Film-Forward

Foreign

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.

Sex

The trilogy “Love, Sex and Dreams” is shaping up as this summer’s most sophisticated cinephile secret.