On the brink of our next presidential election, this timely documentary captures national security experts as they engage in a “war game” exercise — a simulated cataclysmic event, in this case between a newly elected president and an extremist group. The results of  the exercise, we learn are sent confidentially to the Pentagon, Congress, and

After a D.A. (Amy Ryan) up for reelection ends up with a dead young paramour in her hotel room, she calls a fixer (George Clooney), usually a lone wolf who makes bad things go away. They’re interrupted by another fix (Brad Pitt) who was hired by the hotel, and the two rivals are forced to

Set against the stunning backdrop of Crete and adapted from a JoJo Moyes story, Killer Heat follows an American private eye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who’s hired to investigate the accidental death of young shipping magnate (Richard Madden), and comes up against his suspicious sister-in-law in a blend of escapism and noir. Keep in mind that critics

Rarely do romcoms match up caustic humor with warm and fuzzies and pull it off, but this story about a forthright agnostic woman (Kristen Bell) and a not-what-you’d-expect rabbi (Adam Brody) walks the line and delivers as a good date night movie for couples bridging big divides. As the Guardian‘s Lucy Mangan describes it, “It’s

A critically-praised Spanish film about an eight-year-old slowly realizing they’re not like the other kids, and their longing to be someone else as they spend the summer in Basque country, helping a great aunt tend to her bee colony.  Sensitive and nuanced, the film explores timely themes of gender, sexuality and identity through the lens

A stirring, often funny film festival hit about three estranged sisters who reunite at their father’s deathbed, and learn to see each other through new lenses. Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen deliver this must-watch for anyone who’s gone through the loss of a parent, the film steers clear of the morbid curiosity and

After a tech billionaire (Channing Tatum) invites a cocktail waitress and her friend to his private tropical island for the weekend, they can’t believe their luck: private jets, champagne, lavish dinners. Then it all starts to get weirder and creepier in this tense psychological thriller that hints at a Jeffrey Epstein-inspired plot — but with

Eager for new friendships and an adventure, an American family befriends a charismatic British family during a vacation, and gets invited to spend time at the couple’s idyllic countryside home. What begins as a blissful getaway soon spirals into a terrifying weekend they desperately try to escape in this thrilling Blumhouse remake of the 2022

This year’s Academy Award-winning animated feature is an unlikely wordless heartwarmer about a dog and his friendship with a robot, set against a 1980s New York summer cacophony.  From RogerEbert’s Brian Tallerico:  “‘Robot Dreams’ asks us if we remember the relationships that formed us, the ones that may not have lasted our entire lives but