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
Novitiate

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

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, Drama
Lady Bird

This coming-of-age film drills down into the intimate micro-contradictions of life even as it explodes onscreen with many visually problematic …

Comedy, Drama, War
Last Flag Flying

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

Comedy
A Bad Moms Christmas

A Bad Moms Christmas is at times sweet, often silly, but almost constantly salacious.

Drama, War
Thank You For Your Service

Adam, Solo and Will are more than just statistics. Through story, we see their faces. Feel, in some small way, …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Jigsaw

This reboot offers another excuse for its makers to mangle human flesh in order to reap box office rewards.

Drama
All I See is You

This film is like a cake made entirely of food coloring. It’s bad, plain and simple.

Comedy, Drama
Suburbicon

The ’50s costumes and scenery look authentic. But then the whole shebang nosedives into something luridly witless, foul and bloody.

Comedy, Horror
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

Boo 2 leaves me feeling just like I do after eating too much Halloween candy: a little sick.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Snowman

Though trailers for this film have tried to amp it up as a horror movie, The Snowman isn’t that. Instead, …

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Happy Death Day

This repeat-a-day flick features a college girl with a hangover who lives out her birthday with a sneer before being …

Action/Adventure, Drama
The Foreigner

The Foreigner is a dark, grim actioner, filled with blood and bad words a-plenty. Rush Hour? Try crushed and dour.