Film-Forward

Satire

The Twentieth Century

Writer-director Matthew Rankin’s first feature is a raunchy look back at Canadian history through a psychedelic and psychosexual lens.

Greed

The comedy’s appealing accessibility doesn’t overshadow the social concerns that propel it, or allow it to rise beyond expectations.

Jojo Rabbit

Director Taika Waititi manages to maneuver through slapstick, sentimentality, comedy, and searing drama with aplomb.

Greener Grass

Suburban soccer moms engage in a passive-aggressive competition, with their husbands and sons as unknowing victims.

Parasite

The year’s Palme d’Or winner is full of dark humor, surreal twists, and genuinely jaw-dropping sequences.

Corporate Animals

The satire includes a host of first-rate comic actors, but no one really gets a handle on the material.

Tel Aviv on Fire

Finding the humor of the making of a soap opera adored by both Palestinians and Israelis.

Woman at War

The amusing adventures of an eco-terrorist in Iceland.

Bikini Moon

An unsettling and cerebral genre mishmash of documentary, found footage, fantasy, and family drama.