Film-Forward

Saccharine

You probably won’t lose your lunch watching Saccharine, but you might just get uncomfortable looking at your next meal.

Tuner

Though Tuner doesn’t reinvent the wheel (or in this case, the piano), it makes the most of a very tight script with excellent performances, strong pacing, and a fun balance of genre tones.

I Love Boosters

From left, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige and Keke Palmer in I Love Boosters (Neon)

It is satirical absurdism cranked up to at least 15, introducing more and more genre-bending gimmicks per scene yet never winking once as the ridiculousness piles up.

Magic Hour

For a story that teases some metaphysical quandaries, it is doggedly earthbound.

Been Here Stay Here

Tangier Island, located in the Chesapeake Bay, has a population of about 400 people and is only two and a half miles long and roughly a mile wide. And it’s disappearing.

Aloïse

A biopic about Aloïse Corbaz, a self-taught Swiss artist who belonged to the outsider art movement, starring Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig.

Obsession

The horror-romance perfectly plays with a nightmare scenario for those obsessed with keeping it cool: Love will make you look cringe.

Silent Friend

Ildikó Enyedi places a ginkgo tree at the center of her new film, as a silent witness to the passing of time.

Blue Film

Elliot Tuttle’s debut film is a daring two-hander.