Spike Lee releases his latest joint, Kevin Kwan’s raucous Crazy Rich Asians reach theaters, and an Oscar-nominated director unleashes a freaky ghost story.
Camp out with your favorite anthropomorphic animals in the Hundred Acre Wood and get gooey in the honey pot of nostalgia that is this live-action Disney tribute to A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh. Ewan McGregor stars as Chris Robin, now a middle-aged man in search of the childlike wonder he’s outgrown. Get tickets
You’re probably privy to Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased coming soon, but there’s another indie about conversion therapy already making waves. Desiree Akhavan’s ‘90s-era queer romance stars Chloe Grace Moretz as the titular character, and it’s racking up awards, including top prize at Sundance. Get tickets
Two friends, one goal: to get to the beach. Augustine Frizzel’s buddy comedy about a pair of Texas waitresses may sound a lot like SXSW winner Fort Tilden, but there’s a much more irresponsible method to these ladies’ madness, in the vein of Spring Breakers. Here’s hoping it reaches a much wider audience. Get tickets
Another gut-punch role for The Deuce’s Dominique Fishback, Angel LaMere is just out of juvie and on a mission to murder her father. Jordana Spiro’s debut is a revenge film, sure, but this sisterhood drama is far more interested in complex female characters and human emotion than blood spatter. Get tickets
Buckle up for a hapless romp through Europe with Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon (in top form, as always) as BFFs on the hunt for the former’s ex (Justin Theroux), who just so happens to be a CIA agent. Gillian Anderson, Hasan Minhaj, and Outlander‘s Sam Heughan are all along for the ride. —Julie Kosin
Spike Lee doesn’t care if you’re uncomfortable. His latest is an unflinching dramatization of that time a black Colorado Springs cop (Ron Stallworth, played by John David Washington) infiltrated the KKK. Grand Prize winner at Cannes, this one’s on fire and might just be Lee’s most entertaining yet. Get tickets
What’s new is old again in this suburbia slasher steeped in ‘80s nostalgia. In what feels like It without the clown and Disturbia without the Shia, a group of 15-year-old buddies spend their summer transfixed by one thing: hunting down a serial killer. And girls. OK, so two things. Get tickets
Experimental movie fans, Josephine Decker’s in-your-face, expressionistic third feature is your jam. Miranda July stars alongside Molly Parker and newcomer Helena Howard, and the three as mother, theater director, and teenage actress (respectively) act out a trippy take on mental illness. Get tickets
It doesn’t matter if critics drown this waterlogged B-movie in negative reviews—nothing can come between you, a jumbo tub of popcorn, and Jason Statham in hero mode. Except maybe the massive megalodon he’s been tasked with taming. We’re chomping at the bit here (sorry). Get tickets
The Wolfpack director Crystal Moselle takes the narrative genre for a spin with her latest, a pulsating journey to self-discovery that follows a suburban girl’s newfound friendship with a group of skateboarding teens rolling through the urban playground that is NYC. Get tickets
Consider this your invitation to attend the gaudiest wedding in all of Singapore. Kevin Kwan’s best-selling rom-com about a New Yorker who learns her modest boyfriend is actually the heir to a massive fortune is finally premiering on the big screen, with Constance Wu and Henry Golding leading the way. Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh, and Ken Jeong are also along for the ride. Get tickets
You don’t necessarily have to be a country music fan to enjoy this Sundance winner, but you might just leave the theater and download the soundtrack immediately. A Texas native, Ethan Hawke steps behind the camera to direct an affecting biopic about troubled yet inspired Texas country singer Blaze Foley. Get tickets
All hail the dynamo that is Glenn Close. In yet another entrancing role, she plays Joan Castleman, the yin to her husband’s yang and the quiet tour-de-force in this simmering marital portrait. As her husband of 40 years prepares to accept a Nobel Prize, she reevaluates life, marriage, and her complicity. Bonus: the film is based on a book by Meg Wolitzer. Get tickets
Not to be confused with Disney’s live-action remake that will no doubt feature a real-life chorus of creatures belting out “Under the Sea,” this reimagined indie fish tale based on the Hans Christian Andersen classic is a super-serious circus feat about a mermaid held captive by an evil ring leader. Get tickets
Jeremiah Zagar’s first feature outing is based on Justin Torres’ best-selling novel, a bildungsroman about three siblings whose childhood is defined by the volatile seesaw that is their parents’ relationship. Simple plot, sure, but this one flirts with magical realism akin to Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild. Get tickets
Some channel pain through lyrics, others, substances; the trio of young men in Bing Lu’s very personal Hulu documentary cure their heartache by skateboarding. Set in Rockford, Illinois’ abandoned parking lots and skate parks, Lu and his two best friends share their oft-tragic stories as they freewheel into adulthood. Watch it
Everything’s bigger—and funnier—in this Texas-set, feel-good friendship comedy from Results writer/director Andrew Bujalski. Regina Hall stars as Lisa, the manager of a Hooters-like sports bar whose optimism is fading with every unruly customer and obnoxious task. Get tickets
Let’s go to prison—just so we can break out with Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek. All kidding aside, this remake of the Steven McQueen ‘70s original, also based on the autobiography of Henri “Papillon” Charriere, is brutal fare about a wrongly convicted prisoner who successfully escapes Devil’s Island. Get tickets
Aneesh Chaganty’s techno-thriller unfolds entirely within the confines of a computer screen, yes, but his techy film is no gimmick. An Hitchcockian suspense thriller that highlights how we as a society spend the majority of our time these days (i.e., online), Chaganty’s debut is peak contemporary cinema. And ironically, and it stars your Internet Boyfriend John Cho. Get tickets
This historical ghost story about a country doctor who’s haunted by his past has a LOT going for it; it’s helmed by Room director Lenny Abrahamson, written by The Danish Girl’s Lucinda Coxon, and based on a novel by the author who gave us The Handmaiden. Not to mention it stars Ruth Wilson and Charlotte Rampling. Get tickets
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