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.

Two female lovers walk arm in arm.
Comedy, Romance
Happiest Season

Happiest Season delivers a holiday-themed lesbian romance that predictably appropriates the genre’s formula and feel-good vibe.

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.