Trouble among some snake-handling Pentecostals in Appalachia is the subject of the unsettling drama “Them that Follows.” Walton Goggins (“Tomb Raider”) plays a strict pastor of a small mountain flock. His daughter is portrayed by Alice Englert (“Beautiful Creatures”) and other members of the flock include Olivia Coleman (“The Favourite”), Jim Gaffigan (“Super Troopers 2”) […]

Awkwafina (“Crazy Rich Asians”) stars in the comic drama, “The Farewell,” inspired by the true story of the filmmaker Lulu Wang and her ailing grandmother. A young woman travels to China when she learns her beloved grandmother is terminally ill. Problem is, the family has decided to hide the truth from the elderly lady and […]

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the latest effort from writer/director Quentin Tarantino (“Django Unchained”), is an homage to the city and art form he loves. Leonardo DiCaprio (“The Revenant”) plays the former star of a TV Western who tries to navigate the changes going on in Tinsletown in 1969. His best friend is a […]

Andrew Garfleld (“The Amazing Spider-Man”) stars in a neo-noir mystery, “Under the Silver Lake.” Garfield plays a paranoid man whose beautiful neighbor goes missing. As he tries to solve the puzzle of her disappearance, things get weirder and weirder. The film was written and directed by David Robert Mitchell (“It Follows”). The cast also includes […]

The drama “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2019, where it won awards for Best Directing and a Special Jury Prize for Creative Collaboration. It marks the debut of writer/director/producer Joel Talbot, based on the true story of his childhood friend, Jimmie […]

In “Yesterday,” Himesh Patel from the BBC TV series “Eastenders” plays an unsuccessful musician who, through a cosmic fluke, becomes the only living person to know the songs of The Beatles. This high-concept romantic fantasy also features Lily James (“Mama Mia: Here We Go Again”), and Kate McKinnon (TV’s “Saturday Night Live”). The film was […]

That bad ‘you-know-what’ Shaft has returned to the big screen. Samuel L. Jackson (“Captain Marvel”) is the titular private dick hero, John Shaft…or does the title also refer to his son JJ Shaft (“Jessie T. Usher from “Ride”) and John Shaft, Sr. (Richard Roundtree from “Seven”)? This action comedy was directed by Tim Story (“Barbershop”).

The new film “Ophelia” is a fan fiction-style bit of conjecture based on Lisa Klein’s novel that reworks Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” but from Ophelia’s point of view. Daisy Ridley (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”) takes on the title role with George MacKay (“Captain Fantastic”) as Hamlet, Naomi Watts (“Insurgent”) as Gertrude and Clive Owen (“Children of […]

“Late Night” is a social comedy from writer Mindy Kaling (“The Office”) about an aging talk show host played by Emma Thompson (“Howard’s End”) who faces forced retirement while her young protégé (Kaling) battles sexism and racism in the writers’ room.

Kenneth Branagh (“Murder on the Orient Express”) takes on the role of the aging Bard of Avon in “All is True.” Judi Dench (“Red Joan”) plays his long-suffering wife and Ian McKellan (“The Lord of the Rings”) portrays his benefactor, the Earl of Southampton.