A Complete Unknown
James Mangold ’99SOA cowrote and directed this Bob Dylan biopic, which stars former Columbia student Timothée Chalamet. The film portrays the legendary singer-songwriter as he makes a controversial shift from acoustic to electric.
A Real Pain
Two cousins visit Poland to honor their Holocaust-survivor grandmother in this dramady, which was executive produced by Jennifer Westin ’06SOA.
Sugarcane
Julian Brave NoiseCat ’15CC won the directing award for US documentary at the Sundance Film Festival as the codirector of Sugarcane, a film about historic abuse in Canada’s Indian residential-school system.
A Different Man
Gabriel Mayers ’17CC, the head of film at the indie production company Killer Films, produced this Gotham Award-winning thriller about an actor who receives a new face.
Hold Your Breath
Karrie Crouse ’11SOA wrote and codirected this dust-bowl thriller, which stars former Columbia student Ebon Moss-Bachrach as a menacing preacher.
The Room Next Door
This Pedro Almodóvar–directed film starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore is based on the 2020 novel What Are You Going Through, by National Book Award winner Sigrid Nunez ’72BC, ’75SOA.
Nickel Boys
Plan B Entertainment copresident Dede Gardner ’90CC executive-produced this adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel of the same name, about two Black teens sent to a reform school in the Jim Crow South.
Transamazonia
This drama set in the Amazon jungle stars Jeremy Xido ’94CC as an American missionary who believes his daughter has healing powers.
War Game
This documentary thriller, in which American officials simulate a response to a hypothetical military coup after a disputed election, was codirected by Tony Gerber ’95SOA.
The Luckiest Man in America
Maggie Briggs ’19SOA cowrote this film based on the true story of Michael Larson, an Ohio man who beat the game show Press Your Luck in 1984. Daniel Ragussis ’05SOA served as an associate producer.
April
The winner of the special jury prize at the Venice International Film Festival, this Georgian film from writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili ’18SOA tells the story of an ob-gyn who performs illegal abortions.
