Film-Forward

Raoul Peck skillfully blends a portrait of the British writer George Orwell with a chilling look at the autocratic movements emerging around the world.

It’s exciting to see Julia Roberts tackle a complicated, prickly character after being pigeonholed with the trivial moniker “America’s Sweetheart” in the past.

A compelling and moving portrait of a vanishing way of life in North Macedonia.

For those who either loved Megalopolis or simply love cinema, this is an alluring up-close-and-personal documentary about its creation.

A fascinating and unsettling watch, highlighting the contradictions of “To Catch a Predator.”

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey wears its heart on its sleeve, animated by a romantic notion that asks audiences to accept it as it is.

Though set in the pre-app, agonizing phone-waiting days of the past, the movie’s themes and struggles remain impactful and relevant.

Director Mona Fastvold combines two “unforgiving” genres—the biopic and the musical—and focuses on a relatively unknown historical figure: the founder of the Shaker movement.

With more than 200 feature films playing out over 11 days, and depending on the viewer’s stamina, there are countless variations of what to see.