Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is a New York-based novelist who has been working for years on the follow-up to her moderately successful memoir. She shares countless drafts of her work-in-progress with her approving, supporting husband, Don (Tobias Menzies), on whom she relies for honest, constructive feedback. But her whole world quickly unravels when she overhears Don admitting to her brother-in-law that he doesn’t actually like her new book. Will this act of betrayal be enough to undo their decades of loving marriage?

The latest dramedy from American indie director Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said, also starring Louis-Dreyfus) is as perceptively clever and sharply funny as ever.

In 2005, Ellis (Jeremy Pope) is a young, gay Black man, who finds himself rejected by his cruel, religious mother (Gabrielle Union). Driven by a desperate need to make his life matter, he decides to enlist in the Marine Corps. Ellis has no trouble meeting the gruelling physical requirements of boot camp, but is less successful at disguising his sexual orientation. This quickly makes him the target of his prejudiced instructors and fellow recruits, but he also finds unexpectedly camaraderie and a sense of belonging that will forever shape his life.

Writer-director Elegance Bratton makes a passionate narrative debut with this affecting film loosely based on his own personal experiences.