ESCANABA — The next film in the Bay Film Series at Bay College on Oct. 10 will be “The Souvenir,” which Vanity Fair’s chief film critic Richard Lawson says is one of the best films released this year.

Director Joanna Hogg’s drama follows a young film student who gets drawn into a turbulent romance that forces her to examine herself as an artist and a human being.

Lawson called it “a quietly devastating movie . . . what coming-of-age movies are supposed to be.” The film stars Honor Swinton Byrne, the daughter of Tilda, who gives a powerful “career-launching” performance.

The series continues Nov. 14 with one of this year’s most important documentaries, “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.” Linear yet artful, the film examines both the late author and her noted literary works, examining themes of race, history and what it means to be an American.

The Chicago Sun Times’ Richard Roeper said the film “stands tall as a valuable record of the life and times and work of an American treasure.”

The 2019 season ends Dec. 5 with Mexican director Hari Sama’s “This is Not Berlin.” In the mid-1980s, misfit Carlos (played by Xabiani Ponce deLeon) finds his métier in nightclubbing, punk music and partying, which leads to self-discovery and a love of art. The New York Times wrote, “The movie celebrates the thrill of performance art, the rush of drug trips and the melancholic cacophony of Joy Division.” The movie is about being young and creative — and the pitfalls and glories of both. Spanish with English subtitles.

All Film Series movies are shown in Bay College’s Besse Center Theater at 7 p.m. Eastern time in Escanaba. General admission is only $5 or $2 for students with valid ID and may be purchased at the box office or at www.baycollege.tix.com.

For more information about The Film Series and other events on the Bay College campus, please visit www.baycollege.edu/events.