Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Emma Thompson’s character hires a sex worker
This is Going to Hurt
Ben Wishaw as a OBGYN in this English drama
Jurassic World Dominion
The dinos live among us
Praheme from RVA to LA (podcast)
RVA director on growing up here & being in LA
Watcher
Who’s the creepy guy in the window?
I Love That for You
SNL star Vanessa Bayer has a new comedy
ONE AND DONE
I couldn’t get past the first ep on these 3 shows
ONE AND DONE (Queer edition)
The Book of Queer & Queer as Folk
War from 2 eras on Netflix
Operation Mincemeat & Interceptor
Crimes of the Future
Cronenberg’s latest creepy film
Casting for movies, TV & commercials (podcast)
Advice & stories from Casting Director Anne Chapman
Pistol
Danny Boyle tells the story of The Sex Pistols
Eiffel
About the engineer who designed the tower
Downton Abbey: A New Era
The family & staff are back at the elegant estate
Fire Island
A group of friends at the famous gay beach
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
Ripley
A new version of The Talented Mr. Ripley with Andrew Scott
The Beast
A confusing sci-fi romance from France
Boy Kills World
Bill Skarsgård is the latest on a murder spree
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
Ripley
A new version of The Talented Mr. Ripley with Andrew Scott
The Beast
A confusing sci-fi romance from France
Boy Kills World
Bill Skarsgård is the latest on a murder spree
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