Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Queer Credit: Courtesy of Yannis Drakoulidis/A24

new in theaters

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT: 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 and starring Kani Kusruti and Divya Prabha. (118 min, NR. Catamount, Savoy)

DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA: Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. star in this sequel to the 2018 heist film, set in Europe and directed by Christian Gudegast. (144 min, R. Essex, Majestic)

THE LAST SHOWGIRL: 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. 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. Playhouse)

currently playing

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. Essex, Majestic, Savoy)

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)

THE FIRE INSIDE ★★★★ Ryan Destiny plays boxer Clarissa “T-Rex” Shields, whose Olympic dreams took her far from Flint, Mich., in the feature debut from Rachel Morrison. (109 min, PG-13. Capitol)

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. Savoy; reviewed 12/11)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM: In this animated fantasy set nearly 200 years before Peter Jackson’s trilogy, the king of Rohan (voice of Brian Cox) must defend his land. Kenji Kamiyama directed. (134 min, PG-13. Welden)

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, City Cinema, 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, City Cinema, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Star, Welden)

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, Paramount, Savoy, Star, Stowe, Welden; reviewed 1/8)

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, Essex, Majestic, Paramount, Star, Stowe, 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. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic; reviewed 11/27)

older films and special screenings

AMERICAN GRAFFITI (Catamount, Wed 8 only)

THE FARM BOY (Playhouse, Sun & Mon only)

open theaters

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

This article appears in Jan 8-14, 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...