Tully
For starters, only Diablo Cody — specifically the Cody of "Juno" and "Young Adult" — could write this movie. It [...]
Red Sparrow
Take a Hollywood mega-star like Jennifer Lawrence and plop her into a sexually charged espionage caper in which she's a [...]
I, Tonya
An engrossing docudrama covers the life and times of one-time Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding.
Mudbound
Dee Rees' saga of white farmers eking out a living in the 1940s Mississippi Delta deserved greater acclaim.
Lucky
John Carroll Lynch's ode to veteran American actor Harry Dean Stanton is a small-town masterpiece.
Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman's portrayal of Winston Churchill is the bright, shining light in a film about England's time of woe.
The Post
Steven Spielberg effectively brings Katherine Graham and the volatile Pentagon Papers era to light, but takes few chances.
Indiscretion of an American Wife (Stazione Termini)
Vittorio De Sica's "Stazione Termini" got David O. Selznick's editing and an American title.
All the Money in the World
Ridley Scott's retelling of the Italian kidnapping of John Paul Getty II elicits superb work from patriarch Christopher Plummer.
American Made
Tom Cruise is in top form in Doug Liman's sly take on the life and times of one Barry Seal.
Phantom Thread
Paul Thomas Anderson's dives into the British fashion world of the 1950s, and creates an difficult romance.
It Comes at Night
Trey Edward Shults' low budget thriller links a killer plague with human mistrust and fear wins out.