Film-Forward

The Trainer, Leads | Tribeca Festival 2025

Two manic comedies—one wild, the other more tender—left a strong impression.

Meeting with Pol Pot

Two journalists and one academic from France receive, and accept, an invitation to interview the notorious dictator.

Materialists

Most rom-com heroines never discuss money, but here, the heroine is obsessed with it.

Sex

The trilogy “Love, Sex and Dreams” is shaping up as this summer’s most sophisticated cinephile secret.

I Don’t Understand You

A black comedy that is neither dark enough nor funny enough.

Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between

A revealing overview of the musician’s career and music that should appeal to both longtime fans and the uninitiated.

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina

If you go to a “John Wick” film, you’re going for the action. Under the eye of director Len Wiseman, Ballerina delivers it with energetic glee.

Dangerous Animals

The past decade has seen a sharp uptick in horror films with art-house aspirations. The wonderfully paced and imaginative Dangerous Animals is not one of them.

The Life of Chuck

It joins the ranks of a unique group of excellent Stephen King adaptations where the supernatural component is minimal to nonexistent.