Look again: In his latest film, Bill Morrison constructs a meditation on mortality, Soviet history, the search for lost things, and the persistence of accordions
Cloak and dagger: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s engrossing World War II tale embeds an exposé of Japan’s bio-weapons program in the drama of a couple’s dueling loyalties
Daily grind: Affonso Uchôa’s debut feature searches for meaning in the seemingly mundane conversations and chores of three working-class Brazilian women
Drift away: Jessica Beshir’s documentary is a hypnotic montage of the people, nature, and Sufi parables that surround the khat trade in Harar, Ethiopia
