Date Night Picks

Aaron Sorkin turns the story of Facebook engineer Frances Haugen into a taut, talky drama and thriller about one person deciding to blow the whistle on a giant. Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Jeremy Strong give it crackle and nerve, and the tagline says it all: we are way past making friends. It is adult, propulsive, and guaranteed to spark a good debate on the walk home.

A returning classic worth seeking out, this stylish science fiction drama follows Ethan Hawke as a man who refuses to accept the limits a perfection-obsessed world has placed on him, with Uma Thurman and Jude Law orbiting close. There is no gene for the human spirit, as the tagline promises, and the cool, retro-future atmosphere makes it a gorgeous slow burn for two. At 82% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.7 on IMDb it has aged beautifully; just note that screenings this week are few, so plan ahead if it calls to you.