Film-Forward

Signe Baumane’s original and smart semi-autobiographical animated musical is different and not afraid to be itself.

The candid biographical documentary of the iconic folk singer and social justice crusader.

A solid, psychological horror film from Mongolia.

Pedro Almodóvar’s 31-minute Western-cum-queer-love-story is on a double-bill with The Human Voice.

A sensitively directed drama of a late-in-life romance that offers outstanding performances as well as the scene-stealing Irish landscape.

A mentorship-based coming-of-age film with a well-known ancestry (Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester, Stand and Deliver).

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s debut feature, made in 2003, is being seen for the first time in the United States.

Director Rudy Valdez, in succinct 87 minutes, touches on many aspects of Carlos Santana’s life and six-decade career.

A musical tragedy set against the backdrop of war that is equal parts gritty, sad, and surreal.