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Music-World Drama ‘Power Ballad’ Asks the Ever-Relevant Question of Who Owns Art
In the latest from ‘Once’ director John Carney, a washed-up musician (Paul Rudd) struggles to prove his song was stolen by a boy-band idol (Nick Jonas).
Now Playing in Theaters, June 10-17
In addition to Disclosure Day, here’s what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters.
The Past Never Dies in Liminal Space in the Atmospheric Horror Hit ‘Backrooms’
YouTuber Kane Parsons transformed his viral series — based on a creepypasta — into a deeply unsettling story about the hidden architecture of our minds.
Boots Riley’s Fashion Send-Up ‘I Love Boosters’ Has Bustle and Bite
Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige and Keke Palmer play populist shoplifters out to ruin a bombastic tycoon in a timely but frenetic socialist satire.
A Crush Goes Wrong in Curry Barker’s Terrifying Horror Hit ‘Obsession’
Inde Navarrette and Michael Johnston give chilling performances as a couple who are together for very bad reasons.
A Writer Learns the True Meaning of Hospitality in Twisty Horror Flick ‘Hokum’
In the third film from rising scare filmmaker Damian McCarthy, Adam Scott plays a grump who discovers more than colorful characters at an Irish hotel.
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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Feels Like a Poorly Fitting Dress Made From a Smart Pattern
The legacy sequel mixes frothy escapism with sobering meditations on the current media landscape, but the characters don’t gel.
Celebrity Is a Phantom in the Oddly Hypnotic ‘Mother Mary’
David Lowery directed the surreal drama in which Anne Hathaway plays a pop icon who seeks help from a collaborator she thought she’d left in the past.
Ian McKellen Tears Up the Screen (and Canvases) as a Narcissistic Art Legend in ‘The Christophers’
Steven Soderbergh’s latest is an engrossing two-hander drama about a failed artist hired to forge the work of the washed-up idol who once inspired her.
Gripping Oscar Nominee ‘The Alabama Solution’ Takes Viewers Inside Prison Walls
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman directed the documentary, which incorporates footage shot by incarcerated men in the wake of an alleged murder.
‘The Drama’ Deconstructs the Rom-Com With Middling Success
Rather than a drama, Kristoffer Borgli’s tale of wedding jitters, starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, is a dark comedy built on an intriguing hypothetical.
‘Project Hail Mary’ Explores the Sweet Side of Science Fiction
The adaptation of Andy Weir’s best-selling novel succeeds by making us care about its hero, a sartorially challenged teacher on a space mission.
Family Values Don’t Stand a Chance in ‘Anniversary’ and ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’
A timely dystopian drama and a horror comedy sequel both cast the rituals of privileged clans in new and sinister lights.
Three Local Short Films Explore Vermont’s Food Scene
Migrant farmworkers find community in “La Liga,” a filmmaker peeks inside the “Sugarhouse,” and White River Junction loves its “Meze on Main Street.”
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ Offers a Chaotic New Twist on the Frankenstein Mythos
Jessie Buckley plays both undead Mary Shelley and the gun moll her spirit possesses in a riot grrl take on the 1935 Bride of Frankenstein.
A Walk on the Wild Side Turns Surprisingly Sweet and Touching in ‘Pillion’
An awkward young man follows a handsome biker into a BDSM subculture in director Harry Lighton’s award-winning debut.
George Clooney Ponders If Stardom Was Worth the Cost in the Overstuffed ‘Jay Kelly’
Noah Baumbach’s drama about Hollywood regrets has a large cast, glossy cinematography and a screenplay that spells out its themes.
Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ Is All Glam, No Grit
While the reworking of Emily Brontë’s classic is a feast for the eyes, it strips out most of the novel’s substance in favor of florid romantic imagery.
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