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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. Capitol, Roxy)

LOOK BACK: Two very different girls bond over drawing manga in this animated adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s work. With the voices of Yumi Kawai and Mizuki Yoshida. Kiyotaka Oshiyama directed. (58 min, NR. Playhouse, Roxy)

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)

SATURDAY NIGHT: Jason Reitman’s comedy-drama chronicles the 90 minutes before the 1975 premiere of “Saturday Night Live.” Gabriel LaBelle and Rachel Sennott play Lorne Michaels and Rosie Schuster. (109 min, R. Capitol, Majestic, Roxy)

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. Majestic, Sunset)

currently playing

AM I RACIST? Matt Walsh goes undercover to discredit diversity, equity and inclusion experts in this comic documentary. Justin Folk directed. (101 min, PG-13. Bijou)

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, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden; reviewed 9/11)

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE: Two superheroes team up in the latest Marvel flick, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. (127 min, R. Majestic, Sunset)

A DIFFERENT MAN ★★★★ A 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. Roxy, Savoy)

JOKER: FOLIE A 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. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden; reviewed 10/9)

LEE ★★★ Kate Winslet plays fashion model and Man Ray protégée turned World War II correspondent Lee Miller in this biopic directed by Ellen Kuras. (116 min, R. Catamount)

MEGALOPOLIS ★★★ “New Rome” is the setting for Francis Ford Coppola’s science fiction epic about the clash between an idealistic architect (Adam Driver) and the mayor (Giancarlo Esposito). (138 min, R. Big Picture, Essex)

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. Roxy, Savoy)

REAGAN ★ Dennis Quaid plays the actor turned president in this biopic. Penelope Ann Miller is Nancy; Sean McNamara directed. (135 min, PG-13. Star)

SPEAK NO EVIL ★★★1/2 A family’s weekend stay with new friends doesn’t go well in this psychological thriller directed by James Watkins. James McAvoy and Mackenzie Davis star. (110 min, R. Sunset)

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)

TRANSFORMERS ONE ★★★ This animated adventure tells the origin story of how Optimus Prime and Megatron became enemies. With the voices of Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry. (104 min, PG. Essex, Majestic)

WHITE BIRD ★★1/2 A boy learns life lessons from his grandmother’s story of escaping Nazi-occupied France in this family drama directed by Marc Forster, starring Ariella Glaser, Armando Schwerdt and Helen Mirren. (120 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic)

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, Marquis, Paramount, Playhouse, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

older films and special screenings

THE CREMATOR (Catamount, Wed 9 only)

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Majestic)

SAVING FACE (Savoy, Fri only)

TERRIFIER 2 (Sunset)

TRAP (Sunset)

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

This article appears in Oct 9-15, 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...