24 Films to See in April
While this April lacks the big-budget tentpoles that are typical of the season, it makes up for it with a diverse array of promising films, ranging from a Ben Affleck crowd-pleaser to festival hits to intriguing new titles from Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Cristian Mungiu, David Lowery, and more. Oh, and did we mention that there's even a good new Nicolas Cage film? And a good Evil Dead sequel?
In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting films debuting in North American theaters this month, listed in alphabetical order.
Additional content by Jason Dietz
Documentary | Directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel
Opens in theaters April 14
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The latest documentary from Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Leviathan, Manakamana) is fittingly titled after the groundbreaking anatomy books written by Andreas Vesalius five centuries ago. In their new film, Castaing-Taylor and Paravel reveal the human body in extraordinary detail thanks to French surgeons, doctors and nurses, and the range of instruments they use to perform surgeries—x-rays, scalpels, clamps, and microscopic cameras that can go almost anywhere. The directors cover the cycle of life, from a birth via c-section to a sheet pulled over a lifeless body, but they also give voice to the medical community and the challenges they face, not through interviews, but through captured moments of humor, anger, and vulnerability.
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