A film very much about the legacies parents pass down to their children—kind of sad, kind of beautiful.

A sharp yet ultimately poignant dark comedy that won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the recent Slamdance Film Festival.

A classic family drama and the first feature film version of a play by August Wilson.

From a swoonworthy musical to a gritty crime drama filmed in China, these 10 film include some big names playing at a theater near you and some others that you should add to your Netflix queue.

Raoul Peck’s documentary passionately reintroduces and reinterprets James Baldwin for a new generation.

Exploring other worlds, this film inhabits a Terry Gilliam or Michel Gondry zone with a wide-open heart and a supple spring in its step.

A compact, intense psychological thriller that leaves a lasting mark.

Aaron Brookner, who was very young when his uncle, director Howard Brookner, died, has restored his uncle’s films, and in the process has made this documentary tribute.

Isabelle Huppert delivers a gimlet-eyed, ferociously single-minded performance as yet another tense, driven character.