Late Night with the Devil

In 1977, a special Halloween broadcast of a late-night talk show has gruesome, devastating consequences. A huge reason why this horror movie is fun to watch is how meticulously it…

Going My Way

Father O’Malley (Bing Crosby) arrives at a church in New York City where his unconventional style worries the elder pastor (Barry Fitzgerald). In the 1940s, Leo McCarey focused on message…

Burrowing

The filmmakers behind Falkenberg Farewell (2006) deliver something similar: beautiful imagery and a quiet, slow pace that gives room for one’s own thoughts. Set in a suburban neighborhood on a…

Joker: Folie à Deux

As Arthur Fleck’s (Joaquin Phoenix) murder trial in Gotham City is about to begin, he meets an intriguing female patient (Lady Gaga) in Arkham and strikes up a connection. An…

The Hypnosis

Right before joining her boyfriend and business partner (Herbert Nordrum) for an event where they will pitch a new female health app to investors, Vera (Asta Kamma August) is hypnotized…

Avicii: I’m Tim

A year after the death of the immensely successful DJ Tim ”Avicii” Bergling, journalist and filmmaker Henrik Burman started working on this documentary that ended up sharing themes with another…

Challengers

A Luca Guadagnino drama about romantic relationships is always worthy of attention. This one is a love triangle between three young tennis talents that plays out over several years as…

Super/Man: Broken but Not Defeated

Christopher Reeve. Photo: CNN Films While preparing for a TV movie called Above Suspicion in 1995, Christopher Reeve did some research. He was cast as a police officer who had…

G: 21 Scenes from Gottsunda

Director Loran Batti’s documentary is a return to the place where he grew up, and an attempt to capture its people and problems. Suburban Gottsunda is tormented by its gangs,…

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

36 years after the events in Beetlejuice (1988), Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) tries to reconnect with her teenage daughter (Jenna Ortega); when the latter finds herself in danger, Lydia will…