Film-Forward

Top Picks

The Guilty

While certainly a thriller, this Danish tour de force also manages to play out like a literary novel (or podcast).

Mid90s

Actor Jonah Hill makes his directorial debut with one of the most exuberant and observational films of the year.

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Melissa McCarthy stars in the bizarre tale of Lee Israel and is well matched by Richard E. Grant as an accomplice and fellow drunk.

Wildlife

Actor Paul Dano makes an impressively auspicious debut as a director.

The Sentence

As a depiction of how a family overcomes a most unimaginable crisis, this documentary is triumphant. As a call for criminal justice reform, it is powerful and convincing.

La Familia

One of the best Venezuelan movies of the last few years.

Monsters and Men

A complex portrait of New York City law enforcement and the citizenry.

Bisbee ’17

A town stage a mass reenactment of a terrible event that occurred 100 years earlier.

Intelligent Lives

A thought-provoking and convincing argument for greater inclusiveness.