Film-Forward

Satire

White Noise | NYFF 2022

A stimulating example of giving-it-all filmmaking for art’s sake that might not be perfect or cohesive, but it’s restless fun and uncompromising.

Triangle of Sadness | NYFF 2022

Five years after writer/director Ruben Östlund won the Palme d’Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, he triumphed again with his latest darkly satiric romp.

Official Competition

As an auteur filmmaker, Penélope Cruz presumably sends up the directors that she’s surely had to contend with in her career.

Flux Gourmet

Saying that this is Peter Strickland’s most accessible film to date, which it is, in no way means that it is accessible.

Intregalde

Radu Munteanu’s mordant comedy slides from a Romanian Green Acres to the grotesque.

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Uppercase Print

Two more Radu Jude films torch Romanian ignorance, authoritarianism, and poltroonery. The borderline-bonkers Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn churns with incendiary ideas, while Uppercase Print condemns Ceausescu–era repression with clunky sincerity.

Bergman Island | New York Film Festival 2021

A creative couple explores artistry and love in this whimsical adventure and beguiling fantasy.

Dead Pigs

The nimble, sprawling, and biting debut by director Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn).

The Man Who Sold His Skin

Visually textured and richly shot, the dark satire has earned Tunisia’s first-ever Academy Award nod for International Feature Film.