Rose Garnett

Echoing the malevolent soundscape of The Zone of Interest—now up for five Oscars®—this unnerving short from Jonathan Glazer conjures a hellish allegory of social violence. Frozen faces, primitive rage, and an eerie score by Mica Levi reveal a cinematic sibling to Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.”

An astonishingly singular feat of sensorial cinema, Andrea Arnold’s first foray into nonfiction filmmaking finds yet another indelible heroine in Luma, a dairy cow. Resounding with transformative empathy for the inner lives of animals, this powerful documentary wears its loving heart on its sleeve.