Date Night Picks

Christopher Nolan turns the story of Odysseus into a sweeping, gorgeous odyssey of cunning, gods, and the long ache of getting home, carried by Matt Damon with Anne Hathaway and Lupita Nyong'o. At nearly three hours it is a proper event, the kind of grand, adventurous fantasy that rewards leaning in side by side. Sitting at a soaring 8.5 on IMDb, it gives you monsters, myth, and a deeply human heart to talk over afterward.

When a strange cosmic event tears a quiet suburban street loose and drops it somewhere unknown, the Platt family learns that survival means holding tight to each other, and that togetherness is exactly the current running through this eerie, wonder-struck mystery from David Robert Mitchell. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor ground the strangeness with warmth, and critics are firmly on board at 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. Screenings are thin on the ground this week, so make a plan if this atmospheric puzzle calls to you.