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LISA FRANKENSTEIN: A teenage goth (Kathryn Newton) hopes to make an exhumed corpse into her dream boy in this horror-comedy scripted by Diablo Cody and directed by Zelda Williams. (101 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Star)
ALL OF US STRANGERS ★★★★1/2 As he embarks on a new romance, a screenwriter (Andrew Scott) finds his long-dead parents still inhabiting his childhood home in this Golden Globe-nominated drama from Andrew Haigh. With Paul Mescal and Claire Foy. (105 min, R. Roxy; reviewed 1/24)
AMERICAN FICTION ★★★★ Jeffrey Wright plays a novelist who tries a daring hoax after his publisher tells him his books aren't "Black enough" in this comedy-drama from Cord Jefferson, also starring Tracee Ellis Ross and John Ortiz. (117 min, R. Big Picture, Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Savoy; reviewed 1/17)
ANYONE BUT YOU ★★1/2 A fancy wedding gives two exes (Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell) an incentive to fake-date in this rom-com from Will Gluck (Easy A). (103 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Paramount, Welden)
ARGYLLE ★★ A mild-mannered novelist (Bryce Dallas Howard) is swept up in a spy plot when life mirrors her fiction in this action thriller from Matthew Vaughn, also starring Henry Cavill, Sofia Boutella and Dua Lipa. (139 min, PG-13; Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Star, Stowe, Welden)
THE BEEKEEPER ★★1/2 Jason Statham plays a former clandestine operative who goes on a vengeful rampage in this action thriller from David Ayer (Training Day). With Emmy Raver-Lampman and Josh Hutcherson. (105 min, R. Majestic, Star, Welden)
THE BOY AND THE HERON ★★★★1/2 Renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki brings us a fantasy with autobiographical elements about a boy seeking his mom in the otherworld. (124 min, PG-13. Roxy)
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT ★★1/2 Director George Clooney follows the University of Washington rowing team on its unlikely path to Olympic gold during the Great Depression. (124 min, PG-13. Capitol, Majestic, Stowe)
DRIVING MADELEINE ★★★ An elderly woman (Line Renaud) and a taxi driver (Dany Boon) reveal their inner selves as he drives her across Paris in this French drama from Christian Carion. (91 min, NR. Roxy)
THE JUNGLE BUNCH: OPERATION MELTDOWN: Wild animals sail the world to find an antidote to the toxic foam invading their home in this family animation, with the voices of Wyatt Bowen and Holly Gauthier-Frankel. (89 min, PG. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Welden)
MEAN GIRLS ★★★ The Broadway musical based on the 2004 comedy film about a high schooler's struggle with the popular clique comes to the screen, starring Angourie Rice and Renée Rapp. (112 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Roxy)
MIGRATION ★★★ A duck family meets many mishaps on its first-ever trip south in this animated family comedy with the voices of Isabela Merced and Elizabeth Banks. (92 min, PG. Essex, Majestic, Paramount, Star, Welden)
ORIGIN ★★★★ Ava DuVernay directed this drama about writer Isabel Wilkerson (Aujanue Ellis-Taylor) and how her experiences shaped her influential book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. (141 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Roxy)
POOR THINGS ★★★★1/2 In this Golden Globe winner, Emma Stone plays a clumsily resurrected Victorian woman who embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery. With Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe. Yorgos Lanthimos directed. (141 min, R. Capitol, Majestic, Marquis [ends Sat], Playhouse, Roxy, Stowe; reviewed 1/10)
WONKA ★★★1/2 Timothée Chalamet plays the young Willy Wonka in this musical fantasy, directed by Paul King (Paddington). (116 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Star)
THE ZONE OF INTEREST ★★★★★ Nominated for five Oscars, this drama from Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin) chronicles the daily life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife (Sandra Hüller). (105 min, PG-13; Essex, Roxy; reviewed 2/7)
AXCN PAPRIKA (Essex, Wed 7, Thu & Sun only)
THE CHOSEN: SEASON 4: EPISODES 1-3 (Essex, Thu-Sun only)
DUNE: PART ONE (Paramount)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING — EXTENDED EDITION (Essex, Thu & Sat & Sun only)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING — EXTENDED EDITION (Essex, Sat-Mon only)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS — EXTENDED EDITION (Essex, Fri-Sun only)
OPPENHEIMER (Capitol)
TURNING RED (Essex)
UNDERDOG (Savoy, Fri only, sold out)
Catamount Arts' theater is currently closed until further notice. (* = upcoming schedule for theater was not available at press time)
Note: These capsule descriptions are not intended as reviews. Star ratings come from Metacritic unless we reviewed the film (noted at the end of the description). Find reviews written by Seven Days critic Margot Harrison at sevendaysvt.com/onscreen-reviews.
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