Film-Forward

Rise

In this kind-hearted and poignant film, director Cédric Klapisch puts his heroine through her paces as she faces new and unfamiliar music.

Past Lives

The film’s deceptively light touch builds to a climax that quenches the thirst for an unabashedly romantic drama that viewers may not have realized they had.

Anonymous Sister

An artful, searing portrayal of how ordinary people were deluded and betrayed and pushed to addiction.

Falcon Lake

A softhearted yet somewhat stringent and bitter coming-of-age tale.

Lynch/Oz

What is the key, if there is one, to understanding David Lynch? Filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe has one answer: The Wizard of Oz.

The Boogeyman

The latest Stephen King adaptation gets points for its looming sense of dread per scene.

White Balls on Walls

For a film about shaking things up, it’s a pretty straitlaced affair.

Close to Vermeer

“What makes a Vermeer a Vermeer?” is the question that opens Suzanne Raes’s meticulously observed and detailed documentary.

The Night of the 12th

A mystery that morphs from a fascinating procedural into a sadly damning portrayal of innate misogyny.