Eva Longoria's narrative directorial debut breezily tells a debunked story of Mexican-American ingenuity, and misses an opportunity in the process.

Caroline Fioratti's drama brushes with interesting ideas but is, maybe intentionally, as directionless as its ensemble.

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.

Florian Zeller's follow-up to his Oscar-winning "The Father" lacks the finesse, empathy and gusto of his debut.

"Parasite" star Song Kang-ho stars as a child trafficker in a stirring new South Korea-set drama that's more uplifting than its premise suggests.

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.

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

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

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.

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

The ferocious and ferociously prolific character actor finally gets a starring role that makes full use of her versatility in this touching drama.

A journalist desperate to share his voice discovers an opportunity, and Frito pie, in a Lone Star State murder mystery.

Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon are passionate and volatile in this hazy melodrama about love's tendrils wrapping themselves around the present.

Céline Sciamma scales down and digs into the shared soul of a mother and her daughter in this sublime movie.

The feature debut of Australian director Goran Stolevski blurs the line between horror and drama while treading the line between violence and rebirth.

This Best Picture nominee from Japan effortlessly, gracefully conveys the kinds of massive stakes that we tend to reserve for Hollywood's biggest blockbusters.

A strange pairing of director and story flourishes against Decker's intensely mercurial style and Grace Kaufman's gritty, committed lead performance.

Answers aren't just elusive in this Mexico-set drama; they're mighty scarce. That makes "Sundown" a fascinating blank canvas of a movie.

The director of "Phantom Thread" returns with something more buoyant but just as emotionally informed.