Sing Sing is an experience like no other. It’s an unforgettable piece of filmmaking that revels in the resilient, cooperative nature of humanity.

Romulus is the best kind of nightmare; the one you get to watch on a big silver screen to escape the dog days of summer.

Libertad is a sun-drenched examination of the way we care, or don’t care, about other people.

Trap is a fun ride whose cards are on the table from the get-go, but that doesn’t make it any less tense or fun. A father-daughter flick mixed with a heist film, Trap keeps you guessing in a vintage Shyamalan way.

Make Me Famous is a breakdown of the art world to get to its core: a celebration of the awe that art can inspire in an individual.

Twisters is a good, old-fashioned blockbuster. It’s the sort of heart-racing, tear-jerking fare that earns itself a place among the greats.

Longlegs is a nightmare, but one that it’s easy to wake up from. 

Dandelion shows the battle to pursue the thing you love and how going home can show how far you’ve come.

Even with the narrative aspects that could have benefitted from tightening up, there’s still something exciting about a film like Kinds of Kindness being heavily promoted and available to casual theatergoers.

Tiger Stripes leans fully into the ravenous feeling of being a teenager and all of the gory details that come with it.

The Bikeriders is Easy Rider by way of Goodfellas. It’s a crime drama mixed with a period piece of a time not too unlike our own.

My Best Friend is a gorgeously executed examination of intimacy.

Ripe! has created a candy wonderland of young love. The 1950s music, the haziness of the film’s grain, and the rich hues all recreate the feelings of that first all-consuming crush.

There isn’t a documentary like A Thousand Pines that shows the realities of the lives of these workers, and the message is as urgent as ever.

In My Own Normal, Alexander has opened the door to his home, his love life, and his family dynamic in an attempt to encourage more people to understand a life that doesn’t necessarily look like their own. Or, equally importantly, to show others with cerebral palsy what their life could look like. 

Silent Land is a critique of class structures, but never manages to reach the depth of the pool that haunts the characters of the film.

Night Shift is a cozy horror flick, one that feels familiar, but it also works as a show of skill for first-time directors, the China Brothers. 

Even though it might not fully come together for all, it’s undeniable that it’s thrilling to see I Saw the TV Glow’s trans-centric storyline on movie theater screens across the country. 

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a behemoth blockbuster that’s perfect for summertime, even if it succumbs to some of the familiar shortcomings of the genre.