
‘Club Zero’ Review: Modern Concepts of Faith and Consumption Are Contended With in Jessica Hausner’s Half-Baked Latest Effort
The latest work from Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner, Club Zero is a no-frills black comedy with lofty ideas that are never fully brought to life on screen, making for an ultimately frustrating rumination on concepts of faith and consumption and how they will impact future generations.

‘Disco Boy’ Review: Franz Rogowski Stars in an Electrifying Examination of European Neocolonialism
Italian filmmaker Giacomo Abbruzzese’s feature debut treads familiar waters with a reinvigorated perspective, condemning the continued influences of Neocolonialism through a kaleidoscopic lens.

‘Tótem’ Review: Beauty and Tragedy Coalesce for a Middle-Class Family in the Latest From Lila Avilés
The Mexican writer/director’s sophomore feature effort plays out over an emotionally charged day in the life of a family facing loss, with its main perspective channelled through the eyes of a seven-year-old girl.

‘Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell’ Review: Phạm Thiên Ân's Debut Feature Is a Spiritual Quest Through the Vietnamese Countryside
The up-and-coming filmmaker uses his singular sensibilities to take viewers on an epic journey through the dreams and reality of a lost young man experiencing a crisis of faith.

‘Concrete Utopia’ Review: Disaster Strikes Seoul in Director Um Tae-Hwa’s Sweeping Moral Saga
A Ritcher scale-breaking earthquake destroys Seoul in South Korea’s entertaining and thoughtful Academy Award submission for Best International Feature, which makes its North American theatrical debut on December 8.

‘Youth (Spring)’ Review: Filmmaker Wang Bing Takes Audiences on a Long-Winded but Illuminative Journey Through Chinese Textile Workshops in His Latest Documentary
Youth (Spring) places its observational focus on the highs and lows of the blossoming young folks who find work in the soul-sapping sweatshops of Zhili, China.

'The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra' Review: An Emotional Monstrosity Is Born From a Mattress in Syeyoung Park's Debut Feature
The Seoul-based filmmaker's first feature-length work uses the monster movie genre to experiment with expressive and visual storytelling.

'Mami Wata' Review: An Age-Old Water Deity Delivers Tides of Change in This Captivating West African Folk Tale
Nigerian writer/director C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi serves up a truly timeless and visionary perspective on the clashes between tradition and modernity with his latest feature, which made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is now hitting US theaters.

'The New Boy' Review: An Aboriginal Orphan Contests Christianity in the Latest From One of Australia’s Greatest Filmmakers
Warwick Thornton follows up 2017’s Sweet Country with another exploration of Aboriginal experiences in Australia, this time focusing on a World War II-era Catholic monastery that receives an orphaned Aboriginal boy in the middle of the night.

'The Settlers' Review: A Brutal Portrait of Chile's Not-So-Distant Colonial Past
The Settlers is one of cinema's most searing explorations of colonial power in recent memory and a shining debut from Chilean filmmaker Felipe Gálvez.

'Seagrass' Review: Meredith Hama-Brown's Brilliant Feature Debut Spotlights the Growing Pains of a Family in Flux
A healing retreat takes unexpected turns for the central family in Seagrass, transforming into an exploration of self-identity through the lens of a tension-building family drama.

'Passages' Review: 2023's Most Arousing On-Screen Exploration of Desire and Toxic Romance
Ira Sachs returns to top-form filmmaking with his latest work, exploring a sexy and chaotic love triangle between a dream team that includes Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, and Adèle Exarchopoulos.

‘Afire’ Review: Creative Crises Steadily Blaze in the Latest From Christian Petzold
Quietly sultry with a contemporary poignancy, Petzold makes one of his most intimate character studies yet.

‘Godland’ Review: A Danish Priest Experiences a Crisis of Faith in Late-Colonial Iceland
Hlynur Pálmason’s third feature finds the filmmaker excavating the nuanced history of faith and spirituality between Denmark and its Icelandic outposts of the late-19th century.

‘Scarlet’ Review: A Serene, Romantic Tale of a Young Woman’s Dreams Coming True
Pietro Marcello’s latest work serves as an homage to bygone eras of handcrafted creativity, centering around the upbringing of a luminescent and brilliant young woman.

‘The Zone of Interest’ Review: Jonathan Glazer's Latest Confronts the Ultimate Evils of Humanity
Filmmaker Jonathan Glazer's latest is as technically innovative as it is viscerally disturbing, creating a vision of existential evil unlike any Holocaust movie ever seen.

‘Aitamaako’Tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun’ Review: Logan Red Crow Is Determined to Become the World’s Best Female Bareback Relay Racer
Against the beautiful backdrop of Blackfoot Territory, this documentary explores the deep connection between humans and horses, family and community, and tradition and modernity.

‘Sisu’ Review: A Grisly Good Time if You're Into WWII-Set Nordic Westerns
The latest from Finnish writer/director Jalmari Helander, Sisu is a riotous viewing experience for any audience prepared for a movie about a man whose relentless will to live leads to a ton of outrageously comical Nazi deaths.

‘Smoking Causes Coughing’ Review: A Slight, Yet Hilarious Addition to Quentin Dupiuex's Unusual Filmography
With ‘Smoking Causes Coughing’ French director Quentin Dupieux adds another kooky work to his prolific filmography, this time with an ‘anti-superhero’ superhero flick.

‘The Worst Ones’ Review: Capturing the Reality of an Underserved Suburb in Northern France Through the Eyes of Child Non-Actors
Directing duo Lise Akoka and Romane Guere explore the integrity of contemporary social realist filmmaking by focusing on a group of child non-actors growing up in a working-class suburb in Northern France.