
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (review)
What low-budget Michael Bay looks like

Farewell to Don Dale (video 3:09)
Remembering one of RVA’s great media pros

9 Circles (review)
The first of The Cellar Series

Concussion (review)
Will Smith takes on the NFL

The Revenant (review)
A story of survival at its most brutal

Carol (review)
A 50s lesbian romance

Sometimes it’s the songwriter (video 1:58)
Rob Williams’ CD & video

Stupid Fucking Bird (review)
Checkov re-imagined

The Hateful Eight (review)
Tarantino 8th feature

Motown the Musical (review)
All about the hits

Staging this seagull (video 1:55)
A chat with the director of STUPID FUCKING BIRD

Point Break (review)
Extreme sports all over the world

The Danish Girl (review)
An early trans woman

An “Ordinary” show (video 2:08)
NYE with Hot Seats

Joy (review)
The creator of the Miracle Mop

Sisters (review)
Fey & Poehler back together

Daddy’s Home (review)
Ferrell & Wahlberg team up again

Youth (review)
Ruminations on old age

The Big Short (review)
Financial crisis made entertaining

Krampus (review)
Holiday with horror

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (review)
The saga continues

Macbeth (review)
Michael Fassbender in the title role

In the Heart of the Sea (review)
The inspiration for Moby-Dick

Holiday boats with rock n roll (video 2:00)
Enjoying the Parade of Boats at the Lilly Pad

Our Friend (review)
Coping with death from cancer

PG: Psycho Goreman (review)
An alien overlord controlled by a girl

Two unique comic visions (reviews)
Inside #9 and Letterkenny of Hulu

The Dig (review)
Based on a true archeological discovery

VaRep announces new co-artistic directors
Katrinah Carol Lewis and Steve Perigard

The White Tiger (review)
A challenging life in India

The Marksman (review)
Liam Neeson with a rifle

Blackbird (review)
A family gathers to say goodbye

A Teacher (review)
An affair with one of her students

One Night in Miami (review)
Four black icons of the 60s party

Two woman-powered films (review)
Pieces of a Woman & Herself

Little Monsters (review)
Lupita Nyong’o in a zom-com

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