Forbidden Fruits (2026)
Not every film can make a shopping mall feel both magical and menacing, but Forbidden Fruits challenges that.

On New Year's Eve, Sergeant Lukov fell behind his unit and stayed on a deserted highway, where he was picked up by a bus with artists from a provincial theater. This is how Lukov met Masha, a costume designer, and found himself in the city. By chance on the street he ran into a former colleague Tabakin, who committed a crime in the army and managed to escape punishment...
Not every film can make a shopping mall feel both magical and menacing, but Forbidden Fruits challenges that.
The Suicide Squad's Polka-Dot Man aka Abner Krill, played by David Dastmalchian, helped me come to terms with my own issues of anxiety.
Him is visually stunning—all concrete cathedrals and bone-rattling impact shots that look like a nightmare highlight reel. Marlon Wayans is magnetic as this legendary quarterback who's basically selling salvation with a smile that never quite reaches his eyes. But the story keeps running in circles: more tests, more cryptic pep talks, more ritualistic drills. The sports-as-religion metaphor beats you over the head when subtlety would've been more effective. The middle drags, and that finale chooses spectacle over substance. It's undeniably stylish, but left me cold. Also worth noting: despite the Monkeypaw connection, this isn't actually a Jordan Peele film—he didn't write or direct.
A family comedy that combines fantasy and normal school life.
A wondrously imaginative, diverse, and spirited allegory of childhood and the arduousness of adulthood.