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
Mainstream
A wild role for Andrew Garfield
Vortex
Dementia in split screens
The Duke
A true story about an art theft
The Pentaverate
Mike Meyers plays 7 characters in his new comedy
Two RVA women talk about their docs (podcast)
Sasha Waters Freyer & Michele Poulos
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Cumberbach is back as the Marvel magician
Killing snakes & killer baby
2 unique new dark comedies
Under the Banner of Heaven
Andrew Garfield investigates Mormon murders
Moon Knight
Oscar Isaac one or more Marvel characters
The Survivor
True story of a boxer who lives thru Auschwitz
Two gay Movieland movies
Men in Russia & women in France
He designed Watergate for Gaslit (podcast)
Tracy Smith designs sets for hit TV shows
The First Lady
Roosevelt, Ford & Obama on Showtime
Women behind bars & in sci-fi stories
ROAR for sci-fi & HARD CELL for prison comedy
Two English scandals
A modern one on Netflix, while Amazon goes historical
Pachinko
An epic Korean family drama
The Northman
Alexander Skarsgård in a dark Viking saga
Five Nights at Freddy’s
A dull, unscary adaptation of the video game
The Killer
David Fincher’s latest starring Michael Fassbender
Divinity
Weird arty edgy mess presented by Steven Soderberg
Nyad
Annette Bening & Jodie Foster make this sports biopic work
Matt Paxton is a top decluttering expert
He talks about Legacy List with Matt Paxton & 15 seasons on Hoaders
Priscilla
A look at Elvis’ wife from her POV
All the Light We Cannot See
A blind woman & a Nazi soldier share a broadcast
Quiz Lady
Awkwafina & Sandra Oh play sisters, but not how you’d expect
Fingernails
Using this body part to gauge compatibility
What Happens Later
Meg Ryan stars & directs David Duchovny
Anatomy of a Fall
A murder drama that won Cannes’ Palme d’Or
The Magic of Horror Festival goes south
Two filmmakers discuss their entries
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