Derek Cianfrance adapts Denis Johnson’s novella into an elegiac portrait of early twentieth century America. The film follows a logger and railroad worker whose life unfolds against the vast, changing landscape of the American West. Cianfrance approaches the story...
Gus Van Sant revisits one of America’s strangest true crimes with Dead Man’s Wire, dramatizing Tony Kiritsis’ 1977 hostage spectacle. Bill Skarsgård plays Tony, a man pushed past his limits, who wires a real estate executive (Dacre Montgomery) to a shotgun and parades...
Cédric Jimenez’s Dog 51 plunges into a near future Paris run by ALMA, a predictive AI that decides who belongs where. When ALMA’s creator is assassinated, Salia (Adèle Exarchopoulos) and Zem (Gilles Lellouche) are forced to investigate together, even though they...
Edward Berger adapts Lawrence Osborne’s novel into a sumptuous fever dream of gambling and self destruction. Colin Farrell plays Lord Doyle, a disgraced lawyer hiding in Macau, burning through borrowed money and false identities. Farrell captures Doyle’s bravado and...
Grace Glowicki’s Dead Lover is as unsettling as it is tender, a punk gothic romance set in the margins of life and death. Glowicki directs and stars as a lonely gravedigger who unexpectedly finds love, only to have it ripped away. Refusing to let go, she claws at fate...
Nic Pizzolatto, best known for creating True Detective, brings his moody sensibilities to the big screen with Easy’s Waltz. Vince Vaughn stars as Easy, a washed up Vegas crooner scraping for one last shot at relevance. Al Pacino plays his slippery mentor, Mickey,...
Isabel Coixet’s Three Goodbyes adapts Michela Murgia’s novel, 'Tre ciotole' into a cinematic elegy. Alba Rohrwacher stars as Marta, a teacher unraveling after the collapse of a long relationship. Elio Germano plays Antonio, her estranged partner, whose presence...
Todd Rohal returns to Midnight Madness with one of the year’s most outrageous titles, Fuck My Son!. The film is pure provocation, a riot of bad taste and sharp satire. Rohal doesn’t just chase shock value, though the film gleefully courts offense; he uses absurdity to...
Yaniv Raz’s Eternal Return is a swooning, magical romance anchored by Naomi Scott and Kit Harington. Scott plays Cass, a guarded young woman whose path collides with Virgil, a man burdened by memory and fate. Their connection unfolds as both love story and...