Arco
By Ben Wasserman November 14, 2025
Well-made with eye-catching animation and a hopeful message, and accessible to viewers of all ages.
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Bunny
By Paul Weissman
If you are a fan of gritty 1990s indie film and have a taste for screwball comedy and eccentric Coen-esque characters, then Bunny is for you.
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
By Su Silver October 24, 2025
Director Mary Bronstein bravely and imaginatively confronts head-on issues that many films would shy away from.
Mistress Dispeller
By Kevin Filipski October 21, 2025
Instead of seeking counseling to repair a marriage, an aggrieved wife seeks out the help of a “mistress dispeller,” a cross between a detective and a psychiatrist.
Sirât | NYFF 2025
By Guillermo Lopez Meza October 4, 2025
One of the year’s most intense and unclassifiable thrillers.
Good Boy
By Paul Weissman October 2, 2025
Not since Benji has a dog actor—or dogter, if you will—managed such a range of emotion and vulnerability.
Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5
By Wilda Williams
Raoul Peck skillfully blends a portrait of the British writer George Orwell with a chilling look at the autocratic movements emerging around the world.
The Tale of Silyan | TIFF 2025
By Kent Turner September 23, 2025
A compelling and moving portrait of a vanishing way of life in North Macedonia.
Happyend
By Andrew Plimpton September 12, 2025
This film overwhelms with its unexpected poignance, its truthfulness, and the imagination it uses to examine its teenage characters.