The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Jacob Elordi suffers in a POW camp
The Better Sister
Crime drama overshadowed by familial chatter
Bring Her Back
Sally Hawkins gets creepy
They dance with their incarcerated fathers
Meet the co-directors of this doc
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A writer’s block leads to love
Adults
A Gen-Z version of “Friends”
Mountainhead
A tech-bro drama from the creator of “Succession”
Government Cheese
David Oyelowo is the best thing about this somewhat quirky series
Sirens
Julianne Moore plays a weird socialite…or is she?
Friendship
Tim Robinson & Paul Rudd play neighbors
Creating the French Film Festival
Meet the couple behind it
Fountain of Youth
John Krasinski & Natallie Portman search for it
Pee-wee as Himself
A documentary with Paul Reubens
Overcompensating
This coming out comedy has fun moments
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
The 7th film for Cruise isn’t the best
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Still gleefully gory fun after 25 years
Mobland
Tom Hardy is tough but Helen Merren is tougher
Selling Virginia film before
Former Va Film Office Director Rita McClenny
Still growing after 25 years
Dig into VPM’s Virginia Home Grown
Shadow Force
Kerry Washington & Omar Sy on the run
Your Friends and Neighbors
Jon Hamm’s version of Breaking Bad
Nonnas
Grandmothers are the chefs
Another Simple Favor
An unexceptional sequel
Étoile
Paris & NYC ballet companies exchange stars
Blue Moon
Ethan Hawke as lyricist Lorenz Hart
This film is about his best friend
“Espina” writer/director Daniel Poler
Good Fortune
Aziz Ansari directs Keanu Reeves & Seth Rogen
Urchin
Harris Dickinson writes/directs
Chad Powers
Glen Powell stars in the season’s best new series
Boots
Being a gay Marine in the 90s
After the Hunt
Julia Roberts & Andrew Garfield star in this college drama
Roofman
Channing Tatum plays an endearing thief
He’s shot everyone from Castro to Clinton
News videographer Jeff Rathner
A House of Dynamite
A nuclear missile is headed toward the US
Kiss of the Spider Woman
This new version features Jennifer Lopez & Diego Luna
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
Her ordeal from her POV
Young Sherlock
The detective’s origin story
Love Story: John F. Kennedy, Jr and Carolyn Bessett
A great romance
Scarpetta
Patricia Cornwell’s books on the screen
The Bride!
Jesse Buckley plays Frankenstein’s new mate
The first Italian and French Film Festival
Meet the founders
Hoppers
The Pixar film has an environmental message
Vladimir
College prof lusts for another teacher
Nuremberg
A psychological look at the famed Nazi trial
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
See & hear why he’s The King
FUTUROPOLIS returns to Richmond
Filmmakers Steve Segal & Phil Trumbo
Pillion
A BDSM romance?
The Bluff
Pirate action with Priyanka Chopra Jonas
A Knight of Seven Kingdoms
Set a century before GOT
56 Days
Yet another crime drama over 2 months
Dreams
Jessica Chastain’s rich lady is obsessed with a young Mexican dancer
Redux Redux
Mom kills her daughter’s murderer thru multiple universes
Meet 2 makers of 3 shorts
Indie Short Film Festival
How to Make a Killing
Glen Powell murders for money
Free Bert
Comic Bert Kreischer tries to fit in
Crime 101
A heist flick with a solid cast
Wuthering Heights
A dark new version
Andy Edmunds talks about his movie
Part of the annual VFO report
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
A wacky guerilla comedy duo
Memory of a Killer
Patrick Dempsey goes dark as a hired killer