Lamb
An unusual birth on a farm in Iceland
I’m Your Man
Dan Stevens is a love bot
The Manor
Barbara Hersey in a haunted nursing home
The Guilty
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a 911 operator
The Niceties
A white professor & her Black student debate race
North Hollywood
Dreams of being a pro skater
Titane
A woman’s impregnated by a Cadillac
Two current Netflix hits
Squid Game & Maid
VaRep closes Willow Lawn theatre
Children’s shows moving
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Tom Hardy returns as the Marvel character
The Many Saints of Newark
The prequel to The Sopranos
Three new thrillers
Chapelwaite, Midnight Mass & La Brea
Dear Evan Hansen
The film of the musical
The Starling
Melissa McCarthy uses a bird to cope
War in Pieces
4 one-act plays written by vets
Vincent River
A grieving mom meets her son’s boyfriend
Cop Shop
Murderous mayhem at a police station
My Son
James McAvoy & Claire Foy are a missing boy’s parents
Blue Bayou
A 30-year US citizen faces deportation
Cry Macho
Clint Eastwood’s latest crusty old man
Every Brilliant Thing
Coping with depression thru a list
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The biopic taken from the doc
The Card Counter
The latest character drama from Paul Schrader
Kate
Mary Elizabeth Winstead exacts revenge
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
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
Knox Goes Away
Micheal Keaton directed & stars as a contract killer