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Home Is Where the Art Is in Joachim Trier’s Powerful ‘Sentimental Value’
The director’s new drama about two sisters and their filmmaker dad grappling with their family legacy won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
Now Playing (12/3/25)
In addition to ‘Hamnet,’ 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.
Women Behaving Badly Command the Screen in ‘Hedda’ and ‘After the Hunt’
Two new streaming films offer twisted psychological games, barbed dinner-party conversations, bravura female performances and costume design to die for.
Tech Bro Arrogance Is the Monster in Guillermo del Toro’s Gloriously Gothic ‘Frankenstein’
The director’s lifelong passion project is a loose adaptation that still captures the atmosphere and spirit of Mary Shelley’s novel — up to a point.
Pastoral Motherhood Isn’t So Pretty in Polarizing Drama ‘Die My Love’
Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson play a couple on the verge of violent dissolution in the latest dark character study from Lynne Ramsay.
The Dark Satire of ‘Bugonia’ Feels All Too Timely
A conspiracy theorist abducts a pharmaceutical exec, convinced he’s saving the planet, in this remake of a Korean film from director Yorgos Lanthimos.
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It’s the End of the World as We Know It in Chilling ‘A House of Dynamite’
Director Kathryn Bigelow explores the scenario of a surprise nuclear attack on the U.S. in a controversial cautionary tale that plays like a thriller.
Burlington Native’s Directorial Debut, ‘Fucktoys,’ Offers Campy Delights
Visual virtuosity and timely themes give heft to this deliberate provocation from director-writer-star Annapurna Sriram, screening at VTIFF.
‘Roofman’ Drags in Its Retelling of an Enticing True Story
Channing Tatum plays a sweet-tempered escaped felon who finds love while lying low in a Toys “R” Us in this comedy-drama from director Derek Cianfrance.
The Reveals Aren’t the Point in the Painterly ‘Anemone’
Daniel Day-Lewis gives a powerful performance in a chamber drama directed by his son Ronan that is stronger on visuals and symbolism than on story.
‘One Battle After Another’ Is a Big, Bold Action Movie for Leftists
Paul Thomas Anderson hits a cultural nerve with his very loose adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s novel about a washed-up activist called back into action.
‘Him’ Is a Football Horror Movie About Hustle Culture
Justin Tipping’s movie is perhaps 70 percent MTV-style montages and 30 percent campy chaos, yet it all makes a twisted kind of sense.
Desperate Americans Take ‘The Long Walk’ in a Chilling Adaptation of a Timeless Tale
Stephen King’s 1979 dystopian novel finally comes to the screen in an effectively stark vision from Francis Lawrence of ‘The Hunger Games’ franchise.
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Should Live Up to Its Name
Horror icons Ed and Lorraine Warren return in a movie that spends a bafflingly small amount of screen time on the 1986 haunting at its center.
A Journalist Tells Her Own Story in Searing Documentary ‘Black Box Diaries’
Director Shiori Itô chronicles what happened after she went public with rape allegations against a prominent journalist, defying taboos in Japan.
Ethan Coen’s ‘Honey Don’t!’ Has More Retro Style Than Substance
The aesthetics of this desert detective thriller are top-notch, but the lack of clever plotting and payoffs make it feel more like neo-noir cosplay.
Three Streaming TV Series Explore the Lives of ‘Messy’ Women
The characters in ‘Too Much,’ ‘Such Brave Girls’ and ‘Dying for Sex’ embrace the chaos of living and dying in outrageous, unapologetic ways.
A Town’s Nightmare Unfolds in Multiple Perspectives in Viral Horror Film ‘Weapons’
The latest from director Zach Cregger focuses on people’s futile efforts to erect barriers against dangers to their children and themselves.
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