A unique visual music album & documentary
Meet the creators of SONGS FROM THE HOLE
Joker: Folie à Deux
Phoenix and Gaga singing and smoking
Nobody Wants This
Kristen Bell & Adam Brody make a charming couple
Two new mediocre thrillers
Salem’s Lot (Max) & Hold Your Breath (Hulu)
The Substance
Demi Moore tackles age in a creepy way
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The latest true crime series from Ryan Murphy
IATSE is the union for film/TV technicians
Meet our local rep Dave O’Ferrall
Megalopolis
Coppola’s new film features some masterful filmmaking
Will & Harper
Road trip with Will Ferrell and his transgender friend
Wolfs
George Clooney & Brad Pitt team up for verbal sparring
Lee
Kate Winslet as the famed war photographer
Mothers’ Instinct
Oscar-winning duo plays best friend neighbors…until
The world premiere of this thriller
Meet the production team of SOLITUDE
The Serpent Queen
Worth the Starz subscription
Kaos
A modern take on Greek mythology
The Thicket
Peter Dinklage & Juliette Lewis get rough
AfrAId
Alexa on steroids = danger!
This world premiere is the opening nite film at RIFF
Meet Eric Esau & Douglas Haines
Slingshot
A space drama with Casey Affleck & Laurence Fishburne
American Dreamer
Peter Dinklage & Shirley MacLaine star
The Killer
John Woo still has it
The Deliverance
The latest demonic possession thriller isn’t
Strange Darling
A psychological thriller told out of sequence
Blink Twice
An island paradise gets dark
Kinda Pregnant
Amy Schumer gets a baby bump & comedy ensues
Two shows that feature film & BOOKS
Novel Film and Lights, Camera, Author!
September 5
ABC Sports covered the 1972 Olympics hostage crisis
You’re Cordially Invited
Will Farrell & Reese Witherspoon star & spar in this wedding comedy
Companion
This comic thriller involves a sexbot
Ad Vitum
Danger with a French accent
He writes funny stuff for stars
Adam “Tex” Davis has great stories
Presence
Told from the ghost’s POV by Steven Soderbergh
Hard Truths
The new dark character drama from Mike Leigh
The Wild Robot
Cute and clever animation
Cristóbal Balenciaga
A biopic of the famed designer
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
4 docs on the show’s history
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
Thunderbolts
More Marvel misfits in a lukewarm rehash
This Oscar-nominated producer’s new film
RVA native Michael Gottwald