Films

A Bulgarian archaeologist investigates the disappearance of a former lover in this absorbing Cannes prizewinner. German director Valeska Grisebach works with a nonprofessional cast to create a slow-burn thriller with the grit of a Western and the scope of Chinatown.

A young woman’s beauty and charm enchant a trio of men—including the detective investigating her murder in Otto Preminger’s sleek and suspenseful classic noir.

A prison volunteer and an inmate form an unexpected connection, but neither is what they appear to be in writer/director Tim Blake Nelson’s powerful drama starring Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy.

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s first feature in a decade, this chilling reimagining of La femme infidèle and Unfaithful masterfully explores the depths of corruption in Putin’s Russia through a story of crime and infidelity.

Noah Segan delivers an elegant love letter to one of cinema’s favorite towns through the five-borough odyssey of an old-world pickpocket trying to make it right with a crime family he accidentally antagonized.

Mining the country’s past through a personal New York story of derailed ambitions, James Gray dismantles the notion of the American Dream with a harrowing, ‘80s-set crime-thriller. His finest film to date feels like a new classic.

A woman facing an early Alzheimer’s diagnosis and the possibility of her teenage son’s imprisonment, joins a poetry class and works on a single poem in Lee Chang-dong’s exquisite drama.

Famed author Patricia Highsmith (Helen Mirren) and Alden Ehrenreich's ambitious publishing rep face off during a fiendishly playful (and completely imaginary) mystery as sharp and witty as a murderous Tom Ripley novel.

MVFF tributee Sam Rockwell won an Oscar® for his role as a hotheaded, dimwitted cop battling Frances McDormand’s raging, inconsolable mother in Martin McDonagh’s black comic, renegade masterpiece.

Former lawyer and veteran documentarian Dawn Porter revisits the case of the Harlem Park Three, whose wrongful convictions as teenagers led to 36 years behind bars and exposed profound failures within the American justice system.

A pair of CIA agents, Easter Island, and a mysterious assignment: Martin McDonagh delivers a darkly funny, visually stunning thriller fueled by the irresistible chemistry of John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell.

Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali's turn as a devout Muslim who quietly makes his living as a professional killer headlines this stunning, elevated blend of exemplary action, taut thriller, and moving drama.

Mining the country’s past through a personal New York story of derailed ambitions, James Gray dismantles the notion of the American Dream with a harrowing, ‘80s-set crime-thriller. His finest film to date feels like a new classic.

Sam Rockwell will be honored with a special MVFF Tribute Program, featuring a screening of Wild Horse Night, clips from his career, and an in-depth conversation, and preceded by an earlier screening of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, another Martin McDonagh film starring Rockwell, whose performance earned him an Academy Award.