Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
A Monster Calls

A boy’s journey through grief uncovers some surprising truths by the time the credits roll.

Drama
Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures inspires as it entertains. It acknowledges racial divisions while insisting that there’s more than one way to fix …

Comedy, Drama
Paterson

Paterson is enjoyable without being entertaining. It’s a shyly thoughtful story that asks its viewers to stretch themselves and dream …

Drama
Fences

Even though its dialogue can be harsh and its protagonist can be a monster, Fences has some important things to …

Drama
Lion

Lion is a gripping, moving, inspiring film that’s high in heart and relatively low in content.

Drama
Silence

Even in a place and time when brutal forces mercilessly sought to silence the faithful, their voices could still be …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Passengers

If Passengers teaches us anything, it’s only as an afterthought. The film is an entertainment vehicle. And like the spaceship …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Assassin’s Creed

Between its tortured logic and its fatalistic view of religion, Assassin’s Creed does little more than kill off a couple …

Drama
Collateral Beauty

The whole production feels like a mildly melodramatic stage play that isn’t afraid to take its time and to wax …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One is theoretically a different kind of Star Wars movie. Except that it’s not.

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 …