Film-Forward

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s debut feature, made in 2003, is being seen for the first time in the United States.

Director Rudy Valdez, in succinct 87 minutes, touches on many aspects of Carlos Santana’s life and six-decade career.

A musical tragedy set against the backdrop of war that is equal parts gritty, sad, and surreal.

Chen Kaige’s epic has returned in all its visual splendor and with 14 minutes restored.

Filmmaker Mark Cousins takes a road trip to Cannes, and down film’s memory lane, with producer Jeremy Thomas.

Australia’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Academy Award.

First time director Cord Jefferson accomplishes quite a balancing act. He has made a family drama and, more pungently and winningly, a satire aimed at an adult audience. 

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania cleverly strips off layer after layer of a family history in this engrossing, intimate, and expansive documentary.

An entertainingly appreciative, if ultimately unsatisfying, documentary on the writer, who, through his work, “could be a terrorist.”