Ignore the haters – this is the kaleidoscopic, enriching, Wellsian vision of a grand old master with nothing to lose.
Cédric Kahn recreates the gripping 1976 trial of political activist Pierre Goldman in this immersive courtroom drama.
Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen play estranged sisters reuniting to care for their ailing father in Azazel Jacobs’ affecting chamber drama.
Shuchi Talati's sensitive Sundance sensation focuses on a teenage girl in North India who experiences first love amid clashing with her mother.
An elderly woman discovers romance again in Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha's touching dramedy.
James McAvoy is a blast as the overly-friendly patriarch who invites unwitting tourists back to his west country stack for fun and games.
Naqqash Khalid’s inventive feature debut is a spiky take on navigating the British film industry as a non-white actor.
By Grace Dodd
Fawzia Mirza's joyful, Bollywood-inspired debut feature explores a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.
Jeremy Saulnier returns with a flinty, restrained crime-conspiracy thriller exploring small town police corruption and the one guy who they should never have messed with.
Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark play a couple who move to an isolated Yorkshire Dales estate in Daniel Kokotajlo’s folk horror.
By Grace Dodd
Rage, tenderness and no small amount of laughter combine in this nuanced portrayal of the Swedish working-class from writer/director Mika Gustafson.
Set in a correctional facility, Greg Kwedar's poignant drama offers an exploration of art’s transformative potential.
A detective is haunted by a murder case he can't crack in Wei Shujun's unsettling crime drama.
By Anton Bitel
A mother and her teenage daughter come face to face with death in the form of a strange talking bird in Daina Oniunas-Pusic's feature debut.
Literary behemoth Colleen Hoover makes her cinematic debut, with this meandering, shallow examination of domestic abuse.
30 years since its initial release, Ayoka Chenzira’s underseen debut feature receives a gorgeous 4K restoration.
Set in 2008, a 13-year-old boy undergoes the trials and tribulations of his final month of middle school in Sean Wang's directorial debut.
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