Film-Forward

Foreign

The Eternal Daughter | NYFF 2022

A film staged, shot, and scored as a ghost story infused by a gothic atmosphere. Joanna Hogg avoids obvious jump scares while sustaining an unsettling environment.

God’s Creatures

A mother, caught in a moral quandary, discovers that her prodigal son might not be the man she had believed him to be.

My Imaginary Country

An essential documentary for anyone interested in learning about an ongoing revolution that actually succeeded.

Charcoal | TIFF 2022

This well-calibrated droll and dark satire has a life force that courses in serpentine ways that recall Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite.

The Banshees of Inisherin | TIFF 2022

A return to form for Martin McDonagh, with this dark, macabre comedy. Though the story is gritty, grim, and grotesque, the location lends it an almost epic-like grandeur.

Peter Von Kant

François Ozon’s film feels like a lighter version of its source material, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, less Jean Genet and more Noël Coward.

My Donkey, My Lover, & I

A fizzy, feel-good comedy that believes in the goodness of the human heart, even if the brain attached is a little flighty.

Both Sides of the Blade

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

Olga

A competitive Ukrainian gymnast faces a painful choice: potential gold medals or her identity as a Ukrainian.