Film-Forward

Black Bag

A stylish, crackling, London-set tale of spies and duplicity, starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett.

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Director Rungano Nyoni creates a rich and intriguing world that reveals a fraught family drama through the lens of a specific community.

This Life of Mine, Visiting Hours, Winter in Sokcho | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2025

It wouldn’t be a French film festival without Isabelle Huppert, and she arrives this year in Patricia Mazuy’s Visiting Hours.

And Their Children After Them, The Quiet Son, The Second Act, Souleymane’s Story | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2025

Four recommendations for this must-see annual festival.

The Empire

A half-baked and only fitfully amusing parody of Star Wars and Dune, of all things.

Eephus

The movie is an unlikely success, one that illuminates the meaning of a place and the passage of time with subtlety and poignancy.

Queen of the Ring

The biopic of wrestler Mildred Burke is at its best when it embraces the pageantry and over-the-top performances of the squared circle.

Mickey 17

For now-adult fans who grew up watching Robert Pattinson in “The Twilight Saga,” there may be a particular appeal here in a three-way scene with not one, but two Pattinsons.

Three Friends | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2025

Sara Forestier, left, and Camille Cottin in Three Friends (Sebastien Fouque/Film At

Emmanuel Mouret’s, sharply written, breezy, and engaging chamber piece opened the annual festival.