Drama
Novitiate

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

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, 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.

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.

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy
The Star

This film tells an imaginative and sweet version of Jesus’ birth—from the point of view of animals—while remaining faithful to …

Comedy, Drama
Wonder

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

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 …

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 …

Comedy
Daddy’s Home 2

Between put-downs, profanity and off-color gags, this movie still manages to say something about how important dads are.

Comedy, Drama, War
Last Flag Flying

Last Flag Flying is a powerful, emotive film. That said, it’s also an extremely profane one.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Thor: Ragnarok

Thor and Hulk have been replaced by two beefy, good ol’ boy jokesters who’d be right at home in a …