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Project Hail Mary (2026)
Through a high-stakes mission and an unorthodox companionship formed in the depths of outer space, Project Hail Mary strikes a remarkable tonal balance, as Phil Lord and Chris Miller realise the emotional scope of epic and personal narrative stakes through inventive visual designs.
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The Smashing Machine (2025)
Far from mythologising Mark Kerr’s contributions to mixed martial arts, Benny Safdie treats his body as both an instrument and casualty of the sport’s formation in The Smashing Machine, illustrating its personal cost in intensely tactile, psychological terms.
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)
Through Mary Bronstein’s harrowing focus on motherhood as a state of constant triage, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You directs its anxiety-inducing tension toward a woman stretched to her limits, underscoring the unbearable guilt, crushing responsibility, and relentless pressure that saturates mundane anxieties.



