Shot guerilla-style in 14 days in the Bronx, Joel Alfonso Vargas' debut feature is a one of the most visually striking movies of the year, a life-on-the-margins comedy about a teenage "nutty" hustler unceremoniously thrust into adulthood.

Island of Marajó, Amazon rainforest. 13-year-old Marcielle lives by the riverbanks with her father, mother, and three siblings. As Tielle matures, her idealized visions shatter, leaving her trapped between two abusive environments.

Widely recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, the ancient Hebrew legend of the Golem provided actor/director Paul Wegener with the substance for one of the most adventurous films of the German silent cinema.

Born into a family of influential Zionist thinkers and archaeologists whose work helped shape the ideology of early Israel, filmmaker Orly Yadin sets out to examine the foundations of the worldview that defined her upbringing. This personal and historical excavation ultimately reveals the blind spots in the national narrative that shaped an entire generation.

In this frothy comedy, June and her Persian mother, Lela, travel to the romantic Azores islands for a grief anniversary when along comes a sexy philosophical surfer who spices up their journey.

This violent, morally shocking early feature-length Western features America’s first cinematic cowboy hero, William S. Hart, who became one of silent cinema’s most famous actors.

Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era.