As her documentary “Stories We Tell” taught and this movie’s exemplary ensemble shows, Sarah Polley has an eye for pinpointing deeper layers of consequence.

There's ambition in Noah Baumbach's colorful and catastrophic ode to the American family, but not much else.

Vicky Krieps turns in her most impressive effort since "Phantom Thread" as a sovereign out to save herself.

The director of "Birdman" and "The Revenant" returns to his native Mexico to confront personal and national legacies.

Despite ravishing atmosphere, this lackluster effort grasps for profundity but falls perilously short.

James Cameron's fantastical world is wider, wetter and a touch more profound in this long-anticipated sequel to the 2009 juggernaut.

Park Chan-wook dials down the ferocity for a tender, immensely satisfying heartbreaker.

Travis Stevens's movie starts out narratively straightforward before shifting into another thing entirely, with the force of a snapping bone.

The "Pan's Labyrinth" director treads closer to that sublime masterwork with an adaptation that restores a classic story's power.

This "Journey to the Center of the Earth"-esque adventure teases visual innovation before dashing it for been-there-done-that style and story.

The loss of Chadwick Boseman helps shade Ryan Coogler's highly anticipated follow-up, when it isn't overcompensated with other storytelling duties.

The two actors, best-known for participating in tentpole franchises, quiet things down for a deliberately paced drama that showcases their talents.

The "Coraline" director partners with Jordan Peele for his latest creepy-crawly adventure, this one spotlighting institutional evils.

Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson make full good on their "In Bruges" reunion as two ex-chums engaged in social warfare.

So astonishing is Danielle Deadwyler as Emmett Till's mother that she adds entirely new dimensions to a familiar story, and a familiar kind of story.

The elements are all correct in this passionately rendered dystopian story, but the calculus is off.

This amusingly grim Sundance stunner arrives on Shudder this week, and ruptures through the limits of fiction when it’s at its best.

Robert Zemeckis follows up his update of "The Witches" for a remake that's even less memorable.

High expectations await the Aussie filmmaker's "Mad Max: Fury Road" follow-up, which attempts to be a different kind of epic.

John Boyega plays the real-life veteran Brian Brown-Easley, whose desperation drove him to a tragic end in 2017.