Film-Forward

What do you get when you combine three stars, a witty screen treatment, and an ever-adventurous Oscar-winning director?

The documentary chronicles the making of the 2016 album The Hope Six Demolition Project, which was based on the musician’s impressions of Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Washington, DC.

A film where the world conspires against its protagonist and every odd camera angle or unidentifiable sound offers proof of the conspiracy.

Audiences who have forgotten how no-drama leaders behave will find this inspiring viewing.

The ornery, brilliant, and frequently drunk lead singer of the seminal Irish punk/folk/kitchen-sink band the Pogues takes the spotlight in this documentary.

The gut-wrenching documentary gives audiences an in-depth and vérité-style look into the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Francis Lee, director of the acclaimed God’s Own Country, has made another same-sex love story, though set in the more remote, sorrowful reaches of muddy old England.

It’s like watching a role-playing game, only the topic is politics and some participants are way too eager to play the bad guy.

Sophia Loren is often greater than any movie she appears in, and this is not an exception.