American Fiction
A satire on Black literature & white culture
The Brothers Sun
Michelle Yeoh heads a gangster family
Good Grief
Dan Levy wrote, directed and stars in this drama
Fool Me Once
Harlan Coben’s 8th thriller for Netflix
The Boys in the Boat
An underdog rowing team wins gold
What is NoVa Motion Pictures?
Meet the co-founder Robert Kendzie
Anyone But You
A romcom that’s all about Glen Powell
A Murder at the End of the World
A whodunit in a frozen locale
Culprits
Someone is killing everyone involved in a heist
The Family Plan
Mark Wahlberg as a dad with a killer past, literally
Ferrari
A summer in the life & love of the car maker
The Color Purple
The movie of the musical inspired by the movie of the novel
From backyard wrestling to the Beach Boys tour
Joe Carabeo stays busy writing, shooting and directing
Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire
Zack Snyder’s space opera
Bookie
A fun, funny series from Chuck Lorre
Maggie Moore(s)
Jon Hamm & Tina Fey get romantic solving a murder mystery
Poor Things
Emma Stone in stylized weirdness from Yorgos Lanthimos
The Iron Claw
4 wresling bros with bad luck and bad hair
Wonka
A softer, sweeter, ultimately flat version of the original
Eileen
Anne Hathaway & Thomasin McKenzie form an unusual bond
He’s been in 70+ shows
Raynor Scheine talks about his movies, plays & TV work
Maestro
Bradley Cooper directed and stars as Leonard Bernstein
The Burial
Jamie Foxx & Tommy Lee Jones take on big business
The Artful Dodger
Oliver Twist’s friend becomes a surgeon in Austrailia
Mothers’ Instinct
Oscar-winning duo plays best friend neighbors…until
The world premiere of this thriller
Meet the production team of SOLITUDE
The Serpent Queen
Worth the Starz subscription
Kaos
A modern take on Greek mythology
The Thicket
Peter Dinklage & Juliette Lewis get rough
AfrAId
Alexa on steroids = danger!
This world premiere is the opening nite film at RIFF
Meet Eric Esau & Douglas Haines
Slingshot
A space drama with Casey Affleck & Laurence Fishburne
American Dreamer
Peter Dinklage & Shirley MacLaine star
The Killer
John Woo still has it
The Deliverance
The latest demonic possession thriller isn’t
Strange Darling
A psychological thriller told out of sequence
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
Thunderbolts
More Marvel misfits in a lukewarm rehash