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American Animals

Based on a real-life incident, young upper-middle-class men turn to crime as a cure for boredom, and now they are the subject of a film that is anything but boring.

Summer 1993

A richly observed, emotionally resonant drama told from the perspective of a six-year-old girl who has just lost her mother.

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

A portrait of an artist and a look at a time when punk, graffiti, and hip-hop flourished and overlapped in a decaying city.

The Most Unknown

A gorgeous and intellectual tour of the world’s most curious scientific endeavors.

Disobedience

From Sebastián Lelio, director of A Fantastic Woman, comes this very mature, modern love story set within an Orthodox Jewish community.

Chappaquiddick

Despite its provocative themes and its critical portrayal of America’s foremost political family, Chappaquiddick is quite restrained, more a study of manners than a scathing partisan broadside.

Sweet Country

A slow-burning game of cat-and-mouse through the outback.

The Endless

The Endless is a rare beast. It is a low-key, laid-back horror film that is surprisingly effective.

You Were Never Really Here

A nightmarish, original view of New York’s underbelly, bolstered by a remarkable lead performance by Joaquin Phoenix.