Iconic auteur Jim Jarmusch’s acclaimed return to anthology filmmaking abounds with wryly resonant observations on the family unit. Sketching finely detailed portraits with its starry ensemble cast (including a gloriously rumpled Tom Waits), this offbeat triptych finds universals in idiosyncrasies.

With this orgiastic immersion in the mystic reveries of a real-life historical figure, the king of the erotic thriller Paul Verhoeven gives the nunsploitation flick a high-art makeover. Elegant, perverse, and teasingly scandalous, Benedetta critiques religious hypocrisy with an impish grin.

Wander through Paris’s mesmerizing museums with Bertrand Bonello in this never-before-seen version of Antoine Barraud’s Le dos rouge. There, the French filmmaker roams in search of monstrosity, and shares the screen with some of France’s finest actors, including Jeanne Balibar and Alex Descas.