Film-Forward

Daaaaaalí!

If there was ever a current director working today who should be making a film about artist Salvador Dalí, it is French writer/director Quentin Dupieux.

Joker: Folie à Deux

Just for its musical aspects, and the exquisite staging in which they are choreographed and intelligently conceived , the sequel is a bold artistic success.

The Brutalist | NYFF 2024

Simultaneously vital and sepulchral, The Brutalist is monumental—grand, bold, and ambitious.

No Other Land | NYFF 2024

An illuminating and incisive account of Israel’s control of the West Bank.

Anora | NYFF 2024

If directing is 90% casting, then that is the main reason why Anora remains engaging through its ups and downs. 

Lee

Kate Winslet mixes idealism, will, and crankiness in a high-level star turn that helps this biopic navigate some uneven ground.

Sleep

A newlywed and father-to-be acts out while sleepwalking and does not remember his actions when he awakens—and these actions are pretty terrifying.

Megalopolis

Francis Ford Coppola has one eye on the past and another on the future, blending old-school Hollywood epics with bombastic 21st-century hyperrealism.

The Wild Robot

One of DreamWorks’ best films in recent memory and another reminder of animation’s emotional staying power.