Film-Forward

Emma Dante’s intense, punishing film follows five, then four siblings from a fateful childhood day through a harsh old age.

For those who have difficulty holding two or more contradictory ideas at the same time, your head is about to explode watching this labyrinthine documentary.

This solemn, powerful documentary reflects on the ramifications of the “ex-gay” movement, which continues on.

A bouillabaisse of a film that mixes, not always successfully, the suspenseful procedural investigation of director Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight with the touching redemption stories of his earlier movies.

The idea of two children getting kidnapped on a whim is chilling enough. By placing viewers directly in their shoes, the filmmakers make it downright nail-biting.

A documentary about the convergence of skateboarding and hip-hop in the New York City of the late 1980s–early ’90’s.

Protagonists in movies certainly don’t have to be likeable, but is stiff-necked, high-handed, and wintrily remote any way to go through life (or a film)?

Two stories are told separately in intersecting vignettes. They are, though, united in their protagonists’ objectives: both are attempting to move overseas.

A sci-fi thriller that’s about a daunting but opportunistic fresh start on life on Mars—and a gritty battle for survival.