Film-Forward

Foreign

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.

Forastera

A peculiar and unclassifiable ghost story, delightfully subversive in the way it unfolds under bright summer sunlight, in wide-open and illuminated spaces.

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2026

Four women directors deliver singular films—these works are eye-openers, and each brings a strong point of view.