Julia
A series about Julia Child & her famed cooking show
You Won’t Be Alone
An arty, bizarre folk tale
Windfall
A civilized home invasion
Mass
Parents come together to heal after a horrible tragedy
Oscar nominee David Crank
His experience at the Oscars plus the movies he’s designed
The Lost City
Sandra Bullock & Channing Tatum on a romance novel adventure
Flee
An animated doc about an Afghan refugee
2 murder mysteries featuring women
Pieces of Her (Netflix) and The Thing About Pam (NBC/Hulu)
RRR (Rise Roar Revolt)
The biggest Indian action film ever gets 5 stars!
Just for Spring: 3 freezing treks
Infinite Storm (New Hampshire), Against the Ice (Greenland) & Black Crab (Sweden)
Violence from different times & places
Vikings Valhalla (Netflix) & X (in theaters)
Meet the screenwriter of 3 Spike Lee films (podcast)
Kevin Wilmott will be In town for the James River Film Festival
Two stars face ghosts in their new films
Regina Hall (Master) & Sandra Oh (Umma)
Portraits of 2 disgraced internet founders
The Dropout (Theranos) & Super Pumped (Uber)
2 new from comedy director Paul Feig
Minx (feminist porno) & Welcome to Flatch (mocumentary quirk)
Deep Water
Ben Affleck’s sullen character lets his wife wander to save their marriage
The Outfit
Mark Rylance plays a tailor for gangsters
Fresh
Right off the bone!
A Native American Rock Opera at the French Film Fest (podcast)
A chat with the producer of the featured film
Gold
Zac Efron in the desert with a big nugget
Turning Red
Pixar’s latest aim for older girls
Joe vs. Carole
The Tiger King “dramatized” with John Cameron Mitchell and Kate McKinnon
The Adam Project
Time traveler Ryan Reynolds meets his match in his younger self
Lucy & Desi & Andy
New docs on the Ricardos and Warhol
Flora and Son
A mother & son bond over music
No One Will Save You
An alien invasion happens to one person
Wilderness
A wife takes a vacation to kill her cheating hubby
Taking ACTION for BLM
Omiyemo Green on the mini film festival
Dumb Money
How GameStop stock “gamed” Wall Street
The Origin of Evil
A desperate woman finds her long lost father
Cassandro
Gael Garcia Bernal as the famed gay wrestler
The Other Black Girl
A new girl shows up and things get weird
Expend4bles
Can you believe they’re back?
The Retirement Plan
Nicolas Cage has some action fun
Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane
One of Shawn O. Utsey’s docs
A Haunting in Venice
A Hercule Poirot mystery with a twist of suspense
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