The days of shooting for the stars, interpreted through the stories of people of color whose aspirations were repeatedly thwarted.

This month’s picks include a decades-spanning Chinese drama, a thriller about a teenage immigrant in Canada, an absurdist French crime comedy and more.

A love triangle takes shape among three 20-somethings in this melancholy film by Anthony Chen.

This month’s picks include a bizarre Mexican-Spanish thriller, a Canadian drama about immigrants, a documentary set in a Parisian dance school and more.

This month’s picks include a Canadian mumblecore comedy, an Argentine mother-daughter thriller, a Bangladeshi drama about a woman fighting a patriarchal system and more.

Sarvnik Kaur’s breathtaking documentary about Indigenous fishermen in Mumbai brings to life an ecosystem wrecked by corporate greed and climate change.

This month’s picks include an intimate documentary about Latin American immigrants in Canada, a Turkish psychological thriller, a Chilean ghost story and more.

Nicole Newnham’s documentary charts the life and times of the feminist Shere Hite, whose pioneering research on women’s sexuality earned her both fame and notoriety.

This month’s picks include a comedic Swedish slasher, a Tunisian noir, an Austenian take on the Indian wedding melodrama and more.

In this unflinching documentary, a young girl in rural India and her father fight an entrenched village culture to seek justice for her brutal rape.