Take Two

Kate Winslet (“Blackbird”) and Saoirse Ronan (“Little Women”) star in “Ammonite,” a tale of forbidden romance set in 1800s England. Winslet portrays palaeontologist Mary Anning and Ronan is geologist Charlotte Murchinson in this speculative bit of historical fiction from director Francis Lee (“God’s Own Country”).

Kevin Costner (“Yellowstone”) and Diane Lane (“Paris Can Wait”) reunite for a big screen revenge thriller, “Let Him Go.” It’s based on the Neo-Western novel by Larry Watson and has been adapted to film by Thomas Bezucha (“The Family Stone”).

Filmmaker Alexendra Pelosi takes a snapshot of a divided America in the unnerving Showtime documentary “American Selfie.”

“Radium Girls” is a very well meaning period drama, but it takes a rather bland approach to a topic that should have been riveting. Actress Joey King (“The Kissing Booth”) leads a likable cast in this tale about the young women who brought suit against their employer in the 1920s when they were exposed to […]

Oscar winning filmmaker Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”) turns his attention to a notorious legal case. The cast of “The Trial of the Chicago 7” includes Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat”) as Abby Hoffman, Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) as Tom Hayden, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (“Watchmen”) as Bobby Seale and Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies”) […]

A young Philippine-American girl evades Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while trying to break into the Austin, Texas country music scene. Broadway star Eva Nobelzada makes her movie debut in this coming of age comic drama.

British actress Sally Hawkins (“The Shape of Water”) plays a woman suffering from schizophrenia in the offbeat comic drama, “Eternal Beauty.” The cast also includes David Thewlis (“I’m Thinking of Ending Things”) and Penelope Wilton (“Downton Abbey”). It was written and directed by actor Craig Roberts (“The Current War”).

“Kajillionaire” is comic drama from filmmaker Miranda July (“Me, You and Everyone We Know”). Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”) leads the cast in the story of a young woman who works with her parents as petty scam artists. The ensemble also includes Richard Jenkins (“The Shape of Water”), Debra Winger (“The Lovers”) and Gina Rodriguez (“Miss […]

“All In: The Fight for Democracy” is a new documentary about voter suppression, both in the past and in the present. Susan and Russ review this new film that focuses on Stacey Abrams and the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race.

Susan and Russ cover “The Broken Hearts Gallery.” Does this romantic comedy for millennials speak to all generations? Geraldine Viswanathan (“Bad Education”) and Dacre Montgomery star in the first feature film from writer/director Natalie Krinsky.