Another Round
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The Father
Anthony Hopkins & Olivia Colman cope with dementia
SIFTER turns 8!
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My Salinger Year
Working for his literary agent
Cherry
Tom Holland gets a tour de force
Boss Level
Frank Grillo in a violent time loop
Raya and the Last Dragon
A lovely new animation from Disney
Moxie
A high schooler leads a feminist movement
Coming 2 America
Eddie Murphy returns after 23 years
Chaos Walking
Tom Holland & Daisy Ridley in a new world
Mortal
With unexplained super powers
Willy’s Wonderland
Nicolas Cage hits a new low
Tom & Jerry The Movie
More of the same
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
A slasher throwback to the 70s
In and Of Itself
An astounding existential magic show
Antebellum
A modern woman trapped as a Southern slave
Two new dramas from Britain
It’s a Sin & Behind Her Eyes
I Care a Lot
A snappy black comedy
Nomadland
Frances McDormand is houseless
Two foreign thrillers
From Sweden and Poland
Land
Robin Wright directs for the first time
Three mystery series
Your Honor, Big Sky, The Investigation
Minari
A Korean family in Arkansas
Krapp’s Last Tape
Beckett’s play in a landmark production
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
A unlikely war mission based on truth
His made his first feature at 23
Meet Iranian filmmaker Sina Khani
Civil War
The US is torn apart in a new conflict
3 quickie reviews before vacation
Palm Royale, Renegade Nell & Música
Wicked Little Letters
Olivia Colman & Jessie Buckley spar over nasty notes
Monkey Man
Dev Patel gets violent (& directed)
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Liam Neeson as a mellow killer
Moroccan-American director at JRFF
Yossera Bouchtia discusses 3 of her shorts
Asphalt City
The gritty job of EMS in NYC with Sean Penn
The Wages of Fear
A French remake of the nitroglycerine transport thriller
Constellation
Outer space drama goes quantum & loses impact
Problemista
Julio Torres uniquely quirky autobiographical comedy
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
A unlikely war mission based on truth
His made his first feature at 23
Meet Iranian filmmaker Sina Khani
Civil War
The US is torn apart in a new conflict
3 quickie reviews before vacation
Palm Royale, Renegade Nell & Música
Wicked Little Letters
Olivia Colman & Jessie Buckley spar over nasty notes
Monkey Man
Dev Patel gets violent (& directed)
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Liam Neeson as a mellow killer
Moroccan-American director at JRFF
Yossera Bouchtia discusses 3 of her shorts
Asphalt City
The gritty job of EMS in NYC with Sean Penn
The Wages of Fear
A French remake of the nitroglycerine transport thriller
Constellation
Outer space drama goes quantum & loses impact
Problemista
Julio Torres uniquely quirky autobiographical comedy
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