The third and final film in the franchise that began with cross-generational appointment television in the UK in 2010, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale takes us up to the 1930s and follows Lady Mary as she lands in a public scandal and the larger Crawley family as they face financial strain and succession questions. Ideally,
An intimate, sympathetic portrait of the life of New Zealand’s former Prime Minister Jacinda Ahearn, who made history in 2017 when she catapulted into the country’s power seat at 37 against the odds and gave birth not long after. rom Robert Abele at the Los Angeles Times: “In the fleet, pacey manner of the editing,
An absurdist dramedy about the clash of two worlds, Universal Language entertains as much as it motivates. Beyond the madness lies an urgent plea for unity, an appeal that resonates with people hoping for a better, more harmonious future.
A surefire Oscar contender, Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a former radical whose partner disappeared sixteen years earlier, leaving him with a now teenage daughter who is in the crosshairs of a corrupt military commander (Sean Penn). It’s an epic action thriller directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood), inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland
A relationship satire about two couples whose friendship unravels after a divorce, when it becomes clear that the couple that’s still together has an open marriage, teeing up all new jealousies and farcical confrontations in this conversation starter that blends cringe and lowbrow comedy with sharp observations about modern romance. Dakota Johnson stars along with
More cinema-therapy than rom-com, Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie star as two guarded strangers who meet at a wedding, and find themselves led by a mysterious, enchanted GPS through a series of doorway‑like portals that force them to revisit scenes from their past and reckon with why they cannot commit to love. Musical set pieces
This crowd-pleasing caper might make you wish you were moving into a retirement community. Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley play sharp-witted amateur sleuths trying to solve cold cases when they get a warm one: their retirement community’s co-owner is found dead, and they have to stop a killer in their midst. The wisdom
An end of summer adrenaline rush and ode to 1990s New York, Austin Butler stars as a baseball prodigy turned bartender with a drinking problem who agrees to catsit for a friend, only to stumble into an underworld of gangsters and big wads of cash. Lighter and more comedic take than you’d expect from director
A vicarious summer romance that will transport you to Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Amsterdam, and Prague, The Map that Leads to You tells the story of a Type A college grad on a last hurrah adventure before starting her banking career, and the spontaneous traveler she meets who is following his grandfather’s journal. Based on
With so many facing financial uncertainty right now, this suspenseful neo-noir starring Vanessa Kirby arrives just in time. It follows a Portland woman racing against the clock to raise $25,000 to save the house she shares with her developmentally disabled brother — breaking into safes and confronting people from her past and she becomes increasingly