Film-Forward

Thriller

Babygirl

It’s doubtful Nicole Kidman has ever been as emotionally and physically vulnerable as she is here.

September 5

The tragic events of the 1972 Munich Olympic games, told from the perspective of ABC Sports’ control room.

The Order

Come for the thrilling procedural, and leave with the uncomfortable realization that echoes of this real-life story are unfolding in the world today.

Heretic

In an against-type performance, Hugh Grant is foreboding and unsettling as a disturbing villain.

Sleep

A newlywed and father-to-be acts out while sleepwalking and does not remember his actions when he awakens—and these actions are pretty terrifying.

Red Rooms

A thriller that impresses with its eerie quiet, strong acting, and its focus on the darkest aspects of the internet.

Coup!

Caddyshack by way of the Coen brothers.

War Game

A documentary that takes as its premise that more insurrections are inevitable, and therefore must be anticipated.

Birder

An erotic, queer serial killer movie in the tradition Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake and William Friedkin’s Cruising.