The Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Movie Scorecard

Critics Consensus: Featuring some of Martin McDonagh's finest work and a pair of outstanding lead performances, The Banshees of Inisherin is a finely crafted feel-bad treat.

Synopsis: Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN follows lifelong friends Pádraic and Colm, who find themselves at... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan

Directed By: Martin McDonagh

Critics Consensus: R.M.N.'s spare, elegant approach lends a deceptively cool surface to its caustic take on cultural divisions.

Synopsis: Award-winning director Cristian Mungiu's (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days) gripping portrait of ethnic and economic resentments tearing at the fabric of a small mountain...

Starring: Marin Grigore, Judith State, Monica Bîrlădeanu, Orsolya Moldován

Directed By: Cristian Mungiu

Critics Consensus: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a bone-deep look at a photographer's fight against addiction and the institution responsible for her pain through her gritty lens.

Synopsis: Directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is an epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Nan Goldin, David Velasco, Megan Kapler, Patrick Radden Keefe

Directed By: Laura Poitras

Critics Consensus: A delightfully unique tribute to the transporting power of cinema, Leonor Will Never Die marks director/co-writer Martika Ramirez Escobar as a talent to watch.

Synopsis: Leonor Reyes was once a major player in the Filipino film industry after creating a string of successful action films, but now her household struggles... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Rocky Salumbides, Sheila Francisco, Bong Cabrera, Anthony Falcon

Directed By: Martika Ramirez Escobar

Critics Consensus: A gut-punching contemplation of a woman's immigrant experience, Saint Omer puts a mother on the stand and the audience in the jury box to find humanity in the inhumane.

Synopsis: Saint-Omer court of law. Young novelist Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly, a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit

Directed By: Alice Diop

Critics Consensus: With stunning honesty that's achingly bittersweet, Joyland tackles gender and sexual fluidity in a repressed patriarchal society with wisps of hopefulness.

Synopsis: The Ranas--a happily patriarchal joint family--yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line. Their youngest son secretly joins an erotic... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani

Directed By: Saim Sadiq

Critics Consensus: Sensitively attuned to its protagonist's quest, Return to Seoul uses one woman's story to explore universal truths about the human condition.

Synopsis: On an impulse to reconnect with her origins, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Oh Kwang-rok, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Directed By: Davy Chou

Critics Consensus: Other People's Children perceptively explores motherhood outside traditional biological confines and delivers sobering truths with an ample side of levity.

Synopsis: Rachel is 40 years old, with no children. She loves her life: her high school students, her friends, her ex, her guitar lessons. When she... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Victor Lefebvre, Chiara Mastroianni

Directed By: Rebecca Zlotowski

Critics Consensus: Bridging times past with issues that are still current, Blue Jean resonates intellectually and emotionally thanks to thoughtful direction and authentic performances.

Synopsis: England, 1988 -- Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatizing gays and lesbians, forcing Jean, a gym teacher, to live a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lydia Page, Stacy Abalogun

Directed By: Georgia Oakley

Critics Consensus: Distinguished by a naturalistic approach that's enriched by strong work from an ensemble heavy with first-time actors, Under the Fig Trees explores a world of ideas in the span of a single day.

Synopsis: On a hot summer day, a crew of workers -- men and women, young and old -- arrive at dawn at a picturesque fig orchard... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Fide Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Ameni Fdhili, Samar Sifi

Directed By: Erige Sehiri

Critics Consensus: Director João Pedro Rodrigues lures audiences into bewitchingly surreal territory with Will-o'-the-Wisp, a genre-bending collision of style and substance.

Synopsis: On his deathbed, his royal highness Alfredo, King without a crown, is taken back to distant youth memories and the time he dreamt of becoming... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mauro Costa, André Cabral, Joel Branco, Oceano Cruz

Directed By: João Pedro Rodrigues

Critics Consensus: A love story shaped by some surprising contours, The Blue Caftan surveys the hidden heart with compassion and grace.

Synopsis: Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco's oldest medinas. In order to keep up with the commands of the demanding... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Messioui

Directed By: Maryam Touzani

Critics Consensus: No Bears bears witness to Jafar Panahi's incisive filmmaking while urging viewers to examine the complex layers of a deceptively simple story: a man oppressed and suppressed by his country.

Synopsis: NO BEARS portrays two parallel love stories. In both, the lovers are troubled by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition and the mechanics of... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiar Panjei

Directed By: Jafar Panahi

Critics Consensus: Moody, sensitive, and subtly layered, Falcon Lake captures the intoxicating horror of young love.

Synopsis: A shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he forges an unlikely bond with an older girl.

Starring: Joseph Engel, Sara Montpetit, Monia Chokri, Arthur Igual

Directed By: Charlotte Le Bon

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: It is summer in a small village in south-eastern Spain. A storm threatens to cause the river that runs through it to overflow again. A... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Bárbara Lennie, Nieve de Medina, Luna Pamiés, Alberto Olmo

Directed By: Elena López Riera

Critics Consensus: As a time capsule, Casa Susanna captures a trans community in need of a home to thrive in while expanding, albeit narrowly, on queer history.

Synopsis: In the 1950s and ‘60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of... View Full Synopsis

Directed By: Sébastien Lifshitz

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A film shooting will take place at the cité Picasso, in the suburbs of Boulogne-Sur-Mer, in the north of France. During the casting, four teenagers,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mallory Wanecque, Timéo Mahaut, Johan Heldenbergh, Loïc Pech

Directed By: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret

Critics Consensus: A sweet, well-rounded coming-of-age story, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe adapts its source material with tenderness and care.

Synopsis: Resentful at the world, 15-year-old Aristotle Mendoza wants to blend in and be left alone, but the summer he meets free spirit Dante Quintana at... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Max Pelayo, Reese Gonzales, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria

Directed By: Aitch Alberto

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In 2022, Mantas Kvedaravičius went back to Ukraine, in the Donbass, at the heart of the war, to be with the people he had met... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mantas Kvedaravicius

Directed By: Mantas Kvedaravicius, Hanna Bilobrova

Critics Consensus: Sensitive and insightful, Plan 75 uses its sci-fi setting to explore our relationship with death -- and what it really means to live.

Synopsis: In a near dystopian future, Japan's government launches PLAN 75, a program encouraging the elderly to terminate their own lives to relieve its rapidly aging... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Chieko Baishô, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne, Yumi Kawai

Directed By: Chie Hayakawa

Critics Consensus: Both timely and timeless, All Quiet on the Western Front retains the power of its classic source material by focusing on the futility of war.

Synopsis: All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus

Directed By: Edward Berger

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Brazil, 2022. In a remote area in São Paulo's countryside, a rural family who lives beside a charcoal factory accepts a proposal to host a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Maeve Jinkings, César Bordón, Rômulo Braga, Camila Márdila

Directed By: Carolina Markowicz

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Dreaming of a better life, Ali makes a precarious living selling contraband gas on the streets of Tunisia. Forced to take charge of his two... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Adam Bessa, Salima Maatoug, Ikbal Harbi, Najib Allagui

Directed By: Lotfy Nathan

Critics Consensus: Deeply felt and emotionally resonant, Brother overcomes its imposing length and a certain narrative familiarity with riveting performances and stunning cinematography.

Synopsis: Adapted from David Chariandy's award-winning novel of the same name, Brother is propelled by the pulsing beats of Toronto's early hip hop scene following the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Kiana Madeira

Directed By: Clement Virgo

Critics Consensus: Living sets a high bar for itself in setting out to remake a Kurosawa classic -- and director Oliver Hermanus and star Bill Nighy clear it in triumphant fashion.

Synopsis: LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Tom Burke

Directed By: Oliver Hermanus

Critics Consensus: Part memoir, part ode to the power of the movies, The Fabelmans finds Steven Spielberg digging at the family roots that helped make him a beloved filmmaker -- and proves he hasn't lost his magic touch.

Synopsis: Young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see "The Greatest Show on Earth." Armed with a camera, Sammy... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle

Directed By: Steven Spielberg

Critics Consensus: Led by Frankie Corio's tremendous performance, Aftersun deftly ushers audiences to the intersection between our memories of loved ones and who they really are.

Synopsis: At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). As a world of adolescence... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Kayleigh Coleman

Directed By: Charlotte Wells

Critics Consensus: Corsage puts a refreshingly irreverent spin on period biopic formulas, further elevated by Vicky Krieps' terrific turn in the central role.

Synopsis: Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, 'Sissi' celebrates her 40th birthday and must... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Colin Morgan, Finnegan Oldfield

Directed By: Marie Kreutzer

Critics Consensus: Bravely updating Bresson with brilliant results, EO is a donkey-driven drama that'll stubbornly stick with you long after the credits roll.

Synopsis: The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Drzymalska, Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz

Directed By: Jerzy Skolimowski

Critics Consensus: Suitably silly, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story spoofs the standard biopic formula with all the good-natured abandon fans will expect.

Synopsis: Daniel Radcliffe is "Weird Al" Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician and sex symbol of our time. With Evan Rachel Wood... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Julianne Nicholson

Directed By: Eric Appel

Critics Consensus: Narratively sparse and visually vast, Pacifiction is a tsunami of a political thriller that philosophically rewards those willing to weather it.

Synopsis: On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the Republic and French government official DE ROLLER is a calculating man with flawless... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Marc Susini, Matahi Pambrun

Directed By: Albert Serra

Critics Consensus: All hail Viola Davis! The Woman King rules.

Synopsis: The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim

Directed By: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Critics Consensus: Finely wrought to a fault, One Fine Morning presents a subtle, well-acted look at life and love.

Synopsis: Sandra, a young mother who raises her daughter alone, pays regular visits to her sick father. While she and her family fight tooth and nail... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud, Nicole Garcia

Directed By: Mia Hansen-Løve

Critics Consensus: The Good Nurse is hobbled by stilted dialogue and unrealistic story elements, but those issues are offset by strong work from a pair of talented leads.

Synopsis: Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth in this... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Nnamdi Asomugha, Kim Dickens

Directed By: Tobias Lindholm

Critics Consensus: Bros marks a step forward in rom-com representation -- and just as importantly, it's a whole bunch of fun to watch.

Synopsis: Universal Pictures proudly presents the first romantic comedy from a major studio about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They're both... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, TS Madison, Monica Raymund

Directed By: Nicholas Stoller

Critics Consensus: Boasting visual marvels to match its ambitious and inclusive story, Wendell & Wild is a spooky treat for budding horror fans.

Synopsis: From the delightfully wicked minds of Henry Selick and Jordan Peele, comes Wendell & Wild, an animated tale about scheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key)... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Lyric Ross, Angela Bassett

Directed By: Henry Selick

Critics Consensus: An audiovisual treat for Bowie fans, Moonage Daydream takes an appropriately distinctive approach to one of modern music's most mercurial artists.

Synopsis: MOONAGE DAYDREAM: a cinematic odyssey exploring Bowie's creative, spiritual and musical journey. From the visionary mind of Brett Morgen, Moonage Daydream features captivating, never-before-seen footage... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Trevor Bolder, David Bowie

Directed By: Brett Morgen

Critics Consensus: Led by Anna Diop's strong central performance, the smartly disquieting Nanny is a promising debut for writer-director Nikyatu Jusu.

Synopsis: In this psychological horror fable of displacement, Aisha (Anna Diop), a woman who recently emigrated from Senegal, is hired to care for the daughter of... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector

Directed By: Nikyatu Jusu

Critics Consensus: While Women Talking sometimes forsakes entertaining drama in favor of simply getting its points across, its message is valuable -- and effectively delivered.

Synopsis: Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.

Starring: Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Judith Ivey

Directed By: Sarah Polley

Critics Consensus: Tilda Swinton² is haunting in the gothic ghost story The Eternal Daughter, an ode to familial female ties that leaves much to unravel after the fog lifts.

Synopsis: An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies

Directed By: Joanna Hogg

Critics Consensus: Causeway takes a powerfully subdued look at the lingering effects of trauma, led by gripping performances from Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry.

Synopsis: "Causeway" is an intimate portrait of a soldier struggling to adjust to her life after returning home to New Orleans.

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Jayne Houdyshell

Directed By: Lila Neugebauer

Critics Consensus: Although it's frustratingly clumsy in certain respects, The Inspection is an affecting actors' showcase in service of some truly worthy themes.

Synopsis: In Elegance Bratton's deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jeremy Pope, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi, Aaron Dominguez

Directed By: Elegance Bratton

Critics Consensus: Necessarily bleak but shot through with moments of humor, the beautifully filmed Godland serves as a gently absorbing meditation on mortality.

Synopsis: In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Vic Carmen Sonne, Jacob Lohmann

Directed By: Hlynur Pálmason

Critics Consensus: With a bracingly irreverent approach to its story and Emma Mackey bringing Brontë vibrantly to life, Emily is a biopic that manages to feel true while taking entertaining creative liberties.

Synopsis: EMILY imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, "Wuthering Heights." Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Alexandra Dowling

Directed By: Frances O'Connor

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Starring newcomer Jamila C. Gray, ON THE COME UP is the story of Bri, a gifted 16-year-old rapper, who attempts to take the battle rap... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Epps, Method Man, Jamila C. Gray

Directed By: Sanaa Lathan

Critics Consensus: If Decision to Leave isn't quite on the same level as Park Chan-wook's masterpieces, this romantic thriller is still a remarkable achievement by any other metric.

Synopsis: From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Wei Tang, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, Go Kyung-pyo

Directed By: Park Chan-wook

Critics Consensus: Lengthy title notwithstanding, The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile pays affectionate tribute to the powerful purity of both artists' music.

Synopsis: Trailblazing, hell-raising country music legend Tanya Tucker defied the standards of how a woman in country music was supposed to behave. Decades after Tanya slipped... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile

Directed By: Kathlyn Horan

Critics Consensus: A poignant meeting of impassioned filmmaker and fraught historical moment, My Imaginary Country surveys the past with care and greets the future with optimism.

Synopsis: One day, without warning, a revolution exploded. It was the event that 80-year-old master documentarian Patricio Guzmán had been waiting for and working toward all... View Full Synopsis

Directed By: Patricio Guzmán

Critics Consensus: Holy Spider foregoes subtlety in favor of a viscerally outraged dramatization inspired by appalling actual events.

Synopsis: In HOLY SPIDER, we follow family man Saeed as he embarks on his own religious quest -- to "cleanse" the holy Iranian city of Mashhad... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Directed By: Ali Abbasi

Critics Consensus: Supported by Kelvin Harrison Jr.'s outstanding work in the title role, Chevalier offers an entertaining gateway into the incredible life of a brilliant artist.

Synopsis: Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Ronke Adekoluejo

Directed By: Stephen Williams

Critics Consensus: Equally gross and engrossing, De Humani Corporis Fabrica probes into the flesh with a scalpel to reveal not just the bloody innards but the fabric of our social construct -- and it's quite cathartic.

Synopsis: Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, De Humani Corporis Fabrica opens... View Full Synopsis

Directed By: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel

Critics Consensus: Pearl finds Ti West squeezing fresh gore out of the world he created with X -- and once again benefiting from a brilliant Mia Goth performance.

Synopsis: Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, in this astonishing follow-up to the year's most acclaimed horror film. Trapped... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland

Directed By: Ti West

Critics Consensus: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery brings back Benoit Blanc for another wildly entertaining mystery rounded out by an outstanding ensemble cast.

Synopsis: Benoit Blanc returns to peel back the layers in a new Rian Johnson whodunit. This fresh adventure finds the intrepid detective at a lavish private... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson

Directed By: Rian Johnson

Critics Consensus: Broker skirts the edges of sentimentality, but is consistently grounded by Kore-eda Hirokazu's warm, tenderly melancholic approach.

Synopsis: The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can't have children of their own.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doo-na, Lee Ji-eun

Directed By: Hirokazu Koreeda

Critics Consensus: Nuanced performances and patient, perceptive direction infuse Love Life with a poignant perspective on familial love and the secrets that can endanger it.

Synopsis: Taeko and her husband Jiro are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Atomu Sunada, Hirona Yamazaki

Directed By: Koji Fukada

Critics Consensus: While its social commentary relies on basic ingredients, The Menu serves up black comedy with plenty of flavor.

Synopsis: A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has prepared... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau

Directed By: Mark Mylod

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Through the lens of legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, Theater of Thought takes audiences on a provocative journey into the study of the mind and consciousness,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Rafael Yuste

Directed By: Werner Herzog

Critics Consensus: Further distinguished by Virginie Efira's superb performance, Revoir Paris explores trauma's aftermath with devastating tenderness.

Synopsis: After an idyllic date night full of red wine and a late-night motorcycle ride home, Mia (Virginie Efira) stops at a Parisian bistro to take... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Grégoire Colin, Maya Sansa

Directed By: Alice Winocour

Critics Consensus: Butcher's Crossing benefits from Nicolas Cage's lead turn, which helps make this largely boilerplate Western more compelling than not.

Synopsis: Based on the seminal novel by John Edward Williams, Gabe Polsky's epic frontier adventure, Butcher's Crossing, is a riveting commentary on human nature, ambition, masculinity,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Fred Hechinger, Rachel Keller, Paul Raci

Directed By: Gabe Polsky

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A young woman undergoes a psychiatric evaluation before her sentencing in an unusual murder trial. But as the tests become more personal and frightening, she... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Maddie Hasson, Genesis Rodriguez, Atticus Mitchell, Stephen McHattie

Directed By: Mercedes Bryce Morgan

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: BONES OF CROWS is told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch Aline Spears as she survives a childhood in Canada's residential school system to continue... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Grace Dove, Phillip Lewitski, Rémy Girard, Karine Vanasse

Directed By: Marie Clements

Critics Consensus: What's Love Got to Do with It? is a standard issue romantic comedy in many respects, but a pair of appealing leads help make this love story more crowd-pleasing than not.

Synopsis: How do you find lasting love in today's world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe (Lily James), swiping right has only delivered an endless... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Lily James, Shazad Latif, Emma Thompson, Shabana Azmi

Directed By: Shekhar Kapur

Critics Consensus: Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor are almost -- but not quite -- compelling enough to make up for Raymond & Ray's listless narrative.

Synopsis: “Raymond & Ray” follows half-brothers Raymond and Ray who have lived in the shadow of a terrible father. Somehow, they still each have a sense... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, Maribel Verdú, Tom Bower

Directed By: Rodrigo Garcia

Critics Consensus: The atmosphere's absorbing and the story is fascinating, but The Wonder of this period drama really lies in Florence Pugh's remarkable performance.

Synopsis: The Irish Midlands, 1862 -- a young girl stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well. English nurse Lib Wright is brought to a tiny... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy

Directed By: Sebastián Lelio

Critics Consensus: Held together by a killer Brendan Fraser, The Whale sings a song of empathy that will leave most viewers blubbering.

Synopsis: A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins

Directed By: Darren Aronofsky

Critics Consensus: Honoring real-life history while delivering impactful drama, Devotion is a straightforward biopic elevated by standout performances from a talented cast.

Synopsis: Devotion, an aerial war epic based on the bestselling book of the same name, tells the harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Glen Powell, Jonathan Majors, Joe Jonas, Christina Jackson

Directed By: J.D. Dillard

Critics Consensus: There are more illuminating documentaries about space exploration, but that doesn't diminish Good Night Oppy's infectious awe of the cosmos.

Synopsis: Good Night Oppy tells the inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Angela Bassett

Directed By: Ryan White

Critics Consensus: Moving On fails frustratingly often to rise to the level of its leads, but Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are entertaining company regardless of the context.

Synopsis: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star as estranged friends who reunite to seek revenge on the petulant widower (Malcolm McDowell) of their recently deceased best... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Roundtree

Directed By: Paul Weitz

Critics Consensus: Bringing a beloved book brilliantly to life, Catherine Called Birdy proves a well-told coming-of-age story can feel fresh regardless of the period setting.

Synopsis: The year? 1290. In the Medieval English village of Stonebridge, Lady Catherine (known as Birdy) is the youngest child of Lord Rollo and the Lady... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Bella Ramsey, Lesley Sharp, Andrew Scott, Billie Piper

Directed By: Lena Dunham

Critics Consensus: The movie's curiously bland compared to the remarkable real-life story it dramatizes, but Sally Hawkins' performance saves The Lost King from feeling like a royal disappointment.

Synopsis: In this inspiring true story, amateur historian Philippa Langley believes she has made the archeological find of the century: the lost burial site of King... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy

Directed By: Stephen Frears

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson as Beth, a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tessa Thompson, Logan Marshall-Green, Derek Cecil, Margaret Cho

Directed By: Steve Buscemi

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In the tropical mountains of Costa Rica, widower Domingo owns a piece of land which is coveted to build a new highway. When the contractors... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Carlos Ureña, Sylvia Sossa, Esteban Brenes Serrano, Aris Vindas

Directed By: Ariel Escalante

Critics Consensus: Susie Searches is clever and frequently fun, although its jumbled tone and increasingly hard-to-believe story undercut overall enjoyment.

Synopsis: How far will a podcaster go to capture her audience? Susie, an awkward college student with a failing true-crime podcast, seizes the opportunity to boost... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kiersey Clemons, Alex Wolff, Jim Gaffigan, Rachel Sennott

Directed By: Sophie Kargman

Critics Consensus: Triangle of Sadness lacks the sharp edges of Östlund's earlier work, but this blackly humorous swipe at the obscenely affluent has its own rewards.

Synopsis: In Ruben Östlund's wickedly funny Palme d'Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean Kriek, Woody Harrelson, Dolly De Leon

Directed By: Ruben Östlund

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A sweeping tale of forbidden love, A JAZZMAN'S BLUES unspools forty years of secrets and lies soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South.

Starring: Ryan Eggold, E. Roger Mitchell, Milauna Jackson, Amirah Vann

Directed By: Tyler Perry

Critics Consensus: The Swimmers can be heavy-handed and it's arguably too long, but it handles a worthy topic with generally uplifting results.

Synopsis: Based on a true story, THE SWIMMERS follows the journey from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Two young sisters embark on a harrowing... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Nathalie Issa, Manal Issa, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ahmed Malek

Directed By: Sally El Hosaini

Critics Consensus: Sidney might feel a bit standard compared to its trailblazing subject -- but then again, it'd be all but impossible to capture a life this extraordinary in any single film.

Synopsis: From producer Oprah Winfrey and directed by Reginald Hudlin, this revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier and his legacy as an iconic actor, filmmaker... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Robert Redford, Lenny Kravitz

Directed By: Reginald Hudlin

Critics Consensus: Despite reliably solid work from Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman, The Son remains mired in off-puttingly aggressive melodrama.

Synopsis: A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. THE SON centers on Peter (Hugh Jackman), whose hectic life... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Kirby

Directed By: Florian Zeller

Critics Consensus: Empire of Light contains some fine performances and a few flashes of brilliance, but this tribute to the magic of cinema is disappointingly mundane.

Synopsis: Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones

Directed By: Sam Mendes

Critics Consensus: Although it frequently forsakes action in favor of a needlessly knotty narrative, Hunt has enough thrills to satisfy more forgiving espionage fans.

Synopsis: After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (LEE Jung Jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (JUNG Woo... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung, Jeon Hye-jin, Heo Sung-tae

Directed By: Lee Jung-jae

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: ALLELUJAH is a warm and deeply moving story about old age. When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jennifer Saunders, Bally Gill, David Bradley, Russell Tovey

Directed By: Richard Eyre

Critics Consensus: Far from intoxicating, The Greatest Beer Run Ever reduces its fun fact-based story to a flat, flavorless brew.

Synopsis: To show support for his neighborhood friends serving in Vietnam, Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron) decides to do something totally outrageous: travel to the frontline by... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Bill Murray, Kyle Allen

Directed By: Peter Farrelly

Critics Consensus: Mildly arresting in its best moments, My Policeman tends toward the tedious despite the respectable efforts of a capable cast.

Synopsis: A beautifully crafted story of forbidden love and changing social conventions, My Policeman follows three young people -- policeman Tom (Harry Styles), teacher Marion (Emma... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Harry Styles, Rupert Everett, Linus Roache, Emma Corrin

Directed By: Michael Grandage