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Top Picks

Only the Animals

Intricate and masterful, strange and heartbreaking, Only the Animals is a great new entry into the multilinear narrative canon. 

Red Rocket | New York Film Festival 2021

Simon Rex’s performance is one of the most gratifying surprises of the year.

The Power of the Dog | New York Film Festival 2021

Jane Campion performs a seductive sleight of hand in her adaptation of American writer Thomas Savage’s 1967 shapeshifting novel.

Old Henry

Sometimes trusting the tropes of the genre and simply telling a good, involving story is enough. This western understands this and spins its tale with confidence and style.

Language Lessons

A two-hander about the long-distance friendship between a teacher and student—just because a friend is discovered through Zoom doesn’t make it any less real.

The Alpinist

A biography of Marc-André Leclerc, one of the most acclaimed rock climbers who had no interest in the publicity that defines modern-day mountaineering.

The Capote Tapes

A new documentary retells with a fresh, sparkling style the now familiar sad story of Truman Capote’s rise and fall.

Mogul Mowgli

Riz Ahmed, who co-wrote the screenplay, delivers a riveting performance in a movie with a lot on its mind.

The Lost Leonardo

How did a damaged painting appearing on the art market out of nowhere become known—and marketed—as a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci?