Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals is a devastating movie about sin and retribution. It’s as searing as a thunderbolt, as poisonous as the …

Comedy, Drama, Musical
La La Land

Director Damien Chazelle unleashes an old-school, tour de force musical, proving that original, Oscar-worthy moviemaking—without R-rated gratuity—is actually still possible …

Drama
Believe

Believe stresses the importance of charity while lauding entrepreneurship and plain hard work. It celebrates the ties between people and …

Drama
Jackie

Jackie is a moving, surprisingly spiritual portrait of a woman grieving in the public eye and, in so doing, shaping …

Drama, Horror
Incarnate

So is it possible to make an effective exorcism story without, y’know, all that God stuff? No. And Incarnate proves …

Drama
Miss Sloane

We’re living in a time of intense cultural and political polarization. Miss Sloane determinedly pitches its compelling (though at times …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, War
Allied

Allied is several things all at once: a racy, violent spy romance. A war movie. And an ethical brain twister.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rules Don’t Apply

It’s sad this film about Howard Hughes lacks any sort of real moral underpinning. It seems the makers took its …

Drama
Manchester by the Sea

Wonderfully acted and deeply felt, Manchester by the Sea is also a difficult movie in every way.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Much of this movie’s magicking revolves around Harry Potter-style witchcraft.

Drama, War
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

The essence of Ang Lee’s perspective seems to be that war is horrifically complicated. And what it does to those …

Drama, Sports
Bleed for This

Bleed for This is filled with brutal blows, bare bodies and occasional blasphemy. It asks us to look at Vinny …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Arrival

There’s no Independence Day-like bim-bam-boom here. No little green men or giant robots with laser eyes, either. In fact, this …

Comedy, Drama
Almost Christmas

Despite this dramedy’s tender reflections on grief and its strong emphasis on family and forgiveness, the profanity here feels pretty …

Drama
Shut In

Shut In is a thriller without the thrill, an exercise in jump scenes without the jumps. While it stays within …