It's not easy to get excited for a film summarized as "a bus driver is also a poet." But you'd be a fool to skip it, because Jim Jarmusch's latest is also one of 2016's best.
Read MoreIt's refreshing to see a biopic about a woman, and a First Lady at that. Unfortunately, despite Natalie Portman's best efforts, Jackie isn't anything to remember.
Read MoreFor a film that jumps from present to past and back again, Manchester by the Sea never leans on that crutch so much as embraces its potential.
Read MoreIn Park Chan-wook's latest, the women are uncertain but crafty, the men are sex-starved yet money-driven, and the end result feels earned rather than prescribed.
Read MoreArrival is the adults-only science fiction film for the year, but why is 2016's entry leaving us feeling so unfulfilled?
Read MoreRachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, and Timothy Spall all bring their best work to Mick Jackson's Holocaust denier drama.
Read More"It is a story so specific that it is universal." Moonlight sticks out as one of 2016's best ... easily.
Read MoreBen Affleck does an admirable job as an autistic hitman, but otherwise Gavin O'Connor's The Accountant can't find its footing.
Read MorePeter Berg plumbs the depths of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history to find a few heroes and ponder our mastery of technology.
Read MoreNate Parker the actor shines in this retelling of Nat Turner's slave rebellion, but his work as a writer-director comes up short.
Read MoreThe director of Take Shelter and Mud brings Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga together in an interracial love story for all generations.
Read MoreClint Eastwood may not have hit a home run with Sully, but Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, and some terrifying crash sequences make it one of the more satisfying doubles in recent memory.
Read MoreJeff Bridges, Chris Pine, and Ben Foster all shine in David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water, but otherwise this modern-day Western is standard fare.
Read MoreColin Farrell gives maybe his best performance in the hilariously dark English-language debut from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos.
Read MoreJeff Nichols tells a "fathers and sons" story with a little bit of sci-fi thrown in for good measure.
Read MoreA mood film from start to finish, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu takes you to the 1820s frontier and chills you to the bone as one man seeks revenge.
Read MoreAn ensemble cast and unlikely directing hero bring Michael Lewis' definitive work about the financial crisis to life.
Read MoreCharlie Kaufman's Anomalisa makes brilliant use of stop-motion animation to bring two people to life in ways you've never seen on-screen.
Read MoreCate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are outstanding in Carol, Todd Haynes's look at a lesbian love affair in 1950s America.
Read MoreQuentin Tarantino has set a high bar for his movies, one that The Hateful Eight can't clear.
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