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Lily-Rose Depp in Nosferatu Credit: Courtesy of Aidan Monaghan | Focus Features

BRAVE THE DARK: A teacher takes in a homeless teen in this drama from Angel Studios, directed by Damian Harris and starring Jared Harris and Nicholas Hamilton. (112 min, PG-13. Essex)

THE BRUTALIST: Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Drama, Brady Corbet’s period piece examines the relationship of a refugee architect (Adrien Brody) and his wealthy client. With Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. (214 min, R. Majestic, Savoy)

FAR OUT: LIFE ON & AFTER THE COMMUNE ★★★★ Charles Light’s documentary traces the 50-year history of linked communes in Vermont and western Massachusetts. (85 min, NR. Essex; reviewed 1/15)

FLIGHT RISK: A U.S. marshal (Michelle Dockery) tries to protect a witness during a flight over the Alaskan wilderness in this action thriller directed by Mel Gibson, also starring Mark Wahlberg. (91 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Star)

HARD TRUTHS: Marianne Jean-Baptiste has won a slew of awards for her performance as a depressed Londoner in a battle of wills with her cheerier sister in this drama from Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies). (97 min, R. Savoy)

PRESENCE: Steven Soderbergh directed this horror film about a family who sense something off in their new suburban home. With Lucy Liu and Julia Fox. (85 min, R. Essex, Majestic)

currently playing

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT ★★★★1/2 Two working women sharing an apartment grapple with the problems of traditional and rule-breaking romance in this acclaimed Indian film directed by Payal Kapadia. (118 min, NR. Catamount, Savoy [ends Thu 23 at both])

BABYGIRL ★★★★ A CEO (Nicole Kidman) embarks on a risky affair with an intern (Harris Dickinson) in this erotic thriller from Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies). (114 min, R. Majestic, Stowe)

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN ★★★ Timothée Chalamet plays the young Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s biopic, also starring Monica Barbaro and Elle Fanning. (141 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, City Cinema, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Playhouse, Star, Stowe, Welden)

FLOW ★★★★★ This Latvian animation follows the fate of a cat who must team up with other animals to survive a natural disaster. Gints Zilbalodis directed. (84 min, PG. Majestic; reviewed 12/11)

THE LAST SHOWGIRL ★★★1/2 Pamela Anderson scored a Golden Globe nomination for her turn as a performer facing the end of her long-running Vegas act in this drama from Gia Coppola. (89 min, R. Capitol, Playhouse)

MOANA 2 ★★★ The islander heroine (voice of Auli’i Cravalho) must sail unknown seas to break a curse in the sequel to the animated Disney hit. (100 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic)

MUFASA: THE LION KING ★★★ Disney’s follow-up to its 2019 “live-action” version of The Lion King explores the backstory of Simba’s dad, voiced by Aaron Pierre. Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) directed. (120 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Star)

NOSFERATU ★★★★★ Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse) offers his take on one of the foundational cinematic vampire tales, starring Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult and Bill Skarsgård. (133 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Star, Stowe, Welden; reviewed 1/8)

ONE OF THEM DAYS ★★★1/2 Two roommates race to scare up rent money and avoid eviction in this comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA, directed by Lawrence Lamont. (119 min, R. Essex, Majestic)

QUEER ★★★★ Daniel Craig plays a lonely American in midcentury Mexico City in this romantic drama based on a William S. Burroughs novella and directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name). (136 min, R. Catamount)

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR ★★★1/2 In Pedro Almodóvar’s acclaimed first English-language feature, Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton play friends who meet after a long separation — and one wants something from the other. (107 min, PG-13. Savoy)

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 ★★★ Keanu Reeves voices a shadowy new enemy in another animated action-adventure based on the video game series. Jeff Fowler directed. (110 min, PG. Bijou, City Cinema, Majestic, Star, Welden)

WICKED ★★★1/2 Gregory Maguire’s subversive take on The Wizard of Oz becomes a musical becomes a movie starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Jon M. Chu directed. (160 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic; reviewed 11/27)

WOLF MAN ★★1/2 The modern Universal Monsters franchise returns with a new take on the 1941 werewolf classic involving a family in an isolated farmhouse. Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man) directed; Julia Garner and Christopher Abbott star. (103 min, R. Bijou, City Cinema, Essex, Majestic, Paramount)

older films and special screenings

THE FARM BOY (Essex, Sat only)

FIGHT CLUB (Catamount, Wed 22 only)

METROPOLITAN OPERA: AIDA (Essex, Sat only)

REMEMBER WINTER (Savoy, Wed 29 only)

open theaters

(* = upcoming schedule for theater was not available at press time)

This article appears in Jan 22-28, 2025.

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Margot Harrison is a consulting editor and film critic at Seven Days. Her film reviews appear every week in the paper and online. In 2024, she won the Jim Ridley Award for arts criticism from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. Her book reviews...