Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids is not particularly innovative in terms of documentary storytelling, but that doesn’t affect the easygoing nature of the film.

Poor Things wears its strange, scientifically reanimated heart proudly beating on its sleeve.

The Color Purple is an essential story, one that has not yet received the motion picture treatment it deserves.

More than its famous natural resources or its stereotypes, O Pioneer stands as a beacon for the reality of West Virginia and the people who live there. A humble but proud call to the pioneer in all of us.

Reptile lets all the drama happen off screen with a third act deus ex machina. What could have been a knotty, suburban, coastal noir boils down to a detective story we’ve all seen before.

The Royal Hotel is a horror movie, but not in a supernatural or otherworldly way. Maybe that’s what makes it so creepy. The tension, fear, and confusion of Hanna burrow under the audience’s skin because this experience is not too far-fetched to believe.

War Pony is a vivid portrait of loss, hope for the ever-elusive future, and the ways communities come together and fall apart.