Drama, Romance
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool is the sort of movie that, one might argue, Discerning Filmgoers Won’t See in …

Drama, Horror, Romance
Phantom Thread

This drama is meticulously crafted, both covering and revealing vulnerable truths underneath. But it’s unsettling, too.

Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Downsizing

For a story that wants to give viewers a moral, universal fairy tale, its gratuitous moments sure restrict its potential …

Drama
The Post

It’s not fake news to say that this story is pretty compelling.

Drama, Western
Hostiles

Hostiles shows us, viscerally, that hatred and violence in any age are horrible things.

Drama, Musical
The Greatest Showman

The Greatest Showman paints a portrait of the metaphorical tightrope P.T. Barnum walked, and we’re drawn into his mesmerizing world.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi isn’t perfect, morally, spiritually or aesthetically. But I think it’s the best Star Wars film since the …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water is an odd, beautiful, jarring, graphically problematic kettle of fish.

Drama
Wonder Wheel

Woody Allen goes dark with Wonder Wheel, a movie far more bleak and more adult than its PG-13 rating would …

Drama, Romance
Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name celebrates the lie of a culture that’s determined to crown every individual the king or …

Drama
Novitiate

Novitiate, like many of its characters, walks away from this curious form of faith a bit bewildered, a bit disgusted.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids
Coco

Despite this film’s eye-popping beauty and its heartwarming moments, Pixar’s latest still packages a pagan worldview.

Drama
Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Roman J. Israel Esq. tells us that not only is virtue its own reward, it is, ultimately, the only one.

Drama, War
Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour shines.

Drama
The Man Who Invented Christmas

Even the worst among us can change. That alone constitutes a Christmas miracle worth celebrating.