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‘One Night Only’ Doesn’t Make a Good Case for Dystopian Rom-Com
Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner play strangers who collide on the only night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex in Will Gluck’s comedy.
Now Playing in Theaters, August 12-19
In addition to ‘Hadestown: The Musical’ 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.
Three Dog Days Streaming Options: ‘Widow’s Bay,’ ‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,’ ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
Our critic watched an acclaimed horror-comedy series, a frenetic thriller-comedy show and a possible cult sci-fi film in the making.
International Art Star Miles Greenberg Brings His Body to Stowe
The Current presents two multichannel video installations that showcase Greenberg’s endurance-based performance art and love of the human form.
A Tragedy and a Comedy About Artists Breaking Rules: ‘Hadestown: The Musical’ and ‘I Want Your Sex’
The filmed version of Vermont native Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony Award-winning musical is playing in local theaters for a limited time.
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Earns the Title of ‘Epic’
Real locations and practical effects give the IMAX-shot film an immersive power, summoning a world of monsters, magic and foreboding.
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For a Campy Foodie Send-Up, ‘Maddie’s Secret’ Has Surprising Depth and Bite
Comedian John Early wrote, directed and plays the title character, a food content creator struggling with an eating disorder, in this tonally complex film.
Sampling Three Summer Streaming Options: ‘From,’ ‘Human Vapor,’ ‘The Sheep Detectives’
Our critic watched an under-the-radar yet weirdly addictive horror series, a twisty Asian import with cinematic action, and a new family classic.
‘Supergirl’ Is an Edgy, Energetic Character in Search of a Less Tired Movie
The sequel to last year’s ‘Superman’ gives his disaffected cousin, played by Milly Alcock, her own intergalactic adventure.
Saying Goodbye to ‘The Comeback,’ the Sly Hollywood Satire That Kept Coming Back
In the show’s final season, Lisa Kudrow once again plays a washed-up sitcom star whose thirst for attention is a mirror of the changing entertainment industry.
Steven Spielberg’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Disclosure Day’ Needs a Dose of Wonder
While this story of alien contact recalls the director’s classics, it substitutes clunky staging and exposition for their beauty and propulsiveness.
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).
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.
‘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.
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