Film-Forward

A 25-year-old up-and-coming writer moonlights as a sex worker and relays his hook-ups in his work-in-progress novel.

Caddyshack by way of the Coen brothers.

An electric musical biopic with songs that viewers will immediately want to add to their Spotify playlists.

A documentary that takes as its premise that more insurrections are inevitable, and therefore must be anticipated.

Sharply observed and specific details make this a fun and moving coming-of-age film.

An atmospheric police procedural that doesn’t offer the consolation typical of more routine detective pictures.

An immersive behind-the-scenes look at a two-year effort to restage Swan Lake.

One of the most cringeworthy and accurate films of adolescence since Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade.

A groundbreaking road trip to beautiful, chaotic Istanbul.