Mother Mary
By Guillermo Lopez Meza April 16, 2026
David Lowery’s new movie is, in many ways, unclassifiable, flirting with different genres and featuring a mise-en-scène both restrained and grandiose at once.
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Blue Heron
By Caroline Ely
The powerful first part of Sophy Romvari’s semi-autobiographical story reveals a frightening family struggle through the eyes of a young girl.
The Christophers
By Jeffery Berg April 9, 2026
There’s a verbose richness to Ed Solomon’s text and Steven Soderbergh’s cool visual flair that works wonderfully together here.
Reunion
By Kevin Filipski April 3, 2026
Rarely seen since the early 1990s, this haunting memory piece, written by Harold Pinter and directed by Jerry Schatzberg, returns to the screen.
Pompei: Below the Clouds
By Caroline Ely March 30, 2026
Gianfranco Rosi has created a somber, eerie study of Naples in black and white. Sometimes the city looks part crime scene, part modern-day ruin.
Project Hail Mary
By Ben Wasserman March 19, 2026
A rollicking, emotionally charged journey that captures the wonder, danger, and unexpected friendships one might find while exploring the cosmos.
Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It
By Kevin Filipski February 19, 2026
As director Paris Barclay makes clear, Preston was one of the early 1970s’ most exciting and original musicians, either as an invaluable sideman or as a hitmaker.
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
By Jeffery Berg
Baz Luhrmann and Elvis Presley go well together. EPiC mines unseen footage from two early 1970s Elvis concert films that have been restored.
My Father’s Shadow
By Andrew Plimpton February 13, 2026
This striking film is, in some ways, a simple, realist story in which two young boys are allowed a full day with the father who they rarely see.