Sonia Saraiya

There are moments in “Let It Fall” that feel like a significant reframing of the riots, both in terms of what actually happened and in terms of who’s really to blame.

Thomas Kail’s direction finally has a chance to be seen as an extraordinary enhancement and exposition of Miranda’s book. The movie shows off not just Hamilton’s primary performers but its spirited ensemble, who, through Andy Blankenbuehler’s choreography, shape-shift into the American public, a hurricane, and a pistol bullet.

What the Constitution Means to Me is a bracing (and funny!) slap in the face.

Despite some distraction and not quite enough music, Soul manages to tap into deep emotion as its characters explore the limits of mortality and what it means to be passionate about life.

Lears’s lens captures not just the candidates, but the volunteers—scrappy, seasoned canvassers and callers, smoking cigarettes in Nevada or crowding on porches in West Virginia. This is the process.

It won't disappoint viewers who want to see Hanks play a nerdy cowboy, or who want to revel in wide shots of American west. But for a film with so many thorny contradictions encased within it, News of the World has surprisingly few hooks.

Aaron Paul scintillates, once more, as his Breaking Bad character.