Sicario

(2015) dir Denis Villeneuve w/Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya [121 min; DCP]

When her team is sent to Juarez, Mexico to directly confront a dangerous cartel, an FBI agent is confronted with the brutality exacted on both sides of the drug war. Led by a particularly bold performance by Emily Blunt and bolstered by Roger Deakins sun-bleached cinematography, SICARIO has been widely acclaimed as one of the best crime thrillers of recent years.