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.

Leaping between the UK, US, and Germany, this fascinating documentary from filmmaker Matt Wolf maps the social and cultural development of teenagers as a political entity. Employing multiple narrators—including Ben Whishaw and Jena Malone—Teenage is a vibrant examination of pre-war youth culture.

Dopamine hits glitch in Gia Coppola’s second feature, an electrifying satire of Los Angeles fame-grabbing for a YouTube moment. As a video-star sensation doing dubious tricks for the likes, Andrew Garfield whizzes what’s fake and what’s real into a performance that steals an extremely online show.