Film-Forward

A hapless hunter chases a vision of masculine self-reliance.

A portrait of the friendship between two female cattle range riders, as well as the luscious landscape.

An odd, very dry British comedy, takes a while to rev up.

A widower takes to the road, promoting his late wife’s memoir in an emotional documentary made by his son.

Walking a tightrope between whimsy and outrage, this incisive documentary delves into the past and troubling present day of Kaua’i, Hawaii.

A lush yet propulsive story of a writer’s rise and fall in 19th-century Paris that moves fast and is loads of fun.

Calabrian life, as depicted here, moves in step with corruption that can be either purposefully pursued or casually accepted, but is always expected.

The iconoclastic Canadian designer Bruce Mau, who has helped expand the perception of what design could do, takes the spotlight.

Don’t believe the hype. If audiences flee to the exits, it is most likely for the airless, glum atmosphere and the murky, metaphorical screenplay rather than the gore.