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Top Picks

Happyend

This film overwhelms with its unexpected poignance, its truthfulness, and the imagination it uses to examine its teenage characters.

Dreams

Director Dag Johan Haugerud beautifully captures the anxiety and obsession that come with being in love for the first time.

Twinless

The script is consistently funny and astutely written, where sorrow often collides with humor.

Riefenstahl

Andres Veiel’s unsettling and persuasive documentary uncovers filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl’s distortions of the truth.

Caught Stealing

Darren Aronofsky’s new film bursts into theaters with electrifying energy, a perfect action romp to close out summer escapism.

Ne Zha II

A grand epic teeming with magic, martial arts, and exotic settings.

Eden

Ron Howard’s new film serves up a more-than-satisfying four-course meal of gripping drama, morbid true crime, and voluptuous entertainment.