Film-Forward

Welcome to Weimar–era Berlin, a world of economic instability, wild partying, cabaret performers, rampant sexuality, and where Nazis are beginning to march the streets.

A rare genre film that doesn’t rely on gimmicks, special effects and, frankly, audience expectations.

Keith Maitland’s freewheeling documentary centers on Michael Brody Jr., the 21-year-old heir to a margarine fortune who, in 1970, announced he was giving away $25 million.

Enter an insular, foreboding world, set largely in a Czechoslovakian seminary in the early 1980s.

While offering up a lot of intriguing ideas, A Banquet works quite well as a domestic drama but falls short as horror.

A callback to the early to mid-2000s, when Wes Anderson’s popularity was in full swing and films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, and Garden State were the rage.

Stanley Nelson’s documentary challenges audiences to stare into the abyss of another era and see ourselves reflected back.

The Academy Award–nominated documentary starts out as an underdog story, but by the end, it’s about a big dog that can hold its own in any fight.

A sweet-natured, dryly funny comedy that is not afraid to address the complex emotions that inform its humor.