Film-Forward

Stylistically and tonally, director Josephine Decker tries to present writer Shirley Jackson’s life like a Shirley Jackson story.

The script walks a sometimes uneasy line between genuine darkness and a Monty Python–esque embrace of anachronism and the bizarre.

Abel Ferrara’s latest film conveys the forbidden allure of reading someone else’s private diary.

A much more hopeful take on your traditional environmental documentary.

The director’s choice to set this age-old queer coming-of-age tale in his native Republic of Georgia provides a unique take, and also an insight into this society.

An expert and affecting blend of genres (thriller, comedy, gangster film).

Regret, longing, and overcoming are what drive the somber aura of this deeply personal slice-of-life documentary set in working-class Newark, New Jersey.

A painful but necessary watch, the film revolves around the many women who have accused rap mogul Russell Simmons of rape.

A semi-magical view of redemption, hyperrealistic yet juiced-up, like the artworks at the documentary’s center.