A nervous woman (Jessica Chastain) walks down the street, casting a subtle glance behind her.
Action/Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Ava

Ava is yet another movie about an assassin with a heart. Maybe it’s not a heart of gold, exactly, but …

A man in a camo shirt with short died-white hair looks over his shoulder.
Drama, Music
Sound of Metal

Much like heavy metal music, Sound of Metal isn’t trying to give us warm, pleasant feelings.

A grandmother, played by Glenn Close, stares with a furrowed brow.
Drama
Hillbilly Elegy

Good messages or no, Hillbilly Elegy will make it hard for some to find them.

A teen girl carries a bloody hook.
Comedy, Drama, Horror
Freaky

Sure, it may look cute at first glance. But take a peak under the surface, and you find something dark …

Kevin Costner and Diane Lane are pictured as a farming couple talking to each other against the backdrop of clouds and sky.
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Let Him Go

Sometimes in our fearful, sorrowful moments, we make hard-nosed, emotional choices that can cause even more loss.

Determined woman wears a civil war-era outfit as she runs.
Drama, Horror
Antebellum

Antebellum is a disordered, dispiriting and sadistic story that assaults your senses more than it pricks your conscience.

Bill Murray and Rashida Jones ride in a convertible in On the Rocks.
Comedy, Drama
On the Rocks

For adults navigating their own important, sometimes prickly relationships, On the Rocks is filled with teachable moments.

Borat (Sasha Baron Cohen) gives a thumb's up while driving.
Comedy, Satire
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Sasha Baron Cohen’s latest Borat film is more a collection of abhorrent and asinine cringiness than acerbic comedy.

Courthouse scene featuring Abby Hoffman.
Biography/History, Drama
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Our verdict, in this case, is to use all due caution.

Actress Julianne Moore as Gloria Steinem at a women's rights rally.
Biography/History, Drama
The Glorias

The Glorias rejects complex character building and storytelling in favor of a fairly rote sermon featuring fairly wooden icons.

A husband hugs a wife in their new home.
Drama, Horror
The Nest

It’s the house. It must be the house. It’s too big. Too old. Too dark. Too … distant. Yes, it …

A young man with a bruise on his face looks out a truck window.
Drama
The Devil All the Time

Some movies entertain. Some movies educate. But this movie punishes the viewer.

A man and a woman talk at a diner.
Crime, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Frozen Ground

Just because this crime thriller is based on a true story doesn’t mean it’s easy to stomach.

Comedy, Drama
Irresistible

This movie is less interested in blue-state and red-state ideology than its suggestion that, in some ways, we’ve all been …

Huge, angry CGI lion.
Action/Adventure, Drama
Rogue

This is just a very bad movie.