Censor
A film hits close to home
The Byrd is back!
Movies plus beer & wine
Queen Bees
Retirement community Mean Girls
In the Heights
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 1st musical
Worldwide plague or backwoods horror
AWAKE & WRONG TURN rehash familiar themes
Lisey’s Story
Stephen King’s novel stars Julianne Moore
Sweet Tooth
A hybrid between human & animal
A Quiet Place Part II
This sequel takes them off the farm
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
More of the same
Cruella
The origin of Ms. de Vil
Two comedies from unique perspectives
A Muslim punk band & Korean convenience store
Walled In (review)
Discovering Thoreau’s Walden in prison
The Mosquito Coast
A family flees the US for safe haven
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
A new angle on the SAW franchise
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
The star of Nazi propaganda broadcasts
Housebroken
Animated animals in therapy
Oslo
Dramatizing the ‘93 Israel/Palestine peace talks
Two films around displaced children
Orphans in Mexico & sex trafficking in South Africa
Panic
Another YA life-or-death game
The Dry
Eric Bana goes home to solve a case
Hacks
Jean Smart as a Vegas comedy legend
Army of the Dead
A Vegas heist overrun by zombies
The Underground Railroad
Barry Jenkins’ cinematic masterpiece
Dance of the 41
A gay scandal in Mexico
Challengers
A love triangle framed around tennis
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
Challengers
A love triangle framed around tennis
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