Film-Forward

Georgia Oakley’s debut film traces a young woman’s journey out of the closet, with Margaret Thatcher–era anti-gay legislation rumbling in the background.

Mary Harron’s chronicle of the exuberantly hedonistic 1970s New York art scene, with Salvador Dalí and his longtime muse and wife, Gala, as guides.

In this kind-hearted and poignant film, director Cédric Klapisch puts his heroine through her paces as she faces new and unfamiliar music.

The film’s deceptively light touch builds to a climax that quenches the thirst for an unabashedly romantic drama that viewers may not have realized they had.

An artful, searing portrayal of how ordinary people were deluded and betrayed and pushed to addiction.

A softhearted yet somewhat stringent and bitter coming-of-age tale.

What is the key, if there is one, to understanding David Lynch? Filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe has one answer: The Wizard of Oz.

The latest Stephen King adaptation gets points for its looming sense of dread per scene.

For a film about shaking things up, it’s a pretty straitlaced affair.