Andrew Garfield in We Live in Time Credit: Courtesy of Peter Mountain/A24

new in theaters

CONCLAVE: A conspiracy interferes with the selection of a new pope in this thriller starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, directed by Edward Berger. (120 min, PG. Majestic)

DAYTIME REVOLUTION: Erik Nelson’s documentary revisits what happened when John Lennon and Yoko Ono hosted “The Mike Douglas Show” for a week in 1972. (108 min, NR. Catamount)

MEMOIR OF A SNAIL: This adult stop-motion animation, written and directed by Adam Elliot, follows the life of a lonely Australian woman. With the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana and Sarah Snook. (94 min, R. Roxy)

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE: Will a new superhero film rescue the fall box office? Tom Hardy returns as the Marvel Comics character in a complicated relationship with an alien symbiote. Kelly Marcel directed. (109 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Sunset)

WE LIVE IN TIME: John Crowley (Brooklyn) directed this romance starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, with the nonlinear action spanning decades. (107 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Savoy, Star)

currently playing

THE APPRENTICE ★★★ Sebastian Stan plays the young Donald Trump in this biopic about his real estate dealings; Maria Bakalova is Ivana. Ali Abbasi (Border) directed. (120 min, R. Roxy)

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE ★★★1/2 A grown-up Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) must save her daughter in this Tim Burton fantasy sequel, partially shot in Vermont. (104 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Sunset; reviewed 9/11)

A DIFFERENT MAN ★★★★ An aspiring actor (Sebastian Stan) regrets his drastic plastic surgery and fixates on his old face in this Golden Berlin Bear nominee from director Aaron Schimberg. (112 min, R. Savoy)

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX ★★★ Gotham City’s notorious institutionalized spree killer (Joaquin Phoenix) finds love (Lady Gaga) in Todd Phillips’ comic-book-adjacent musical sequel. (138 min, R. Playhouse, Stowe, Sunset; reviewed 10/9)

THE OUTRUN ★★★1/2 Saoirse Ronan plays a woman who returns to her Orkney Island birthplace to confront her past in this festival fave drama from Nora Fingscheidt. (188 min, R. Savoy)

PIECE BY PIECE ★★★ Lego animation tells the story of Pharrell Williams, who stars in the musical biopic with director Morgan Neville, Kendrick Lamar and Gwen Stefani. (93 min, PG. Majestic)

RUMOURS ★★★1/2 Canadian experimentalist Guy Maddin codirected this dark comedy about a G7 summit turned weird. Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander and Charles Dance play world leaders. (103 min, R. Savoy)

SATURDAY NIGHT ★★★1/2 Jason Reitman’s comedy-drama chronicles the 90 minutes before the 1975 premiere of “Saturday Night Live.” Gabriel LaBelle and Rachel Sennott star. (109 min, R. Big Picture, Essex, Majestic, Roxy; reviewed 10/16)

SMILE 2 ★★★1/2 In the sequel to the horror hit, a pop star (Naomi Scott) is stalked by … a cheery expression? With Kyle Gallner and Drew Barrymore; Parker Finn again directed. (127 min, R. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Sunset, Welden)

THE SUBSTANCE ★★★★1/2 Coralie Fargeat (Revenge) wrote and directed this horror drama about a celebrity (Demi Moore) seeking the fountain of youth, also starring Margaret Qualley. (140 min, R. Roxy; reviewed 9/25)

TERRIFIER 3 ★★★ Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) gets his own holiday movie in the third installment of this cult gore-fest. “Unrated” means don’t bring kids. Damien Leone directed. (125 min, NR. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset)

WHITE BIRD ★★1/2 A boy learns life lessons from his grandmother’s story of escaping Nazi-occupied France in this family drama. (120 min, PG-13. Big Picture)

THE WILD ROBOT ★★★★1/2 A shipwrecked robot becomes caretaker to an orphaned gosling in this animated family adventure from Chris Sanders, with the voices of Lupita Nyong’o and Pedro Pascal. (101 min, PG. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Playhouse, Star, Stowe, Welden)

older films and special screenings

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (Catamount, Wed 23 only)

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (Sunset)

FAMILY MATTERS: FOUR VERMONT SHORT FILMS (Savoy, Sun only)

HOCUS POCUS (Bijou, Majestic, Sunset, Welden)

KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (Essex, Sat-Wed 30 only)

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Sunset)

RICK WINSTON PRESENTS HAUNTED FILMS: MOVIES ABOUT GHOSTS AND THE SUPERNATURAL (Savoy, Mon only)

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Roxy)

SAW UNRATED: 20TH ANNIVERSARY (Essex, Wed 23 only)

open theaters

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

This article appears in The Tech Issue 2024.

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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...