Men
Rory Kinnear plays all but one of them
Top Gun: Maverick
The sequel jets in 30 years later
Meet the makers of 2 docs at RIFF (podcast)
Kathleen Ermitage (Mixtape Trilogy) plus Joan Borsten Vidov & Nadia Tass (Oleg)
Senior Year
Rebel Wilson returns to hi school 20 years later
Emergency
3 men of color find a passed-out white girl
Meet 2 directors showing at RIFF (podcast)
Peter Luizi (Princess) & Cory Choy (Esme, My Love)
Incentives to lure production to Virginia (podcast)
Andy Edmunds (VA Film Office) & 2 reps of the VA Production Alliance
New angles on 2 classics
An updated Man Who Fell to Earth & making The Godfather
Happening
Seeking an abortion in 1963 France
Mainstream
A wild role for Andrew Garfield
Vortex
Dementia in split screens
The Duke
A true story about an art theft
The Pentaverate
Mike Meyers plays 7 characters in his new comedy
Two RVA women talk about their docs (podcast)
Sasha Waters Freyer & Michele Poulos
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Cumberbach is back as the Marvel magician
Killing snakes & killer baby
2 unique new dark comedies
Under the Banner of Heaven
Andrew Garfield investigates Mormon murders
Moon Knight
Oscar Isaac one or more Marvel characters
The Survivor
True story of a boxer who lives thru Auschwitz
Two gay Movieland movies
Men in Russia & women in France
He designed Watergate for Gaslit (podcast)
Tracy Smith designs sets for hit TV shows
The First Lady
Roosevelt, Ford & Obama on Showtime
Women behind bars & in sci-fi stories
ROAR for sci-fi & HARD CELL for prison comedy
Two English scandals
A modern one on Netflix, while Amazon goes historical
3 Body Problem
Sci-fi from the Game of Thrones creators
Annual check-in from the Virginia Film Office
Andy Edmunds looks at 2023 & 2024 (including the new movie in town)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
The latest sequel is even worse
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Wacky, absurd fun about an English highwayman
Road House
Jake Gyllenhaal as the quiet but violent bouncer
The New Look
Dior & Chanel during and after WWII
Apples Never Fall
Annette Bening goes missing in this family drama
The American Society of Magical Negros
A racial satire that lacks bite or humor
He’s played so many foreigners and villains
Tom Belgrey on lots of films and TV roles
Knox Goes Away
Micheal Keaton directed & stars as a contract killer
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
The pop sensation gives a spectacular show
Death and Other Details
Another murder mystery on an ocean liner
3 Body Problem
Sci-fi from the Game of Thrones creators
Annual check-in from the Virginia Film Office
Andy Edmunds looks at 2023 & 2024 (including the new movie in town)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
The latest sequel is even worse
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Wacky, absurd fun about an English highwayman
Road House
Jake Gyllenhaal as the quiet but violent bouncer
The New Look
Dior & Chanel during and after WWII
Apples Never Fall
Annette Bening goes missing in this family drama
The American Society of Magical Negros
A racial satire that lacks bite or humor
He’s played so many foreigners and villains
Tom Belgrey on lots of films and TV roles
Knox Goes Away
Micheal Keaton directed & stars as a contract killer
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
The pop sensation gives a spectacular show
Death and Other Details
Another murder mystery on an ocean liner
One Life
Anthony Hopkins as a man who saved 669 children from Nazis
Love Lies Bleeding
Another lesbian romance with bloody aspects
The Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie’s first streaming series
Being in front & behind the camera simultaneously
Donna Bailey works teleprompter
Cabrini
America’s 1st saint aids orphaned Italian migrant children
Damsel
Millie Bobby Brown thrown in a cave with a fire-breathing dragon
Ricky Stanicky
A funny film from half of the Farrelly Bros
Iwájú
A beautiful 1st-time collab with Disney featuring the culture of Lagos
Io Capitano
Compelling Oscar nominee about the migrant experience
Richmond’s new screening space
PJ Sykes & Jeff Roll talk about CinemaNiche
Dune: Part Two
Finishing up what they started…for now
Feud: Capote vs. the Swans
Love & hate between the author & his society dames