BACKROOMS (director: Kane Parsons; screenwriter: Will Soodik; cinematographer: Jeremy Cox; editor: Greg Ng; music: Edo Van Breeman, Kane Parsons; cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor (Clark), Renate Reinsve (Dr. Mary Kline), Mark Duplass…

AFFECTION (director/writer: B.T. Meza; cinematographer: Jason Hafer; editor: David Gallegos; music: Daniel Berk; cast: Joseph Cross (Bruce), Julianna Layne (Alice), Jessica Rothe (Ellie); Runtime: 89; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Austin…

(director/writer: Natalie Erika James; cinematographer: Charlie Sarroff; editor: Sean Lahiff; music: Hannah Peel; cast: Midori Francis (Hana), Danielle Macdonald (Josie), Madeleine Madden (Alanya), Showko Showfukutei (Kimie, Hana's Japanese mom), Robert…

DESERT WARRIOR (director/writer: Rupert Wyatt; screenwriter: David Self, Gary Ross, Erica Beeney; cinematographer: Dan Levy; editor: Guillermo Garza; music: Dan Levy; cast: Anthony Mackie (bandit), Aiyasha Hart (Princess Hind), Ben…

LADIES FIRST (director/writer: Thea Sharrock; screenwriters: Cino Paul, Katie Silberman, Natalie Krinsky; cinematographer: Haris Zambarloukos; editor: Mark Everson; music: Atli Örvarsson; cast: Sacha Baron Cohen (Damien Sachs),  Rosamund Pike (Alex…

MAN I LOVE, THE (director/writer: Ira Sachs; screenwriter: Mauricio Zacharias; cinematographer: Josée Deshaies; editor: Alfonso Gonçalves; music: George Gershwin; cast: Rami Malek (Jimmy George), Tom Sturridge (Dennis), Luther Ford (Vincent),…

BALLS UP (director/writer: Peter Farelly; screenwriter: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick; cinematographer: John Brawley; editor: Sam Seig; music: Dave Palmer; cast: Mark Wahlberg (Brad), Paul Walter Hauser (Elijah), Sacha Baron Cohen…

IS GOD IS (director/writer: Aleshe Harris; screenwriter: based on the play by Harris; cinematographer: Alexander Dynan; editor: Jay Rabinowitz; music: Joseph Shirley, Moses Sumney; cast: Kara Young (Racine), Mallory Johnson…

FULL PHIL (director/writer: Quentin Dupieux; cinematographer: Quentin Dupieux; editor: Quentin Dupieux; music: Siriusmo; cast: Woody Harrelson (Philip Doom), Kristen Stewart (Madeleine Doom), Charlotte Le Bon (Lucie), Emma Mackey (La fille…

CORPORATE RETREAT (director/writer: Aaron Fisher; screenwriter: Kerry Lee Romeo; cinematographer: Josh Fisher; editor: Claudia Castello; music: Anna Drubich; cast: Kirbie Johnson (Billie Hoffman), Ashton Sanders (Carl Thomas), Tyler Alvarez (Omar…