Film-Forward

If the racing scenes give off a you-are-there sensation, the rest of the movie doesn’t leave you in the dust either.

An endearing and down-to-earth look on two East LA high school football teams who face each other in an emblematic game each season.

What will it take for teenager Mickey to shed her father and break free of a stifling small-town life? Annabelle Attanasio‘s debut feature probes the question in a taut, wary slow burn.

Director Trey Edward Shults places the viewer firmly in the consciousness of Tyler Williams, a teenage boy from an affluent African American family that seemingly has it all.

Scandalous attempts to connect the history of one newspaper to our current epoch of “fake news” and Trumpism.

A profile of a gregarious, self-possessed, hugely entertaining environmentalist warrior.

The festival features a fashion visionary, artistic innovators, immigrants struggling for a foothold in the West, and a musician who definitely did things his way.

This roundup of selections from the documentary festival contains a diverse set of extraordinarily urgent stories.

Though there are spooky moments here and there, this is no horror film but a sensitive character study about a group of people edging their way out of loss.