Movies

Nida Manzoor’s “Polite Society” is the kind of film I didn’t know I wanted, in part because no one has…

After a breakthrough hit with the science fiction ultraviolence of “Scanners,” David Cronenberg’s last Canadian tax shelter film “Videodrome” dropped…

Co-writer/director/actor Sebastian Silva disappears midway through his new film, “Rotting in the Sun.” The prolific Silva hasn’t been as visible…

One of the most celebrated films of 2022 was Lukas Dhont’s Cannes prize-winner, “Close,” which affirms the Belgian filmmaker’s status…

“Let It Be Morning” is a quiet film that builds to a powerful ending. A steady accumulation of everyday detail…

“Iron Butterflies” is an impassioned, almost obsessive look at the tragedy of flight MH17, a commercial flight that was found to have…

Over the last decade writer-director Maryam Touzani has emerged as a sharp voice in Moroccan cinema. Her humanist dramas “Adam”…

Savanah Leaf is a name that you will know about soon, beginning with her unusual and stunning background as a…

While the Sundance Film Festival was unfurling its first in-person event in three years, it’s sister festival, Slamdance was also…

This month’s Unloved is a long overdue look at one of the most purely fun and diabolically creative features of the…