SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY reveals the origins of the space smuggler in the original trilogy. Director Ron Howard’s film features Alden Ehrenreich as the younger version of the character made famous by Harrison Ford and Donald Glover as the young Lando Calrissian.

In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer picks writer-director Michael Pearce’s psychological thriller BEAST. Paul Markoff selects BEST OF ENEMIES, Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville’s documentary about the contentious 1968 Buckley-Vidal TV debates.