Film-Forward

Sci-fi

Bugonia

A largely straightforward thriller with only a few examples of Yorgos Lanthimos’s abstract weirdness.

Tron: Ares

The standouts here are its neon-lit fights, digital worlds, and the moody score by Nine Inch Nails.

Happyend

This film overwhelms with its unexpected poignance, its truthfulness, and the imagination it uses to examine its teenage characters.

M3GAN 2.0

Still delightfully unnerving, M3GAN hasn’t lost her edge—and she’s even gained some extra wit.

The Visitor

Bruce LaBruce’s reworking of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1968 Teorema is sex-positive, celebratory, and feverishly explicit.

The Assessment

Alicia Vikander is a chameleon, fully inhabiting a complex, nearly impossible role.

The Empire

A half-baked and only fitfully amusing parody of Star Wars and Dune, of all things.

Mickey 17

For now-adult fans who grew up watching Robert Pattinson in “The Twilight Saga,” there may be a particular appeal here in a three-way scene with not one, but two Pattinsons.

Meanwhile on Earth

Dan Levy’s overwhelming score is the movie’s best asset. If you close your eyes, you might imagine you’re experiencing a grounded, minimalist French answer to Interstellar.