Film-Forward

President

What matters is the fight itself, and not just the results.

Last Exit: Space

Werner Herzog splashes much-needed cold water on the idea that humans can simply colonize another planet if/when Earth becomes uninhabitable.

Huda’s Salon

A claustrophobic sense of entrapment pervades Hany Abu-Assad’s Palestine-based political thriller.

Great Freedom

Watching the ways the prison-bound relationships vary in their complications, compromises, and resolutions is one of the more moving aspects of director Sebastian Meise’s film.

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2022

The annual event offers a spotlight on women directors and coming-of-age stories, a festival staple.

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

Welcome to Weimar–era Berlin, a world of economic instability, wild partying, cabaret performers, rampant sexuality, and where Nazis are beginning to march the streets.

After Yang

A rare genre film that doesn’t rely on gimmicks, special effects and, frankly, audience expectations.

Dear Mr. Brody

Keith Maitland’s freewheeling documentary centers on Michael Brody Jr., the 21-year-old heir to a margarine fortune who, in 1970, announced he was giving away $25 million.

Servants

Enter an insular, foreboding world, set largely in a Czechoslovakian seminary in the early 1980s.