Crawlers Credit: Courtesy of Roadside Attractions

new in theaters

BREEDER: A poodle breeder has sinister designs on a broke young man in Alex Goyette’s horror comedy, starring Daniel Doheny and Dot-Marie Jones. (98 min, R. Partizanfilm)

CHRISTMAS AT THE KRINGLES: A family wonders why their sinister new neighbors celebrate the holiday year-round in this horror comedy from Kevin Lewis, starring Ron Livingston and Rachel Bilson. (98 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Paramount)

FJORD: In the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or winner, Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan play a conservative Romanian-Norwegian couple who are accused of mistreating their kids. Cristian Mungiu (Beyond the Hills) directed. (146 min, R. Savoy)

THE MONGOOSE: Liam Neeson plays an unjustly accused war hero who leads cops on a cross-country high-speed chase in Mark Vanselow’s action flick, with Marisa Tomei. (98 min, R. Essex, Majestic)

THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK: John Turturro plays a veteran thief on a mission to retrieve a stolen object in Noah Segan’s crime drama, also starring Giancarlo Esposito. (88 min, R. Majestic, Partizanfilm)

currently playing

CLAYFACE★★★ A Hollywood actor (Tom Rhys Harries) becomes the subject of a disturbing experiment in this DC Comics horror thriller. (108 min, R. Bijou, City Cinema, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

CRAWLERS: Spiders terrorize an apartment complex in Ángel Gómez Hernández’s horror flick, starring Matilda Lutz. (81 min, R. Sunset)

FORGOTTEN ISLAND★★★1/2 Two friends get trapped in a world that steals their memories in this DreamWorks animation. (109 min, PG. Majestic)

HEART OF THE BEAST★★★1/2 A Special Forces officer (Brad Pitt) and his dog must survive in the Alaskan wilderness in David Ayer’s adventure drama. (101 min, PG-13. Majestic)

LATE FAME★★★★ An obscure, working-class poet (Willem Dafoe) finds himself unexpectedly celebrated by a group of hipsters in Kent Jones’ comedy-drama. (96 min, NR. Catamount)

OTHER MOMMY★★ An 8-year-old (Arabella Olivia Clark) has a nice mom and a monstrous one (both Jessica Chastain) in this adaptation of Josh Malerman’s supernatural horror novel. (93 min, R. Majestic, Sunset)

PRACTICAL MAGIC 2★★★ Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock reprise their roles as sister witches in Susanne Bier’s legacy sequel. (110 min, PG-13. Capitol; reviewed 9/16)

RESIDENT EVIL★★★★ Cowriter-director Zach Cregger offers his cinematic take on the zombie horror game franchise. (90 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Sunset; reviewed 9/23)

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY★★★1/2 Two sisters must seek husbands in director Georgia Oakley’s new take on the Jane Austen classic. (131 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Star, Stowe, Welden)

STREET FIGHTER★★ Two estranged fighters reunite for a dangerous tournament in this martial-arts action flick based on the video games. (119 min, PG-13. Bijou, Majestic, Stowe, Welden)

VERITY★★1/2 An author (Dakota Johnson) uncovers sinister doings in Michael Showalter’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s thriller. (114 min, R. Big Picture, Essex, Majestic)

WHALEFALL★★★When a grieving diver (Austin Abrams) is swallowed by a whale, he has just one hour to escape in this survival thriller. (106 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex)

WICKER★★★1/2 In a small village, a lonely fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) gets herself a very special husband (Alexander Skårsgard) in this fantastical comedy from Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson. (105 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic)

WILDWOOD★★★★1/2 In acclaimed studio Laika’s new fantasy animation, a young girl (voice of Peyton Elizabeth Lee) seeks her missing brother in the wilderness. Travis Knight directed. (132 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, City Cinema, Essex, Majestic, Playhouse, Star)

YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING★★★★★ Maverick filmmaker Nathan Fielder interviews convicted tech fraudster Elizabeth Holmes on her way to prison in this documentary, codirected with Lance Oppenheim. (174 min, R. Capitol, City Cinema, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Partizanfilm, Savoy, Star; reviewed 10/28)

older films and special screenings

E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (Sunset)

GHOSTWATCH (VTIFF, Sat only)

THE GOONIES (Sunset)

THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (VTIFF, Fri only)

THE LOST BOYS (Sunset)

MOCK TRIAL (Playhouse, Thu only)

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (Catamount, Fri only)

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (Sunset)

ROADS TO OLYMPIA (VTIFF, Sun only)

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Majestic)

V FOR VENDETTA 20TH ANNIVERSARY (Essex, Sun only)

WILD AT HEART — UNRATED (Essex, starts Fri)

open theaters

(* = upcoming schedule for theater could not be confirmed at press time)

  • *BIG PICTURE THEATER: 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994, bigpicturetheater.info. Closed through April 29.
  • *BIJOU CINEPLEX 4: 107 Portland St., Morrisville, 888-3293, bijou4.com
  • CAPITOL THEATER: 93 State St., Montpelier, 229-0343, fgbtheaters.com
  • CATAMOUNT ARTS: 115 Eastern Ave., St. Johnsbury, 748-2600, catamountarts.org
  • CITY CINEMA: 137 Waterfront Plaza, Newport, 334-2610, citycinemanewport.com
  • ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER: 21 Essex Way, Suite 300, Essex, 879-6543, essexcinemas.com
  • MAJESTIC 10: 190 Boxwood St., Williston, 878-2010, majestic10.com
  • MARQUIS THEATER: 65 Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com.
  • PARAMOUNT TWIN CINEMA: 241 N. Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com
  • PARTIZANFILM: 230 College St., Unit 13, Burlington, 276-4588, partizanfilm.org. Reopens October 30.
  • PLAYHOUSE MOVIE THEATRE: 11 S. Main St., Randolph, 728-4012, playhouseflicks.com
  • SAVOY THEATER: 26 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0598, savoytheater.com
  • THE SCREENING ROOM @ VTIFF: 60 Lake St., Ste. 1C, Burlington, 660-2600, vtiff.org
  • STAR THEATRE: 17 Eastern Ave., St. Johnsbury, 748-9511, stjaytheatre.com
  • *STOWE CINEMA 3PLEX: 454 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678, stowecinema.com
  • SUNSET DRIVE-IN: 155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 862-1800, sunsetdrivein.com
  • *WELDEN THEATRE: 104 N. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888, weldentheatre.com

This article appears in October 28 • 2026.

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 have also appeared in the New York Times. She is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, with reviews on the Tomatometer, and the author of five novels, including YA thrillers Only She Came Back and We Made It All Up.