A tightly wound gem of a movie that wastes none of its brisk 80 minutes.

A fleabag of a crime movie and pure, unadulterated, hard-R-don’t-give-a-damn Paul Schrader.

A powerful film that alternates between biting humor and shocking violence, all against a backdrop of vast frigid landscapes.

This neonoir will not surprise you. That’s not a criticism. In fact, that very predictability is central to the film’s success.

The murder of Kitty Genovese is one of the most famous cases in the history of sociology and criminology, and this documentary accomplishes something remarkable by making us reconsider a story, and a concept, that we’ve long taken for granted as true.

Urgency. That was the main ingredient propelling many of the best films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, including the winner of the Palme d’Or, I, Daniel Blake.