The Shrouds (Dir. David Cronenberg)

a grieving widower who invents a controversial technology that connects people with the dead.

Bird (Dir. Andrea Arnold)

absentee fathers who clash with their daughters

Kinds of Kindsness (Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

it’s an anthology picture with dancing; bodies are dragged down corridors; a policeman is alarmed that his missing wife returns and seems to be a different person; and someone yearns to be a spiritual leader.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof)

a judge for the Revolutionary Court in Tehran dealing with the fallout from nationwide protests, and how he becomes paranoid when his gun disappears.

The Balconettes (Dir. Noémie Merlant)

a trio of women who begin interfering with their neighbors’ lives during a massive heat wave.

It’s Not Me (C’est Pas Moi) (Dir. Leos Carax)

a 40-minute featurette of experimental autofiction with Denis Levant to play both the director and a host of past characters from Carax’s movies

Oh Canada (Dir. Paul Schrader)

A writer decides to make peace with his past as an American who moved to the Great White North to avoid being drafted during the Vietnam war

Parthenope (Dir. Paolo Sorrentino)

a character who shares this legendary figure’s name is neither siren nor myth. Instead, she’s something like a tour guide to Sorrentino’s love letter to the region that he grew up in

Rumours (Dir. Guy Maddin)

Starring Cate Blanchett, world leaders meeting at a G7 summit and then getting lost in the woods.