Film-Forward

Drama

Rodeo

At once raw and highly stylized, Rodeo fires up a rebel-without-a-cause spirit that lets its woman warrior run free.

Full Time

This frenetic and nerve-wracking movie makes the point that for many, it’s worse than a jungle out there.

Passages | Sundance 2023

In Ira Sachs’s brusquely told new film, the libido-led story line supported one of the festival’s best films.

Saint Omer

A talky, heady, and metaphorical courtroom drama conceals depths of sadness beneath its intellectual and legalistic surface.

You Resemble Me

Director Dina Amer’s incisive and unsettling debut explores how a young French-Moroccan woman ended up becoming radicalized.

Both Sides of the Blade

A moody movie for fans of Claire Denis’s more recent work, character studies with dense emotions to unpack.

Summer of 85

Director François Ozon takes viewers on a wild ride through florid moods and bruising events.

Les Misérables

Ladj Ly’s movie graphically examines how French society, through the actions of one police squad, reaps what it sows.

By the Grace of God

Methodically and steadily, writer-director François Ozon builds an efficient and damning case.