Stephan James (center) stars as Jesse Owens and Jason Sudeikis (right) stars as Larry Snyder in Stephen Hopkins' Race. Thibault Grabherr/Courtesy of Focus Features hide caption
Ella Taylor Ella Taylor is a free-lance film critic, book reviewer and feature writer living in Los Angeles.
John (Jack Reynor) must work for a petty criminal to pay for his mother's rehab program in the new film Glassland. Patrick Redmond/Courtesy of Film Movement hide caption
A scene from 'Rams'. Courtesy of Cohen Media Group hide caption
Oscar Isaac plays a drifter named Jack in the new film Mojave. A24 hide caption
Richard Gere in a scene from The Benefator. Courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films hide caption
Charlotte Rampling as Kate in 45 Years. Agatha A. Nitecka /Courtesy of IFC Films hide caption
A boy searches for his father in the Brazilian film Boy and the World. Filme de Papel hide caption
Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd and Alex Jennings as Alan Bennett in a scene from The Lady in the Van. Nicola Dove/Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
Janis Joplin smoking a cigarette in Denmark. Jan Persson/Courtesy of Getty Images hide caption
Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett in a scene from Carol. Wilson Webb/Courtesy of Weinstein Co. hide caption
Roland (Brad Pitt) and Vanessa (Angelina Jolie Pitt) are married artists in By the Sea. Courtesy of Universal Pictures hide caption
Saoirse Ronan as Eilis and Emory Cohen as Tony in Brooklyn. Kerry Brown/Courtesy of Fox Searchlight hide caption
Monica Bellucci as Milly Catena in a scene from Alice Rohrwacher's The Wonders. Courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories hide caption
Artist Laurie Anderson offers a personal essay centering on her beloved rat terrier Lolabelle in Heart of a Dog. Courtesy of Abramorama / HBO Documentary Films hide caption
Shu Qi in a scene from The Assassin. Courtesy of SpotFilms hide caption