Film-Forward

Director Jacques Audiard goes lighter this time around with a study of reckless and sometimes feckless youth.

A film that hearkens back to folkloric storytelling.

What happens when the comfort of an online relationship turns cold.

A deadpan depiction of a fallen society, in which the seismic effects of war for years have yielded lawlessness and chaos.

An insightful documentary that immerses viewers into the mental space of its titular subject.

A charming French film that has its feet in working-class solidarity and its head in the stars.

A piercing portrayal of the numbness that grieving perpetuates.

Director Justin Kurzel envisions the days leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre from the killer’s point of view. The emphasis here is on understanding the context that led to the tragedy, without excusing either the killer or the crime.

An engaging, if familiar, cinematic bonbon that owes its appeal to Catherine Frot’s winning performance and its unusual subject, the rarified world of rose breeding and flower competitions. Oh, for the revival of Odorama!