Film-Forward

Jordan’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Oscars is ambitious in its scope and intimate in its focus.

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s latest, set in a state-run maternity home, follows five underprivileged teenagers who have either recently given birth or are about to.

The story of two Milwaukee musical sensations becomes a Hollywood saga, embodied by magnetic movie stars.

This might be one of Timothée Chalamet’s strongest performances to date.

A haunting depiction of teenage boys in turmoil, a la Lord of the Flies.

Three bittersweet tales of shifting identities speak to how individuals adapt within families in Jim Jarmusch’s latest, poignant, and subtle work.

Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has made a work that is midway between documentary and fiction about the death of a five-year-old Palestinian girl.

If you know where to look, there were plenty of good films in 2025. (Maybe you’ll find new discoveries here.)

James L. Brooks’s new film feels like it was written by an extraterrestrial being who has consumed too much media from the 1990s and 2000s and attempts to re-create how the human species behaves.