Scary movies can thrill us. Do they also have to mean something?

This unsettling movie about a Harvey Weinstein–like figure confronts the systems that support sexual misconduct.

"Like a Boss" inadvertently lays bare some unfunny truths about hashtag-empowerment.

Alex Gibney’s new documentary about Mikhail Khodorkovsky presents a complex picture of a dissident.

Alfre Woodard's astonishing performance is one of many surprises in director Chinonye Chukwu's second film.

No, it's not that beloved musical, but director Ladj Ly's Oscar-nominated look at police violence nevertheless feels familiar.

Greta Gerwig’s new film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel is a triumph of Jo-ness.

Tom Hooper's film is as absurd as the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, but at least it's given us something new to talk about.

Clint Eastwood turns the saga of the Atlanta bombing suspect into a cautionary tale for an already paranoid age.

When the women of Fox News rise up against Roger Ailes, who are they fighting for?

“A Hidden Life” is a strangely simplistic movie about good and evil.

The new movie about the Torture Report has to take on people who still wield enormous influence.

How two of this year’s most critically acclaimed movies critique capitalism

Noah Baumbach’s latest film portrays both sides of a messy divorce, for once.

Marielle Heller's film fails to understand its subject—the venerable Mister Rogers—but it still might make you cry.

The newest reboot of the franchise has a very familiar feminist refrain.

Lauren Greenfield's newest documentary is an unwavering look at the queen bee, going well beyond her infamous shoe collection.

In Alma Har'el's film, Shia LeBeouf mines his own life—and reminds us how gifted an actor he is.

On a desolate island, Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe slow-dance their way to madness.

Despite its setting in Nazi Germany, Taika Waititi’s movie never risks actually disturbing its audience.