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

Dreams are no sanctuary from capitalism's claws in this movie, which has as much heart and urgency as weirdness.

The director of "Pride & Prejudice" and "Atonement" returns with another romance that is, if less controlled, also no less daring in its sincerity.

Ruth Paxton's feature directorial debut is a feast of mood let down by its distracted plot.

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 first feature from writer-director Edoardo Vitaletti takes some of the best lessons from "The Witch," but its narrative is missing momentum.

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

Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand play scheming lovers in the latest big-screen adaptation of a classic story, and one of its most stark renditions.

Lana Wachowski's return to the story which made her a household name skirts the line between reboot and sequel, finding new emotional resonance in the process.

Bradley Cooper plays a slippery schemer in del Toro's latest blood-tipped fantasia, and he’s joined by several other A-listers.

Benedict Cumberbatch firmly grasps the reins of Campion's drama with a career-best performance blending menace with curiosity.

The story of the man who paved Venus and Serena Williams' path to superstardom is laden with tonal inconsistency but reliably winning chemistry.

The animation studio's latest big-hearted adventure is an affair rooted in home, and in feeling like an outsider in your own family.

Director Robert Greene's newest film is a display of selflessness, and a vital new chapter in the dark saga of abuse covered up by the Catholic church.

The filmmaker takes a breaks from blockbusters for a personal crowdpleaser that wavers between being melancholic and bareboned.

Tom Hanks, a dog and their robot pal hit the road in a predictable but generous jaunt through post-apocalyptic America.

Amid the forced gags and disorienting battles are glimpses of an emotional depth which the world's biggest franchise has typically shrunk away from.

Four stellar performances anchor Fran Kranz's first behind-the-camera effort, burned by the embers of grief and the desperate search for closure.

Denis Villeneuve's half-adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic proves itself to be more than a visceral technical accomplishment.