Film-Forward

A documentary that focuses on those who agreed to be filmed in such movies as The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, Capturing the Friedmans, The Square, and more.

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.