Film-Forward

Foreign

Mothering Sunday

A British period drama that subverts the polite conventions of the genre with its frank depiction of sex.

You Are Not My Mother

Kate Dolan’s ability to create maximum tension with a minimal budget and scant practical effects marks her as a director to watch.

Bloody Oranges

Not an easy film to watch, this dark satire is challenging, violent, gruesome, and maybe even necessary.

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic | SXSW 2020

The film nimbly becomes a thriller without shedding its established rhythm. Before you know it, the tone has turned uncomfortably ominous. 

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2022

The annual event offers a spotlight on women directors and coming-of-age stories, a festival staple.

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

Welcome to Weimar–era Berlin, a world of economic instability, wild partying, cabaret performers, rampant sexuality, and where Nazis are beginning to march the streets.

Living | Sundance 2022

Director Oliver Hermanus offers a fresh take on a noted work by placing its story line in a different cultural context, where it holds up handily.

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Bhutan’s vast landscape overwhelms with its beauty, and as the village of Lunana and its people calmly make an impact on the protagonist, Lunana makes one on the viewer.

Drive My Car

Ryusuke Hamaguchi has masterfully and thrillingly expanded Haruki Murakami’s typically spare and evocative short story into a three-hour feature.