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.

A family and a country come undone in Ricky D’Ambrose’s intricate, Spirit award-nominated drama. Deploying a Bressonian framing of richly textured interiors and delicate hand gestures, these nostalgic glimpses at a fractured father-son bond meticulously conjure a bygone ’80s and ’90s Long Island.