PIERCING (director/writer: Nicolas Pesce; screenwriter: based on the novel by Ryû Murakami; cinematographer: Zachary Galler; editor: Sofía Subercaseaux; cast: Christopher Abbott (Reed), Mia Wasikowska (Jackie ), Laia Costa (Mona), Marin…

COME TO DADDY (director: Ant Timpson; screenwriter: story by Toby Harvard/Toby Harvard; cinematographer: Daniel Katz; editor: Dan Kircher; music: Karl Steven; cast: Elijah Wood (Norval Greenwood), Stephen McHattie (Gordon), Martin…

I'LL TAKE YOUR DEAD (director: Chad Archibald; screenwriters: Jayme Laforest/story by Chad Archibald; cinematographer: Jeff Maher; editor: Mike Gallant; music: Steph Copeland; cast: Aidan Devine (William), Ava Preston (Gloria), Jess…

VELVET BUZZSAW (director/writer: Dan Gilroy; cinematographer: Robert Elswit; editor: John Gilroy; music: Marco Beltrami; cast: Alan Mandell (Ventril Dease), Jake Gyllenhaal (Morf Vanderwalt), Rene Russo (Rhodora Haze), Toni Collette (Gretchen), Zawe…

BLOOD ON HER NAME (director/writer: Matthew Pope; screenwriter: Don M. Thompson; cinematographer: Matthew Rogers; editor: M.R. Boxley; music: Brooke Blair, Will Blair; cast: Bethany Anne Lind (Leigh Tiller), Will Patton (Richard…

SEQUIN IN A BLUE ROOM director/writer: Samuel Van Grinsyen; screenwriter: Jory Anast; cinematographer: Jay Grant; editor: Tim Guthrie; music: Brent Williams; cast: Conor Leach (Sequin), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Dad), Samuel…

LES MISERABLES (director/writer: Ladj Ly; screenwriters: Giordano Gederlini, Alexis Manenti/based on the novel by Victor Hugo; cinematographer: Julien Poupard; editor: Flora Volpeliere; music: Pink Noise; cast: Damien Bonnard (Brigadier Stéphane…

LODGE, THE (director/writer: Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala; screenwriter: Sergio Casci; cinematographer: Thimios Bakatakis; editor: Michael Palm; music: Daniel Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans; cast: Riley Keough (Grace), Jaeden Martell (Aidan), Lia…

SYLVIE'S LOVE director/writer: Eugene Ashe; cinematographer: Declan Quinn; editor: Dana Congdon; music: Fabrice Lecomte; cast: Nina Ashe (Evelyn), Tessa Thompson (Sylvie), Nnamdi Asomugha (Robert Halloway), Lance Reddick (Herbert ), Eva…

BIRDS OF PREY (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (director/writer: Cathy Yan; screenwriter: Christina Hodson; cinematographer: Matthew Libatique; editors: Jay Cassidy, Evan Schiff; music: Daniel Pemberton; cast: Margot…