Angela’s Honorable Mentions:
Rebuilding, dir: Max Walker-Silverman (on demand)
Cloud, dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Criterion)
The Baltimorons, dir: Jay Duplass (AMC, on demand)
HappyEnd, dir: Neo Sora (Criterion)
Homebound, dir: Neeraj Ghaywan (Netflix)
The Balconettes, dir: Noémie Merlant (Kanopy)
Universal Language, dir: Matthew Rankin (Kanopy)
Black Bag, dir: Steven Soderbergh (Prime)
Sly Lives, (aka The Burden of Black Genius) dir: Questlove (Hulu)
40 Acres, dir: R.T. Thorne (Hulu)
Twinless, dir: James Sweeney (Hulu)
Hedda, dir: Nia DaCosta (Prime)
Sister Midnight, dir: Karan Kandhari (Hulu)
Autumn’s Honorable Mentions:
Black Bag, dir: Steven Soderbergh (Prime)
The Balconettes, dir: Noémie Merlant (Kanopy)
Teki Cometh, dir: Daihachi Yoshida
Left-Handed Girl, dir: Shih-Ching Tsou (Netflix)
My Sunshine, dir: Hiroshi Okuyama (on demand)
It Ends, dir: Alexander Ullom
Urchin, dir: Harris Dickinson (Hulu)
The Testament of Ann Lee, dir: Mona Fastvold
Sister Midnight, dir: Karan Kandhari (Hulu)