Film-Forward

Madeleine Gavin’s documentary probably gives viewers the most complete—and harrowing—picture of the nightmare involved in fleeing North Korea.

Sofia Coppola tells a disquieting, empathetic, and very American story based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me.

Léa Seydoux completely immerses herself in this demented and sprawling epic romance about missed opportunities. 

At a fleet 81 minutes, Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film exemplifies a slim version of the director’s perfected brand of tragicomedy.

A tribute to horror director Stuart Gordon and a dead-on spoof of the straight-to-video erotic thrillers of the 1990s.

An absorbing documentary about an Indian family’s revolutionary fight for justice.

Alexander Payne immediately creates a cocoon of detailed, vintage atmosphere in his latest 1970 end-of-year holidays-set movie.

Harmony Korine’s new work (don’t call it a “movie”) suggests an episode of Miami Vice filtered through a psychedelic, acid-soaked consciousness.

In one of the most unusual approaches to the heist film genre, this absorbing piece of Argentinian cinema replaces the sense of danger with sophisticated humor.