Is playwright Annie Baker’s debut film the cinematic masterpiece that many reviews are already claiming?

The stereotype-busting drama is a rarity, an optimistic film set in a prison.

Writer/director Savanah Leaf guides the viewer with ease and delicate care in her impressive debut.

Paul Schrader once again brings us into the world of a troubled protagonist seeking some sort of redemption.

The main character in Kelly Reichardt’s new, temperate film, could use a little oomph. Or, is that a little ooh la la?

Writer/director Raven Jackson’s debut feature reveals a perceptive and immensely talented filmmaker. The pleasures here are mainly mined from the visual and aural details.

The movie starts as a character study piece and slowly becomes a psychological thriller (kind of) where an artist is no longer the author of her fate.

People often talk about a piece of art being “timely.” Yet I doubt anyone involved in the preproduction of this drama could have imagined how, well, timely the movie would be.

Writer/director James Gray places a lot of responsibility on the slender shoulders of his young actors in this re-creation of his early 1980s upbringing.