The queer horror of this spellbinder isn’t new, but it hits a raw nerve in this time of a new resistance to LGBTQ rights. Aussie director Adrian Chiarella mixes horror and homophobia into a trenchant social commentary that needs to be heard.

Hugh Jackman digs deep into the role of the oldest, most broken Robin Hood ever. Gifted director Michael Sarnoski delivers a dour experience not for those expecting a madcap romp to help them forget their troubles and just get happy.

Cowgirl Jessie (love her!), with help from Taylor Swift, joins Woody and Buzz in a heartfelt plea for toys you can take home and love and not just on your iPad.

This raucous runaway choo-choo comedy starring RuPaul as the POTUS we need right now is perfect fun for Pride month. Even when the jokes miss more than land, this fan valentine never laughs at the drag queens, always with them. And that counts.

Here is the martial arts movie for people who don’t like martial arts movies. Prepare to be wowed.

Emily Blunt amazes in a new Steven Spielberg alien close encounter that probes his classic earlier work without deepening it. Lucky for us, the master still hasn’t forgotten how to deliver full-body chills that knock you sideways.

You’ll be screaming and climbing the walls with Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofer in this claustrophobic, let-me-outta-here groundbreaker from 20-year-old director Kane Parsons. This dude is diabolical.

Climate patterns are everything in this D-Day war drama with weatherman Andrew Scott stealing scenes from POTUS Brendan Fraser. Is it “the ‘Saving Private Ryan’ of meteorology” or a “dad movie” likely to induce dozing. You decide.

Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas sing and act their hearts out in this ode to the power of music. But I can’t help thinking there’s a thornier, more emotionally raw movie hiding under the crowdpleasing surface of this one.

In a minor crime thriller that pays major dividends in humor, heart and sweet music,rising Brit newcomer Leo Woodall pairs up with all-timer Dustin Hoffman as piano tuners turned small time crooks and their teamwork is an unalloyed, unexpected pleasure.

It’s Keke Palmer vs Demi Moore in a fashion smackdown from radically funny director Boots Riley who steals laughs from places you never thought you’d find them.

In this fiery revenge thriller from debuting director Aleshea Harris, twin sisters plot to kill the monster daddy (Sterling K. Brown) who burned their house down. There’s no way to take your eyes off what’s on screen. No way in hell.

Have I got a movie for you—a next gen Fatal Attraction that turns dating into a bloody horror show, makes a star out of Inde Navarrette, and announces newbie filmmaker Curry Barker as the most perversely fierce and funny voice in erotic thrillers since Brian De Palma .

It’s a delicious irony that emo queen Billie Eilish and blockbuster king of the world James Cameron have teamed up to go small on the most massive screen imaginable, in 3D yet. I couldn’t have liked it more.

Hugh Jackman shepherds a tale of sheep crimesolvers that tickles the funnybone, touches the heart and just may end up as the summer’s sweetest surprise.

The stellar Adam Scott stars in an Irish horrorfest from Damien McCarthy, a visionary new talent who really knows how to scare the hell out of and into you.

Even when the sequel loses momentum, and it does like to repeat itself, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci are comic virtuosos not to be resisted. That’s all.

John Magaro is touching and vital in a wrenching family drama that speaks to what’s broken about family in America.

As Tourette’s activist John Davidson, Robert Aramayo gives an astonishing performance that hits you like a shot in the heart.

Can a brainwashed boy in Hitler Youth learn to stop worrying and love being a Nazi hater? Beautifully directed by Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin, this unexpectedly tender mesmerizer has an answer you won’t see coming

For all the mirth and mayhem, Bob Odenkirk and his merry pranksters are exposing how violence is wired into the American character.

An electrifying Ian McKellen hits a new career peak and takes an early shot at Oscar in Steven Soderbergh’s unmissable tale of an artist and his forger, played by the brilliant Michaela Coel.

Israeli filmmaker Navid Lapid is taking the risk that audiences will embrace a tragically real situation about his country’s military culture presented as an absurdist comedy. Say yes

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson bring a bracing charge to the premise of turning a romcom about wedding jitters into a deep-dish think piece about the limits of condoning violence, real or imagined. The ending doesn’t work, but oh the drama!

This shamelessly silly crowd-pleaser has an extra 'Nick' and a double comic dose of Vince Vaughn and a knack for springing surprises that you don’t see coming.

Amanda Peet fans rejoice! This tale of broken connections returns this acting sorceress to films, after 10 years, playing an aging star out to restart her career and her love life. She’s funny and fierce in all the right places.

Scream queen Samara Weaving is back in this horror comedy as a bride who takes her vow of “till death do us part” way too seriously. There’s more of everything this time, except for the irreplaceable shock of the new.

Even when her film dips into melodrama, Rose Byrne grounds her portrayal of an unhoused woman living her car in a humanity that feels detailed and true.