Listening to What Remains
New released shaped by memory, place, and human connection
Many of the most compelling films arriving right now ask us to slow down.
This week’s selections move from Iceland’s disappearing glaciers, to lives quietly intersecting through invisible emotional currents, to a sharply observed portrait of contemporary Europe confronting social and economic transformation. Together, they explore how people navigate change — personal, environmental, and cultural — while searching for connection in an increasingly fragmented world.
Time and Water
One of the most acclaimed documentaries to emerge from Sundance this year, Time and Water follows Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason as he reflects on the loss of his country’s glaciers alongside the fading memories of his grandparents. Directed by Sara Dosa (Fire of Love), the film transforms environmental collapse into something deeply personal, weaving together family archives, folklore, history, and climate science.
Where to See (in theaters)
The Currents
The Currents explores the invisible emotional forces that pull people toward and away from one another. Set against a landscape of social and personal transition, the film follows characters navigating loss, longing, and the uncertainty of change as their lives gradually intersect. At its core, the film becomes a meditation on movement: how people carry memories forward even while attempting to reinvent themselves.
Where to See (in theaters)
KONTINENTAL ’25
Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude continues his sharp examination of contemporary society with KONTINENTAL ’25, a film that blends social critique, dark humor, and human observation into something both politically engaged and deeply personal.
Set against a rapidly changing Europe, the film explores the tensions between economic systems, cultural identity, and everyday life. Like much of Jude’s work, it remains interested in the ways larger structures — bureaucracy, capitalism, nationalism, history — shape individual choices and moral compromises.