Film-Forward

Crime

The Outfit

The well-paced thriller hums along at such a quick clip that it’s easy to hold reservations until after the credits have rolled.

Tollbooth

A quiet man with a dark past, quirky villagers, and a climactic bloodbath, all set in the quiet Welsh countryside.

Catch the Fair One

A boxer searches for her younger sister, who may have been abducted by a sex-trafficking ring.

Emily the Criminal | Sundance 2022

A highly satisfying blend of a modern-day woman’s picture and a tidy, B-movie thriller.

Brighton 4th

Ruin porn addicts will revel in the film’s rich dinginess, while others may be pulled in by a gruffly sentimental story of a purehearted immigrant putting his life on the line for distinctly lesser men.

Nightmare Alley

What film noir—which this still is even though it is shot in color, and heavy on garish reds—has a 150-minute running time?

Naked Singularity

A well-acted but scattershot film that works better when it sticks to crime.

Stillwater

A bouillabaisse of a film that mixes, not always successfully, the suspenseful procedural investigation of director Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight with the touching redemption stories of his earlier movies.

I’m Your Woman

A film where the world conspires against its protagonist and every odd camera angle or unidentifiable sound offers proof of the conspiracy.