Date Night Picks

Sofia Coppola's hushed drama drops an injured soldier, played by Colin Farrell, into a Civil War girls' boarding school run by Nicole Kidman, where refuge slowly gives way to desire and quiet rivalry. It is gorgeous, atmospheric, and charged with the kind of slow-burn tension that makes for an intimate evening, sitting close and reading every glance. Screenings are thin on the ground this week, so it is worth planning around. It holds 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner light up this romantic crime thriller as a woman desperate to escape her small town and the charming con man she runs off with, chasing passion and her estranged mother across the Southeast. It is stylish, dangerous, and swooningly romantic, the perfect pick if you both love a getaway story with real heat. Chances to catch it are very limited right now, so treat it as a special outing. Critics have it at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.