Ava
Thirteen-year-old Ava’s summer vacation gains a new urgency when she learns she is rapidly going blind. In the face of creeping darkness, she squeezes in all the life she can, rebelling against her mother, stealing a dog, and becoming romantically entangled with a mysterious beach rat, sending her on an unpredictable journey of... Read More
Running Time: 105
Ayla - The Daughter of War
This polished exploration of family, sacrifice, and love tells the heartwarming true story of a young Turkish soldier who takes in a stranded five-year-old discovered on the battlefields of the Korean War. Read More
Running Time: 124
Borg vs. McEnroe
Authoritatively claiming a place in the sports film canon, Borg vs. McEnroe grippingly explores the characters of the two legendary athletes on opposite sides of the net—and the personality spectrum—for one of the greatest tennis matches of all time. Read More
Running Time: 100
Brimstone & Glory
Equal parts awe-inspiring and anxiety inducing, Brimstone & Glory’s chronicle of an annual fireworks extravaganza in Tultepec, Mexico, is a visual, jaw-dropping spectacle like no other documentary before it. Read More
Running Time: 67
The Charmer
A searing and topical exploration of the immigrant experience shot through with elements of psychological thriller and erotic drama, Milad Alami’s striking feature debut follows an Iranian man’s increasingly desperate attempts to secure citizenship by seducing a string of Danish women. Read More
Running Time: 100
The China Hustle
This riveting documentary, as scary in its implications as any horror movie, elucidates how “reverse mergers” turn defunct American businesses into proxies for Chinese firms. The investors are chasing big returns, but this augury of another financial meltdown reveals neither the companies nor their pie-in-the-sky promises are... Read More
Running Time: 84
Close-Knit
Eleven-year-old Tomo, abandoned once again by her negligent mother, seeks refuge at the home of her adored uncle. But Uncle has a new and very tall girlfriend. The first Japanese movie to deal with transgender issues, this astutely observed crowd-pleaser explores a complex situation with humor and poignancy. Read More
Running Time: 127
The Divine Order
In this feel-good drama set in 1971, housewife and mother Nora campaigns for women’s suffrage in her Alpine village. Although patriarchal constraints try to stifle the siren call of sexual liberation, Nora won’t give up on emancipation. Winner: Best Feature, Best Actress, Tribeca Read More
Running Time: 96
Félicité
Congolese singer Véro Tshanda Beya is unforgettable as the eponymous single-mother and nightclub-singer at the heart of Alain Gomis’s vibrant portrait of Kinshasa’s mean streets. An immersion in the city’s sights and sounds, this indelible journey is bursting at the seams with energy.Winner: Grand Prize (Silver Bear), Berlin. Read More
Running Time: 123
Finding Your Feet
When snooty "Lady" Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of 40 years has been having an affair, she packs her designer bags and flees to the shabby council flat of her estranged older sister. A sterling British cast give their all in this heartwarming romantic comedy. Read More
Running Time: 111
First They Killed My Father
As visually rich as it is emotionally and intellectually satisfying, Angelina Jolie’s dramatic film adaptation of Loung Ung’s memoir gives us the murderous Khmer Rouge regime in 1970s Cambodia as seen through the eyes of a five-year-old girl (the riveting Sreymoch Sareum). Read More
Running Time: 136
Her Love Boils Bathwater
In this gentle, emotionally charged film, a strict but caring mother with terminal cancer executes a plan to help her loved ones carry on after she is gone. With riveting performances and a buoyant sense of humor this Oscar® submission from Japan reminds us of the power of family. Read More
Running Time: 125
The Insult
What should have been a trivial altercation, quickly settled and forgotten, instead propels two men (one a local Christian, the other a Palestinian refugee) to the center of a very public scandal in Lebanon, reopening historical and political wounds on both sides. Read More
Running Time: 113
Itzhak
From Shubert to Strauss, Bach to… Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman’s transcendent violin playing evokes the depth of the human experience. This enchanting documentary details the virtuoso’s own struggles as a polio survivor and Jewish émigré, and reminds us why art is vital to life. Read More
Running Time: 80
Jane
A fascinating portrait of groundbreaking conservationist Jane Goodall, Jane grew from the discovery of over 100 hours of film in the National Geographic archives, shot by Goodall’s first husband more than 50 years ago. Set to a moving score by Philip Glass, this firsthand account of life with chimpanzees is narrated by Goodall... Read More
Running Time: 90
Just to Be Sure
Middle-aged Erwin’s search for his biological father brings much more than he bargained for in Just to Be Sure. A delightful blend of coincidence and destiny, this comedy explores the virtues and vagaries of DNA in warm, funny and unpredictable ways that leave you rooting for nurture over nature. Read More
Running Time: 100
Killing Jesús
When university student Paula witnesses her social activist father’s assassination, the inept, uncaring police force drives her to seek justice on her own. But when she finds herself immersed in the killer’s poverty-stricken world she discovers that they might both be victims of the same broken system. Read More
Running Time: 100
Liyana
An unforgettable testament to the power of storytelling, Liyana is a collaborative tale told by a group of Swazi orphan children, guided by anti-apartheid activist and renowned storyteller Gcina Mhlophe, and brought to life through beautiful animation. A heartwarming tale of perseverance and inner strength from the imaginations... Read More
Running Time: 77
Love, Cecil
Cecil Beaton was one of the most influential photographers and designers of the 20th century, a man with an insatiable appetite for beauty. A world-class dandy who was also a great war photographer, Beaton’s remarkable, star-studded life is captured in all its glamour and complexity in this engaging documentary. Read More
Running Time: 98