In Alex Ross Perry’s audacious dark comedy, Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, and Jonathan Pryce round out a stellar cast for a story that takes emotionally rich, surprising turns. A comment on the loathsome, narcissistic writer figure that’s full of brutally acidic humour hiding deeper ponderings.

Calling upon the tradition of the psychological chamber thriller, Queen of Earth unites an astonishing Elisabeth Moss with Katherine Waterston to burrow deep into the complicated identities of two disaffected women. A fiery exploration of the iron grip emotions—both interior and exterior—have on us.

Delightfully playful, this postmodern portrait explores an offbeat life of invention by rejecting conventional biopic form. With stylistic whimsies ranging from omniscient narration to an anachronistic synthpop performance, Michael Almereyda’s rich meditation on legacy is positively electric.