Film-Forward

Foreign

Urchin

A bruising portrait of a man living on the margins of society.

Dreams

Director Dag Johan Haugerud beautifully captures the anxiety and obsession that come with being in love for the first time.

Motel Destino

A shimmering example of a genre that has been resurrected in an unexpected way, this time as a tropical noir.

The Musicians

The exhilaration of making music together.

Taxi zum Klo

A groundbreaking work of queer cinema that warrants reexamination, as well as the attention of new viewers.

Rosa la Rose, Fille Publique

In a Paris-set, candy-colored—though melancholic—portrait, a young sex worker finds herself at a crossroads.

Wild Diamond

First-time director Agathe Riedinger’s gives us a glimpse into an influencer’s world—a callous yet naive place with its own fickle rules.

Kill the Jockey

A sports-mafia drama and an Almodóvar–esque tragicomedy.

Meeting with Pol Pot

Two journalists and one academic from France receive, and accept, an invitation to interview the notorious dictator.