We see a man and a woman in black leather carrying motorcycle helmets.
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Locked Down

Most families will probably want to avoid watching Locked Down: It could add to the insanity we’re already feeling.

A driver in a car talks to two people in the back seat.
Crime, Drama
The White Tiger

This film pointedly justifies any dishonest or bloody act that might lead to breaking free from an oppressive way of …

A man embraces a woman who stares upward sadly.
Drama
Our Friend

Our Friend is hard to watch. It deals with aspects of a dying woman’s cancer with painful candor.

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

Two soldiers walk through a city togetether
Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Outside the Wire

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

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

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

Drama
Pieces of a Woman

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

Comedy, Drama
Promising Young Woman

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

A morose woman stares blankly.
Crime, Drama
Kajillionaire

Based on the title alone you might think you’re getting an amateur Ocean’s Eleven. But you’re not. Not even close.

A man and a woman share a drink and smile at a bar.
Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Thriller
Fatale

Fatale is packed with carnal infidelity, heartless betrayal, vile manipulation and bloody murder.

Blues legend Ma Rainey performs at a jazz club in 1927.
Biography/History, Drama, Music
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

This is a difficult movie, but not a gratuitous one. It, like the blues, gets down in the muck. But …

A bound man sits in a chair with tape across his mouth.
Drama
Infidel

Infidel reminds us that faith in the face of real-world persecution isn’t always a comfortable thing to watch.

A woman looks out a car window.
Crime, Drama
I’m Your Woman

This R-rated thriller’s gratuitous violence and peppering of foul language will make it a hard pass for many viewers.

We see a man walking on an Hollywood set, the image in black and white.
Biography/History, Comedy, Drama
Mank

Mank illustrates that it’s not just the superficial content that can make a film problematic. Often, issues are hardboiled into …

Two men and a young woman get out of a 1960s-era car.
Comedy, Drama
Uncle Frank

While Uncle Frank is more nuanced at times than you might expect, its messaging can still feel pretty heavy-handed, too.