Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals is a devastating movie about sin and retribution. It’s as searing as a thunderbolt, as poisonous as the strike of a snake.
Jackie
Jackie is a moving, surprisingly spiritual portrait of a woman grieving in the public eye and, in so doing, shaping a nation’s story. And it reminds us all of just how important our stories are.
Incarnate
So is it possible to make an effective exorcism story without, y’know, all that God stuff? No. And Incarnate proves it.
Miss Sloane
We’re living in a time of intense cultural and political polarization. Miss Sloane determinedly pitches its compelling (though at times racy and profane) story to one side of that divide.
Bad Santa 2
The fact is, Bad Santa 2 is truly one of the most repulsive and intellectually detestable movies ever put on film.
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 title, Rules Don’t Apply, quite seriously.
Allied
Allied is several things all at once: a racy, violent spy romance. A war movie. And an ethical brain twister.
Bleed for This
Bleed for This is filled with brutal blows, bare bodies and occasional blasphemy. It asks us to look at Vinny as a hero, but that’s not easy to see.
Manchester by the Sea
Wonderfully acted and deeply felt, Manchester by the Sea is also a difficult movie in every way.
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 who survive it is equally complicated.