Verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. The most gripping war film of 2026 contains almost no warfare at all. Pressure, Anthony Maras’s account of the 72 hours before D-Day, turns a room full of meteorologists into a pressure cooker — and then asks one man, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, to gamble 150,000 lives on a … Read more
Verdict: Andrew Garfield is superb, Paul Greengrass’s battle scenes hit hard, and the first two-thirds of The Uprising are the most vivid medieval filmmaking in years. Then a late swerve towards myth undercuts the very realism that made it work. See it for Garfield and for the visceral history; forgive, if you can, a finish … Read more
In Edward Berger’s Conclave, the conclave elects Cardinal Vincent Benítez — the Archbishop of Kabul, secretly named a cardinal by the late pope — who takes the papal name Innocent. After the white smoke rises, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) learns Benítez’s hidden truth: he is intersex, and once booked a hysterectomy in Geneva that he … Read more
The verdict Georgia Oakley’s Sense and Sensibility is a grounded, quietly moving take on Jane Austen’s beloved novel — less a glossy remake than a fresh adaptation that puts the Dashwood sisters’ bond at the center. Daisy Edgar-Jones is superb as Elinor, and the film’s earthy, naturalistic style will divide purists while winning over newcomers. … Read more