For this anticipated second screen take on the Bernstein-Sondheim stage classic, director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner delivered a dynamic, down-and-dirty do-over, with Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as the budding lovers in the slums of '50s New York whose future would be tragically challenged by the racially charged rivalry of their neighborhoods' street gangs. Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Bryan d'Arcy James, and Rita Moreno co-star; songs include InchJet Song,Inch InchSomething's Coming,Inch InchMaria,Inch InchAmerica.Inch 156 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

NYC radio journalist Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) found his job niche traveling the country and asking kids their perspectives-and he'd need whatever insights he'd gleaned when his estranged sister Viv (Gaby Hoffman) asked him to come to Oakland and look after his bipolar 9-year-old nephew Jesse (Woody Norman). As circumstances force him back on the road with Jesse in tow, there'll be affecting revelations in Mike Mills' acclaimed study; Scoot McNairy, Molly Webster also star. 108 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.