Eliza Hittman’s third feature is richly rewarding as well as political, and this aspect is neither overstated nor shied away from.

An innovative and fresh work to Brazilian cinema as well as the many genres that the movie digests, and it’s one of the best and most unique approaches to the western in recent years.

A neonoir that could be interpreted as savage and bleak, strangely beautiful, or somewhere in between.

Poland’s 2020 Academy Award nominee for best international film poses complex questions within its relatively simple story of a young ex-con impersonating a priest.

Can the Andes really be as constant and unchanging as they appear from afar, especially given the political upheaval that has occurred in the country lying in their shadows?

Ladj Ly’s movie graphically examines how French society, through the actions of one police squad, reaps what it sows.

Danger comes from all corners: snipers; huge, voracious rats; and land mines. World War I, in its many facets, is the central character.

The Safdie brothers have crafted yet another film that places a character in increasingly high-risk situations that careen between comedy and genuine menace. It’s nowhere close to relaxing, and is none the worse for it.

There is no escaping that the films favored this year (with the exception of two) are all somehow crime related, though they broadly range from the elegant to the earthy.