Film-Forward

Satire

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.

Assassination Nation

A dark, bloody, and raunchy comedy/thriller depicts how a quiet American town erupts in chaos after a data hack.

The Happytime Murders

A clever pastiche of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Lethal Weapon,, and Basic Instinct, with a dash of neo-noir thrown in.

Sorry to Bother You

A playful—maybe to the point of self-indulgence—morality tale about the evils of selling out.