Date Night Picks

Aaron Sorkin brings his signature crackle to the story of Frances Haugen, a young engineer who enlists a reporter to blow the whistle on a social network's most guarded secrets. Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Jeremy Strong give the dangerous, high-stakes journey a real pulse, and it lands as a thriller you will happily argue about over a late drink. Smart, propulsive, and very much a conversation starter.

This is a returning Alfred Hitchcock classic, and few films cast a spell quite like it: a retired San Francisco detective drawn into a dangerous obsession with the woman he is asked to follow. James Stewart and Kim Novak smolder through a swirl of romance and mystery that lingers long after the credits. Sitting at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.2 on IMDb, it is pure atmosphere for two, though only a handful of showings turn up this week, so plan ahead to catch it.