Film-Forward

Not since Benji has a dog actor—or dogter, if you will—managed such a range of emotion and vulnerability.

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.