Film Series
We Can’t Even: Millennials on Film
Though often characterized as entitled, shallow narcissists obsessed with social media likes and overpriced avocado toast, the millennial generation is in fact an extraordinarily diverse group whose lives—shaped by socio-political upheaval, economic recession, and dramatic developments in technology—are only beginning to be fully understood. This wide-ranging survey explores how this complex generation has been represented on screen and, more recently, how it has come to represent itself. What emerges is a vivid portrait of a generation finding its way and discovering its voice in an increasingly uncertain world.
Natalie Portman is a diva on the edge in this audacious art-pop spectacle.
Bertrand Bonello’s bold, stylish terrorist thriller and vision of youth in revolt.
Gus Van Sant’s haunting, Palme d’Or-winning meditation on the Columbine tragedy.
The endlessly quotable pop culture touchstone that defines the LiLo legend.
Lindsay Lohan hit critical bottom with this perversely fascinating psychological thriller.
Barry Jenkins’ stunning, heartrending vision of queer black love and desire
Richard Linklater’s epic generational statement, shot over 12 years.
An exhilarating immersion into the world of a young black woman growing up outside Paris.
Anna Paquin stuns in Kenneth Lonergan’s harrowing excavation of post-9/11 trauma.
The skate video reimagined as a vehicle for raw emotional expression.
Two Chicana teens explore just how deep their relationship goes in this tender indie gem.
Two electrifying dispatches from the struggle for racial and trans justice against police violence.
Wu Tsang’s imaginative chronicle of the life and death of an LA bar for queer and trans Latinxs.
A feature culled from Cecile Emeke’s acclaimed web series, plus an Afrofuturist anthem.
Millennial wunderkind Xavier Dolan’s searing, emotionally raw feature debut.
Eliza Hittman’s hypnotic vision of adolescent turmoil and desire in Coney Island.
Sofia Coppola’s subversively hilarious satire of 21st-century celebrity worship.
Director Sean Baker captures a trans sex worker’s freewheeling LA odyssey entirely on an iPhone.
Greta Gerwig’s brilliantly funny and woundingly relatable mother-daughter portrait.
An instantly iconic Greta Gerwig stars in Noah Baumbach’s endearingly loose-limbed comedy.
A beautifully observed exploration of faith, family, and black Muslim identity.
A thrillingly unclassifiable exploration of alienation in the age of hyper-connection.
Jesse Eisenberg is uber-geek Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s decade-defining cautionary tale.
Laura Poitras’ riveting real-life thriller capturing the Edward Snowden affair as it happened.
Robert Pattinson gives a career-high performance in the Safdie brothers’ instant cult classic.
Kristen Stewart cemented her arthouse cred with Olivier Assayas’ gonzo 21st-century ghost story.
Puckish, provocative meta-inquiries into truth and cinema.