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Top Picks

Collective

A taut, thrilling documentary that looks closely at power games, pain, and the search for truth.

Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band

Polish Holocaust survivors Saul Dreier and Ruby Sosnowicz, move with more energy than most men half their ages. The same can be said for their music.

Sound of Metal

Simply put, this is a moving film with a riveting lead performance by Riz Ahmed.

Wolfwalkers

The main reason to watch this is its stellar animation. Even if there were Disney films out as competition—be they 2-D or 3-D—this movie would still look refreshing by comparison.

Divine Love

A complex political parable that, ironically, empathizes with the “wrong side of history.”

Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds

Though the matters are weighty and the content complex, co-director Werner Herzog never forgets his sense of humor.

Belly of the Beast

An urgent wake-up call and yet another brutal reminder that we are not that far past the era of Jim Crow.

Time

An intimate and highly relevant documentary that delves into the psychological effects of having a loved one serving a lengthy prison sentence.

Possessor: Uncut

The horror movie plays like a Black Mirror episode if the “technology gone wrong” motif shifted into something far more existential and Lovecraftian.