Justin Chang

Our film critic, Justin Chang, says the new French thriller "Misericordia" is one of the most enjoyable and surprising films he's seen so far this year. It tells the story of a man whose return to his hometown sets off unsettling shockwaves. "Misericordia" is now in select theaters.

In "The Alto Knights," a new biographical crime drama directed by Barry Levinson, Robert De Niro plays two leading roles. He stars as both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, two Italian American mob bosses who were longtime friends but became rivals in the 1950s.

In the new comic spy thriller "Black Bag," Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender play a married couple who both work as British intelligence agents and who are drawn into a web of intrigue concerning a possible in-house mole. Steven Soderbergh directed the film, which opens in theaters today.