Emmanuele Crialese’s loosely autobiographical story of a transgender tween and his family’s internal struggles in 1970s Rome.

A precise, purposeful, and rare political film that dares to criticize everything that falls under its gaze.

An intimate, suspenseful film that has the feel of the political paranoia thrillers of the 1970s.

Director Cristian Mungiu lays bare the tensions, pettiness, and fears in the mountainous Transylvanian rust belt, and takes the temperature of the populace—it has a high fever.

The understated and ultimately moving film explores a long, close friendship through its inevitable peaks and valleys.

A coolly dystopian film centered on the Japanese government’s assisted euthanasia program for those ages 75 and up, created in response to a glut of seniors and an increase in hate crimes against them.

The movie, an ever-changing narrative puzzle, is an invitation to get lost in baroque labyrinths of storytelling.

Director François Ozon pulls no punches chronicling the heart-wrenching attempts of two daughters to honor their elderly father’s directive: He wants to end his life on his own terms.

A rare, unrestrained glimpse into life in contemporary China through the perspective of an ordinary 20-year-old college student.