Film

Th new documentary by David France follows a group of Russian activists and their efforts to rescue LGBTQ youth persecution in the Chechen Republic.

Steve Carell stars as a Democratic strategist running for mayor of a small Midwestern town in a film that feels exasperatingly out of step with the present moment.

Saturday Night Live's Pete Davidson lost his firefighter father in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on New York City. Davidson explores the loss of his father in the new dramatic comedy, The King of Staten Island. In it, he plays Scott, a fictionalized version of himself who's grieving after his father dies fighting a hotel fire. Director Judd Apatow calls the film a "hopeful story about somebody who starts opening up and getting support."

Four African American soldiers return to Vietnam in Spike Lee's new film.

Justin Chang reviews 'Shirley,' the new film about writer Shirley Jackson, who wrote best known for her short story "The Lottery," and her novel "The Haunting of Hill House."

Justin Chang reviews the latest and final installment in Steve Coogan's and Rob Brydon's frip films.

In 2003, Japanese animator Satoshi Kon presented an upbeat fable about three social outcasts who find an abandoned baby. Recently restored, Toyko Godfathers never sinks into moralizing or treacle.