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With sharp wit and cathartic intensity, Coralie Fargeat turns toxic beauty culture inside out in her Oscar®-winning latest feature. Powered by a career-best performance from Demi Moore, The Substance fearlessly bulldozes its way into the midnight-movie pantheon and the feminist canon.

Refracting the iconic image of lo-fi band Pavement into new, hybrid forms, acclaimed filmmaker Alex Ross Perry innovatively distorts the music documentary. Joe Keery stars alongside the ’90s group, toying with their slacker-indie commitment to alternative culture with dazzling, hilarious subversion.

Things get weird in Amalia Ulman’s kaleidoscopic film, a colorful comedy of errors and an imaginative send-up of millennial media. Starring Simon Rex and Chloë Sevigny, this story of a frantic search for an internet sensation is electrified by wit, subversion, and distinctively fluorescent style.

Turning quarantine restrictions into artistic inspiration, Charli XCX led her legions of fans—and herself—out of pandemic blues with the power of music. From DIY recording sessions to livestream confessions, this kaleidoscopic documentary captures the pop icon at her most vulnerable and authentic.

With investigative zeal, VICE alumnus Eddie Huang dives into his former employer’s lawless archives to uncover where it all went wrong. Smoking out tales of legit highs and unholy lows, this gonzo documentary eyeballs the timely comeuppance of a pop-cultural behemoth that flew too close to the sun.

The second feature from Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, this wicked comedy is a deliciously dark portrait of a toxic relationship. With a delectable pair of performances at its center, Sick of Myself plumbs the merciless depths of its protagonists’ narcissism for an uproarious modern fable.

Textured with russet reds and pollinic yellows, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s spellbinding allegory gleans an atmospheric folk tale from a rural idyll. As landowners sow the seeds of modern capital, Sean Price Williams reaps horror and beauty from the earth with swirling, immersive cinematography.