Film-Forward

A throwback to mid-budget Hollywood historical dramas of the 1990s and early 2000s, with a starry cast and handsome production values.

Tense updates about life in the bombed-out occupation zone in Gaza.

A 24-year-old woman went to a hospital with severe abdominal pain and ended up deprived of her freedom for three years.

An excellent primer for those unfamiliar with the Swedish filmmaker.

Contact sport movies are a dime a dozen, but Christy Martin’s remarkable true story helps make David Michôd’s biopic a compelling watch.

Sometimes, the raw, loose emotions and dark humor of John Cassavetes’s movies seem to be in conversation with this film.

This gentle coming-of-age story visits the earliest years of a child’s life.

An Iraqi doctor seeking asylum in the United States faces multiple crises, including a kidnapping.

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein has no interest in existing within the horror genre, but rather as an existential and exuberant drama elevated by impeccable production values.