Watching Michael Shannon act is like catching sight of an iceberg in the distance. As coldly restrained as he appears, sooner or later the entire film will crash against imposing depths hidden below.

Tree Man works best as a glimpse inside a world hidden before our very eyes – especially to New Yorkers, for whom the sidewalk tree vendors are an everyday sight during the holiday season.

No modern actress is better suited to play Jackie Kennedy than Natalie Portman.

Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) hits a series of crises within the first quarter of Mia Hansen Love’s new film.

The Eyes of My Mother is a film tailor-made for the sliver of overlap on the “Art House/Gore Hound” Venn diagram.

An ambivalent suspense drama that pairs David (Aaron Paul) in a seemingly domestic relationship with Claire (Annabelle Wallis), but not for long when she disappears from the home they share and everything else shortly after the opening credits.

On its surface, Lion might seem standard, saccharine holiday fodder – a story of an impossible journey that promises to tug at audiences’ heartstrings and featuring A-List talent. From its opening shot, however, it’s clearly evident that the film is so much more.

Bad Santa 2: an intermittently amusing but ultimately misguided and woefully past-due follow-up to the 2003 holiday classic.

Samantha Smith’s These Wild Things is the calling card of a filmmaker to watch.