As smoking in movies wanes, we can sit back and enjoy the sharp Irish banter of two women—the filmmaker’s middle-aged mother and a 79-year-old neighbor—reflecting on their dangerous but thoroughly enjoyable habit. Joking about smoker’s cough and chiding themselves for their habit, they have no discernible regrets. More...

The first day of school can be either exhilarating or terrifying, but it is always about socialization. For children plucked from their families on the remote tundra and placed in a Russian boarding school, the first day signifies the erasure of unique cultures and the reinforcement of the official one. More...

The complexities of strict Islamic gender roles play out with surprising zeal in this uplifting film. The Iranian Women’s National Football Team lacks a rival, since under strict Iranian law only men are allowed to participate in sports. But they may have found a German soccer club with a similar “goal” in mind. More...

In 2003, Norma Khouri conned the literary world with her bestseller about honor killings. In 2004, she was caught. Now Khouri may be conning the filmmaker documenting her story. This mesmerizing character study struggles to maintain a division between fact and fiction, but it is not entirely immune to the machinations of a sociopath. More...

For decades, a group of Holocaust survivors has met every summer at a bucolic Catskills bungalow colony, despite their ever-dwindling ranks. In what may be their final season together, the lodgers cook, flirt, argue, dance and share stories of loss and survival, while the fate of their community remains uncertain. More...

A poignant, occasionally hilarious, often harrowing glimpse into an institution often undertaken but rarely understood—marriage. As the title suggests, this is no conventional marriage, with four wives, dozens of children and one domineering mother-in-law, all competing for the attention of one man. More...