Women, armed only with cell phones, infiltrate a refugee camp in northern Syria to rescue other Yazidi women and girls held captive in this riveting documentary.

A slow, melancholic drama with Nicolas Cage in one of the best roles he’s had in years.

Can a work of art so closely tied to a particular tragedy transcend its era to speak to future generations? This beautiful and moving documentary resoundingly says, “Yes.”

It’s a lot to ask a filmmaker to take a 97-minute snapshot of a country. Yet the result here is purposeful and often mesmerizing.

The documentary shines a spotlight on the Harlem Cultural Festival that took place in 1969, the same summer as the more famous Woodstock.

Edgar Wright’s documentary inspires nothing so much as a burning desire to cancel all plans and just listen to the band Sparks.

An impressive Argentinian thriller that burns very slowly, ratcheting up suspense in infinitesimal doses.

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

The subjects are former civilians of the Third Reich: ex-SS, ex-Hitler Youth, and “ordinary” folk who worked the remedial jobs that allowed the Nazis to commit genocide.