TAKING VENICE (director/writer: Amei Wallach; cinematographer: Danny Moder; editor: Rob Tinworth; music: Chee Wei Tay; cast: Alice Denney, Calvin Tomkins, Janet Begneaud, Louis Menand, Hiroko Ikegami, Christo, Michael Krenn, Irving…

CHIEF OF STATION (director: Jesse V. Johnson; screenwriter: George Mahaffey; cinematographer: Jonathan Hall; editors: Richard Blackburn, Matthew Lorentz; music: Sean Murray; cast: Aaron Eckhart (Ben Malloy), Alex Pettyfer (John Branca),…

CRY-BABY (director/writer: John Waters; cinematographer: David Insley; editor: Janice Hampton; music: Patrick Williams; cast: Johnny Depp (Cry-Baby Walker), Amy Locane (Allison), Susan Tyrrell (Ramona), Polly Bergen (Mrs. Vernon-Williams), Iggy Pop…

WILD DIAMOND (director/writer: Agathe Riedinger; cinematographer: Noe Bach; editor: Lila Desiles; music: Audrey Ismael; cast: Malou Khebizi (Liane {Poughy), Idir Azou (Dino), Andrea Bescond (Sabine), Ashley Romano (Alicia), Alexis Manenti…

KINDS OF KINDNESS (director/writer: Yorgos Lanthimos; screenwriter: Eftimus Filippou; cinematographer: Robbie Ryan; editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis; music: Jerskin Fendrix; cast: Emma Stone (Rita/Liz/Emily), Willem Dafoe (Raymond/George/Omi), Jesse Plemons (Robert/Daniel/Andrew), Margret Qualley…

ARMAND (director/writer: Halfdan Ullmann Tendel; cinematographer: Pal Ulvik Rokseth; editor: Robert Krantz; music: Ella van der Woude; cast: Renate Reinsve (Elisabeth, Mother), Ellen Dorrit Petersen (Sarah), Oystein Roger (Jarie), Janne…

MOTEL DESTINO (director/writer: Karim Ainouz; screenwriters: Wislan Esmeraldo, Mauricio Zacharias; cinematographer: Helene Louvart; editor: Nelly Quettier; music: Amin Bouhafa, Benediki Schiefer; cast: Fabio Assuncao (Elias), Nataly Rocha (Dayana), Iago Xavier…

BIRD (director/writer: Andrea Arnold; cinematographer: Robbie Ryan; editor: Joe Bini; music: Burial; cast: Barry Keoghan (Bug), Franz Rogowski (Bird), James Nelson-Joyce (Skate), Sarah Beth Harber (Dionne's Mum), Nykiya Adams (Bailey),…

SHROUDS, THE (director/writer: David Cronenberg; cinematographer: Douglas Koch; editor: Christopher Donaldson; music: Howard Shore; cast: Diane Kruger (Becca/Terry/Hunny), Vincent Cassel (Karsh), Guy Pearce (Maury), Sandrine Holt (Soo-min), Elizabeth Saunders (Gray…

SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, THE (director/writer: Mohammad Rasoulof; cinematographer: Pooyan Aghababaei; editor: Andrew Bird; music: Karzan Mahmood; cast: Misagh Zare (Iman), Soheila Golestani (Naimeh), Mahsa Rostami (Rezvan), Setareh Maleki…