New American Cinema
Going to the movies has been a favorite American pastime for over a century, and these filmmakers are determined to keep their works at the cutting edge of film’s future. Each of these selected films represents a unique voice, and together they reflect the diversity of the American experience.
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
USA | 2025 | 113 min. | Kahlil Joseph
Kahlil Joseph deftly intertwines Afrofuturist narrative, family legacy, and archival footage into a visual and cerebral feast.
Blue Sun Palace
USA | 2024 | 116 min. | Constance Tsang
Two Queens-based Chinese immigrants grieve over a mutual friend’s tragic death in Constance Tsang’s Cannes-winning debut.
By Design
USA | 2025 | 90 min. | Amanda Kramer
In this playful and audacious absurdist satire, a lonely woman swaps bodies with a chair, only to finally find comfort in life.
Color Book
USA | 2024 | 98 min. | David Fortune
A recently widowed Black father just wants to treat his young disabled son to one great day in metropolitan Atlanta.
Familiar Touch
USA | 2024 | 91 min. | Sarah Friedland
Ruth finds a new beginning when she is placed in an assisted living facility in this poignant, Venice Film Festival-winning drama.
Fucktoys
USA | 2025 | 107 min. | Annapurna Sriram
Annapurna Sriram helms this campy, pastel-colored romp about a woman who embarks upon a sex worker odyssey through Trashtown.
Invention
USA | 2024 | 72 min. | Courtney Stephens
An inventive, autofictional indie about a daughter who investigates her estranged late father’s experimental health marketing schemes.
Rebuilding
USA | 2025 | 95 min. | Max Walker-Silverman
Josh O’Connor stars as a Coloradan cowboy who reconnects with his daughter and ex-wife after a wildfire takes his family ranch.
She’s The He
USA | 2025 | 81 min. | Siobhan McCarthy
A teen comedy by and for trans people, about two seniors who pretend to be transition during their last week of high school.
Slanted
USA | 2025 | 104 min. | Amy Wang
When Joan Huang hastily undergoes an experimental medical procedure to become Caucasian, the consequences could be devastating.
Twinless
USA | 2025 | 100 min. | James Sweeney
In this Sundance-winning, Portland-set dark comedy, two men trauma-bond at a support group for people who have lost their twin.