In making his autobiographical film “The Fabelmans,” he confronted some painful family secrets, as well as what it means to be Jewish in America today.

Superb acting from Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry brings credibility to an underdeveloped story of trauma and friendship.

In Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s sprawling, intensely personal new film, a prominent journalist grapples with work, family, metaphysics and the paradoxes of Mexican history.

New York in 1980 is the setting for James Gray’s brooding, bittersweet story of family conflict and interracial friendship.

Shaunak Sen’s poetic documentary chronicles the efforts of three New Delhi men to help the city’s birds of prey.

Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson play feuding frenemies in Martin McDonagh’s latest film, set on an Irish coast in 1923.

A daughter’s memory of a vacation in Turkey is at the heart of Charlotte Wells’s astonishing and devastating debut feature.

Cate Blanchett stars as a world-famous conductor heading for a fall in Todd Field’s chilly, timely backstage drama.

Ruben Ostlund won the top prize at Cannes for this preening, obvious satire of contemporary hypocrisy.