
True Story
Kevin Hart in a crime drama

Benedetta
More than a lesbian nun story

Encanto
Disney’s 60th animated film

The Power of the Dog
Cumberbatch stars in the latest from Jane Campion

Blown Away
A glass artist competition

House of Gucci
Deception in the famous fashion dynasty

The Sex Lives of College Girls
The latest comedy from Mindy Kaling

Bruised
Halle Berry stars and directs

Adapting anime & gunning for Game of Thrones
Cowboy Bebop & The Wheel of Time

The Beatles: Get Back
An extraordinary glimpse at the final sessions

The Humans
A quietly dysfunctional Thanksgiving

India Sweets and Spices
A modern look into Indian immigrant families

Ghostbusters Afterlife
Yet another disappointing sequel

Passing
A Black friend passes for white in 20s Harlem

King Richard
The father of Venus and Serena Williams

tick…tick…BOOM!
A musical about the creator of Rent

3 Edgy Crime Dramas
The Mayor of Kingstown, Dexter New Blood & Yellowjackets

Belfast
Kenneth Branagh’s ode to his childhood

Spencer
Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana on the verge

The French Dispatch
The latest from Wes Anderson

The Shrink Next Door
Will Farrell & Paul Rudd team up again

Marriage and murder
Reviews of The Trip & Til Death

Red Notice
A heist with Dwayne Johnson & Ryan Reynolds

The Harder They Fall
A Western from the Black POV

Disquiet
Jonathan Rhys Meyers trapped in a hospital

They Cloned Tyrone
Blaxploitation goes sci-fi

Bird Box: Barcelona
The same alien invasion happens in Spain

Sound of Freedom
An intense drama about child sex trafficking

Ashland Theatre celebrates 75 years
New GM Courtney Caldwell & Hugh Joyce fill us in

Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Tom Cruise is back for another thrill ride

Survivor of the Thickest
Michelle Buteau gets a much deserved star turn

The Tutor
Who’s teaching who and what lessons?

The Lesson
Richard E. Grant plays a prickly writer in this dark drama

SWAGGER creator talks about the series
Reggie Rock Bythewood on the AppleTV show inspired by Kevin Durant

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The 5th and final for Harrison Ford

Joy Ride
A “raunchy” comedy with 4 friends in Asia

The French Film Festival wraps
Changes, challenges & closing

The Phoenician Scheme
The latest from Wes Anderson

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