Film-Forward

Top pick: Director Ramin Bahrani’s 2nd Chance.

With one large gaping eye and two feet wearing the titular pink shoes, Marcel is a stop-motion animation/live-action hybrid that could have been dreamed up by a feverish René Magritte.

Saying that this is Peter Strickland’s most accessible film to date, which it is, in no way means that it is accessible.

A competitive Ukrainian gymnast faces a painful choice: potential gold medals or her identity as a Ukrainian.

Christos Nikou’s directorial debut, a dystopian drama of amnesia and new identities, is the latest example in the so-called Greek Weird Wave.

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.