One Night in Miami

Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke talk in a hotel in the movie One Night in Miami.

One Night in Miami is an angry movie for an angry era. But it’s a thoughtful movie in an era that could use plenty of thought, too.

Outside the Wire

Two soldiers walk through a city togetether

Outside the Wire wants to be both an action-packed thriller and a cutting social commentary.

The Dig

A man and woman in 1939 look at an archeological dig site in Great Britain.

The Dig has a few more controversies buried within than who discovered the treasure at the center of the story.

Come Play

A boy with a smartphone looks scared as he walks.

This movie suggests that our screens may be the windows and doors to our darkest nightmares and consuming fears.

Herself

A woman walks away from a construction project with her daughter on her back and other volunteers walking behind her.

No matter how hard your circumstances, there is hope to be found in unlikely places and amongst unlikely people.

Love and Monsters

love and monsters

Despite Love and Monsters’ feel-good vibe, it still has a few too many foul teeth and rough edges.

Pieces of a Woman

For parents who have ever lost a child, Pieces of a Woman might prove triggering.

Honest Thief

This thief-turned-family man really tries to right his past wrongs, but that doesn’t mean this flick is without its own honest issues.

Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman is tragedy masked as comedy, a movie where an itch for justice is scratched by a twisted knife.

The Midnight Sky

George Clooney and a young girl stare at something at a desk in The Midnight Sky.

The Midnight Sky wonders if we will be proud of what we’ve done in the end or filled with remorse for what could have been.