Film-Forward

Belén

A 24-year-old woman went to a hospital with severe abdominal pain and ended up deprived of her freedom for three years.

Being Bo Widerberg

An excellent primer for those unfamiliar with the Swedish filmmaker.

Christy

Contact sport movies are a dime a dozen, but Christy Martin’s remarkable true story helps make David Michôd’s biopic a compelling watch.

Die My Love

Sometimes, the raw, loose emotions and dark humor of John Cassavetes’s movies seem to be in conversation with this film.

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

This gentle coming-of-age story visits the earliest years of a child’s life.

If You See Something

An Iraqi doctor seeking asylum in the United States faces multiple crises, including a kidnapping.

Frankenstein

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein has no interest in existing within the horror genre, but rather as an existential and exuberant drama elevated by impeccable production values.

The Perfect Neighbor

This documentary is horrifying and heartbreaking, exposing the hideousness of a crime that robbed four children of their mother.

Bugonia

A largely straightforward thriller with only a few examples of Yorgos Lanthimos’s abstract weirdness.