"The World to Come": A Stunning Period Romance
Mona Fastvold’s nineteenth century lesbian romance is emotionally charged, restrained, and poetic without feeling forced.

Since Jahaan only has a few months left to live, his brother Bahman organizes a get-together with his closest friends at Jahaan's farmhouse up north to celebrate what will likely be his final birthday.
Mona Fastvold’s nineteenth century lesbian romance is emotionally charged, restrained, and poetic without feeling forced.
Shudder’s Host (not a particularly original title, I must say) attempts to bring the spooks to “the quarantine generation” by presenting us with a scary Zoom call during lockdown.
Stand and Deliver is an inspirational classic from 1988 starring Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante, and his class of rag tag students in East Los Angeles. It’s the story of how a new teacher shows a motley group of students in the inner city with backgrounds as gang members, dishwashers, and mechanics — the power of self-determination. He teaches the teenagers to believe in themselves through algebra and calculus.
This emotional, frightening, and dreamlike story examines the ways actresses are exploited in the name of art.
Neo Sora left a realistic and yet hopeful notion for the near future and the now.
Magnolia focuses on how one’s childhood and trauma relate to their confidence and self.