camp

Shot in Alberta at the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, writer-director Avalon Fast creates a dreamy atmosphere of witchcraft afoot within a tranquil summer camp.