A Round-up of New Movies in Theaters, Online and Available for Home Viewing

'Hope'

‘Hope’

A crisis can change a relationship overnight, as is the case for a couple that has been together for a ...
'A Shape of Things To Come'

‘A Shape of Things To Come’

As a documentary about living off the grid, this might have been a viable picture. However, as it stands now, ...
'Stowaway'

‘Stowaway’

When making a film with a taut dramatic premise, the picture requires an equally taut treatment to be effective. Unfortunately, ...
'Saint Frances'

‘Saint Frances’

While this offering deserves praise for its courageous willingness to tackle difficult, taboo topics, it fails on virtually every other ...
'Straight Up'

‘Straight Up’

Living our lives as we were meant to is sometimes challenging in unusual ways. So it is for a loquacious, ...
'Residue'

‘Residue’

This heartbreaking indictment of the downsides of gentrification evokes a decidedly powerful emotional response, but its disjointed storytelling approach leaves ...
'Lingua Franca'

‘Lingua Franca’

While this story of an undocumented transgender Filipino care giver seeking to find a way to legally remain stateside stems ...
'Farewell Amor'

‘Farewell Amor’

This simple tale of an Angolan immigrant family reunited after 17 years apart tells the story of how they seek ...
'French Exit'

‘French Exit’

Admittedly, not everything works in this quirky absurdist comedy-drama, but, when it does click (which is most of the time), ...