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Brought together to perform a specially commissioned piece, a string quartet of virtuoso musicians descends into squabbling and animosity in this classy French comedy.

Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck reimagines 1984 in this urgent essay on power, language, and control. With narration by Damian Lewis, it’s a chilling portrait of how Orwell’s warnings became our reality.

PT Anderson's breathless satire is the best political action movie of the year, a defiantly anti-MAGA rallying cry featuring a six pack of crackerjack performances. They'll still be talking about this one 50 years from now.

The western gets climate changed in this gentle, pensive portrait of a modern cowboy (Josh O'Connor) picking up the pieces after losing his Colorado homestead to a wildfire.

Four cousins are tapped to investigate an abandoned house that is their joint inheritance. As they explore, they learn their story of their ancestor Adele (Suzanne Lindon) and her foray into Paris in the age of Impressionism.

Written by James Cameron and directed by Kathryn Bigelow (House of Dynamite), this futuristic film noir, set on the last two days of the millennium, was way ahead of its time.