Ted Hope

Before shooting Tangerine on an iPhone 5, writer-director Sean Baker made this heartfelt mismatched-friends drama. Featuring an impressive, tender performance from actor Dree Hemingway (the great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway!), Starlet is a dazzling ode to cross-generational companionship.

Catherine Keener’s second collaboration with Nicole Holofcener shines with the actor’s breezy charm and the director’s wry insight. Co-starring a baby Jake Gyllenhaal and romcom heart-melter Dermot Mulroney, this lovely comedy looks on at the neuroses of American women with warm, honest affection.