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.

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.

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.

Comedy, Drama
Wonder

Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson earnestly pour their hearts into this poignant, realistic story about a son who is different.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Justice League

In a year filled with top-flight superhero movies, DC’s answer to Marvel’s Avengers barely gets off the ground.

Comedy, Drama
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

British writer/director Martin McDonagh paints a discordant picture here of an awful, provincialized middle America.

Comedy, Drama
The Florida Project

This movie felt like a tragedy to me: a tiny family slowly drowning—incapable of swimming, unwilling to grab lifelines dangling …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Murder on the Orient Express

Let’s not lose sight of what Murder on the Orient Express does offer—a content-light mystery that feels true to the …