Justin Chang

The Taste of Things is, in every sense, a feast of a movie — a foodie tour de force to set beside such culinary classics as Babette's Feast, Like Water for Chocolate and Tampopo. It's also one of the most deeply felt romances to hit the screen in ages.

The new drama Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, from the Vietnamese writer and director Phạm Thiên Ân, envelops you with its gorgeous images and hypnotic rhythms.

The Mexican writer-director Michel Franco's new movie, Memory, has unsettling intimacy and emotional force.