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Seeking Mavis Beacon

NR   104 min.  

Doc searches for the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

New Reviews

The 4:30 Movie

R   87 min.

Kevin Smith comedy about an Eighties teen trying to sneak into an R-rated comedy

¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!

NR   88 min.

South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone try to save a Denver landmark

The Critic

R   101 min.  

Ian McKellen plays a theatre critic willing to stab a few backs in 1930s London

Dan Da Dan: First Encounter

NR   75 min.

First three episodes of the anime adaptation of the manga series by Yukinobu Tatsu

The Killer's Game

R   104 min.

When a top hitman is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take a hit out on himself

Look Into My Eyes

NR   105 min.  

Documentary follows five New York City psychics.

My Old Ass

R   89 min.  

39-year-old Aubrey Plaza doles out advice to her younger self

Speak No Evil

R   110 min.

Blumhouse remake of the Danish hit horror about two couples who hit it off on vacation

Usher: Rendezvous in Paris

NR   90 min.

Concert doc was filmed during Paris Fashion Week

Will & Harper

R   116 min.  

Lifelong friends Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, a newly transitioned trans woman, roadtrip across America

First-Run Movies

AfrAId

PG-13   84 min.

Blumhouse horror about an overenthusiastic digital assistant

Alien: Romulus

R   119 min.  

Fede Alvarez speed runs through earlier Alien films in this uninspired sequel

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

PG-13   104 min.  

Tim Burton's long-awaited sequel is a wasted opportunity

Blink Twice

R   102 min.

In her directorial debut, Zoë Kravitz delivers a distinctive, post-#MeToo thriller

Borderlands

PG-13   101 min.

Eli Roth directs this futuristic quest caper based on the best-selling video game

Deadpool & Wolverine

R   127 min.  

Marvel mash-up has a blast

Despicable Me 4

PG   94 min.  

Former supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain-League agent Gru returns

The Forge

PG   123 min.

Faith-based film about a young man trying to turn his life around

The Front Room

R   94 min.  

Warped A24 drama about an old lady terrorizing her daughter-in-law

Harold and the Purple Crayon

PG   90 min.

The beloved children's picture book is mined for a live-action family film

His Three Daughters

NR   103 min.  

Estranged sisters gather at their father's deathbed

Inside Out 2

PG   96 min.  

The inner life of now-teenager Riley gets complicated when Anxiety takes a turn at the wheel

It Ends With Us

PG-13   130 min.  

Mostly sensitive look at domestic abuse, based on Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel

MaXXXine

R   104 min.  

Triumphant third installment in Ti West's cinematic slasher-horror series

Reagan

NR   135 min.

Dennis Quaid portrays the actor-turned-president

Red Rooms

NR   118 min.  

Disturbing courtroom drama with a sickening psychological twist

Strange Darling

R   96 min.  

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree

Stree 2

NR   135 min.

Women are mysteriously abducted by a headless entity

Twisters

PG-13   122 min.  

Pale imitation of what made the original such an unexpected smash of a disaster movie

You Gotta Believe

PG   104 min.

Inspirational story about a Little League team that dedicates the season to one teammate's ailing father

Special Screenings
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    Special Screenings

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition (1979)

    The slow-motion picture: That’s how the first cinematic voyage of the Starship Enterprise was mockingly described when first released in 1979. Audiences wanted the pulp action of Star Wars, and the insatiable appetite for space adventure was enough to get the franchise to the beloved Wrath of Khan and beyond. But what director Robert Wise created, and amplified with his 2001 remaster/re-edit, was to capture the original series’ sense of cosmic wonder. The torpor becomes spectacle and introduces all the themes of aging, friendship, and loss that would define the ongoing star trekking of Bones, Spock, Kirk, Scotty, and Uhura. – Richard Whittaker
    Sept. 13-18
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    Special Screenings

    Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002)

    How can I, a cool Kat on Earth, not love A Punk Cat in Space? Way back in 2003 around when it came out, the Japanese animation was a hit with our own Marc Savlov, who opened a four-star review by saying, “I’m tempted to call this the best film of the year so far based on its sheer originality alone, but my dog would never speak to me again.” It’s delightfully weird, telling a story of a kittycat in Tokyo who goes to outer space against her human mom’s wishes and happens upon the mysterious Planet Q. Tamala’s mostly black-and-white animation evokes the silent film era’s Felix the Cat in look and the Seventies’ Fritz the Cat in tone, and a new restoration ensures a high-quality viewing. In Japanese with English subtitles. – Kat McNevins Read a full review of Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space.
    Sept. 13-18
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    Special Screenings

    The Third Man (1949)

    Having bought tickets to a film noir, I wonder if audiences in 1949 laughed out loud when they first heard Anton Karas’ jaunty zither score. Sure, the Old World stringed instrument was geographically on point for a film set in post-World War II Vienna. (Director Carol Reed discovered Karas strumming away in a bar during the on-location shoot.) Still, it was a far cry from the moody, broody sound you’d expect to score a suspense about an American writer (Joseph Cotten) investigating the mysterious death of his friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). But if audiences laughed, they also clapped, and bought the bejesus out of the soundtrack. The perfect music for, yes, a perfect movie. – Kimberley Jones Read a full review of The Third Man.
    Sept. 13-19
SPACES
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    Special Screenings

    We Love the ’90s: Jurassic Park & Batman & Robin

    As a product of the Nineties, I am extremely biased about the media from said decade. Yet you simply can’t deny the filmic excellence produced during those years between 1990 and 1999! Smokeables-slingers High Noon know the score, which is why every Monday in September they’re playing two Nineties classics. This week’s got two excellent vintages: Jurassic Park, which came out the year I was born (1993), and Batman & Robin, which gave the B-man nipples at long last (1997). First 10 attendees get a free preroll, so hurry in and light it up. This screening’s gonna be totally tubular. – James Scott
    Mon., Sept. 16

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