A fire at a Bucharest nightclub kicks off an investigation into deep systematic rot in this nonfiction procedural-cum-masterpiece
Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin's cringe comedy about a toxic but enduring male friendship is hilarious and tragic all at once
How two longtime friends turned a low-budget story of two longtime friends into a funny, poignant festival-circuit hit
Writer, director and star Radha Blank tells a semi-autobiographical tale of a playwright stuck in an artistic rut — and boldly stakes her claim in a normally white, malecentric comic space
Garrett Bradley's decades-spanning documentary on a family dealing with the impact of incarceration — told mostly through video diaries — is one of the most essential films of the year
Set against the backdrop of Baltimore's outlaw motorbike clubs, this story of a kid who falls in with the two-wheel crowd feels very familiar
Kirsten Johnson's documentary about her elderly dad — in which she mock-kills him over and over — is more than a blackly comic memorial. It's a masterpiece
The filmmaker behind one of the best, most surreal documentaries of the year opens up about why she kept killing her aged father onscreen — and why the film is testament to their bond
Thanks to a major marketing mistake, this award-winning French movie has been accused of sexualizing girls. It's actually a sensitive portrait of growing pains that deserves to be seen
A brilliant new documentary on an annual mock-government event offers a sobering, exhilarating look at the state of our nation
