Nikyatu Jusu’s extraordinary horror debut devotes itself to the story of Aisha, an undocumented Senegalese nanny attempting to navigate her precarious new life in New York.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny makes for a fascinating protagonist in this story of corruption, subterfuge and attempted-assassination by poisoning, but the triumphant tone of Daniel Roher’s documentary feels misguided.
Director Juan Pablo González adopts a documentary style for his nuanced drama about María García, the strong-willed owner of a struggling tequila factory in western Mexico.
Dunham’s first feature since Tiny Furniture explores a young woman’s sexual awakening after a hysterectomy and has moments of great writing, but disintegrates in the second act.