A fresh crop of films
Calendar falls into place with ‘Blonde,’ ‘Wakanda Forever’ among anticipated releases
Dates are theatrical release unless otherwise noted.
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‘Barbarian’ (20th Century Studios): A young woman (Georgina Campbell) arrives at her Detroit Airbnb only to find the house double booked and a mysterious man staying there.
‘Pinocchio’ (Disney+): Robert Zemeckis’ film features Tom Hanks voicing Geppetto.
‘The Woman King’ (Sony Pictures):
In Gina Prince-bythewood’s epic, Viola Davis stars as the general of the Agojie, an all-female warrior army who protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the 19th century.
‘Blonde’ (Netflix): Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 novel stars Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe.
‘Moonage Daydream’ (Neon): Documentary filmmaker Brett Morgen explores the life and music of David Bowie.
‘God’s Country’ (IFC Films): Thandiwe Newton stars in a thriller about a grieving college professor’s escalating feud with hunters in rural, mountainous terrain.
‘Pearl’ (A24): Ti West’s sequel to “X” picks up the back story of that film’s aged antagonist (Mia Goth).
‘See How They Run’ (Searchlight): A whodunit set in 1950s London, with Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody and David Oyelowo.
‘The Silent Twins’ (Focus): Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance star as twins from the only Black family in a small town in Wales who are sent to a psychiatric hospital.
‘A Jazzman’s Blues’ (Netflix):
A love story set against a backdrop of racism and music in the Deep South, written and directed by Tyler Perry.
SEPT. 23
‘Don’t Worry Darling’ (Warner Bros.): Olivia
Wilde directs this psychological thriller about a couple (Florence Pugh, Harry Styles) living in a strange, closed-off Palm Springs community.
‘Catherine Called Birdy’ (Amazon): Lena Dunham directs this adaptation of Karen Cushman’s 1994 novel, about a 14-year-old girl (Bella Ramsey) whose lord father (Andrew Scott) is preparing to marry her off for money.
‘Sidney’ (in theaters and on Apple TV+): A documentary about the late Sidney Poitier, produced by Oprah Winfrey.
SEPT. 30
‘Bros’ (Universal): Billy Eichner stars and co-writes the first gay rom-com from a major studio.
‘Hocus Pocus 2’ (Disney+): Twenty-nine years after the original, the Sanderson Sisters (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy) are inadvertently resurrected.
‘Smile’ (Paramount): In Parker Finn’s directorial debut, a doctor’s mind begins to turn on her after a patient’s death.
‘God’s Creatures’ (A24):
Emily Watson stars as a mother torn between covering for her son (Paul Mescal) and turning him in after an allegation of sexual abuse is made against him.
OCT. 7
‘Tar’ (Focus Features): Todd Field directs Cate Blanchett as a renowned composer named Lydia Tar.
‘Lyle, Lyle Crocodile’ (Sony Pictures): A live-action adaptation of the children’s book, with a CGI crocodile.
‘Amsterdam’ (20th Century Studios):
David O. Russell’s latest centers on a 1930s murder mystery with an ensemble featuring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington.
‘Triangle of Sadness’ (Neon): A variety of characters gather together on a luxury cruise ship that ends in a disaster that erases class distinctions. ‘The Redeem Team’ (Netflix): Documentary follows the U.S. men’s basketball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
OCT. 14
‘Halloween Ends’ (Universal, in theaters and on Peacock): The 13th installment in the “Halloween” franchise, starring Jamie Lee Curtis.
‘Till’ (MGM): Chinonye Chukwu’s drama follows Mamie Till-mobley’s pursuit of justice after the 1955 lynching of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Louis Till.
‘White Bird: A Wonder Story’ (Lionsgate): A spinoff of 2017’s “Wonder,” based on the 2019 graphic novel by R.J. Palacio.
‘Decision to Leave’ (Mubi): Director Park Chan-wook’s latest is a knotty noir thriller juggling a love story and a murder investigation.
‘Piggy’ (Magnet Releasing; in theaters and video on demand): A Spanish thriller about a bullied young girl who discovers that a kidnapper is abducting her tormentors.
OCT. 21
‘Black Adam’ (Warner Bros.): Dwayne Johnson stars as the D.C. Comics superhero.
‘Ticket to Paradise’ (Universal Pictures): Julia Roberts and George Clooney play divorced parents who travel to Bali to sabotage their daughter’s wedding plans.
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ (Searchlight Pictures): Martin Mcdonagh reteams the stars of his “In Bruges,” Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, as longtime friends in rural Ireland who fall out.
‘My Policeman’ (Amazon): Harry Styles stars as a gay policeman in 1950s England who falls in love with a museum curator (David Dawson) after marrying a schoolteacher (Emma Corrin).
‘Wendell & Wild’ (Netflix): Henry Selick returns with a new spooky stop-motion animated film co-written with Jordan Peele. The title characters, a pair of demon brothers, are voiced by Peele and Keegan-michael Key.
‘Descendant’ (Netflix): Margaret Brown’s documentary chronicles the discovery of the last-known slave ship to arrive on American shores, the Clotilda, and its effect on its descendants in Mobile, Alabama.
‘Raymond and Ray’ (Apple TV+): Ethan Hawke and Ewan Mcgregor play half-brothers reunited by their father’s funeral.
‘Aftersun’ (A24): Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells’ directorial debut stars newcomer Frankie Corio and Paul Mescal on a father-daughter vacation in Turkey.
‘The School for Good and Evil’ (Netflix, Oct. 19): Paul Feig directs this fantasy based on Soman Chainani’s 2013 novel.
‘The Good Nurse’ (Netflix, Oct. 19): Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain star in this based-on-a-true-story thriller about a serial-killer nurse.
OCT. 28
‘Prey for the Devil’ (Lionsgate): A supernatural thriller with exorcisms, nuns and a battle for a young girl’s soul.
‘Armageddon Time’ (Focus): Filmmaker James Gray’s latest draws from his upbringing in 1980s Queens. With Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong.
‘Call Jane’ (Roadside Attractions): Phyllis Nagy directs this drama about a 1960s housewife (Elizabeth Banks) who joins the Jane Collective, an underground women’s rights movement that helped women obtain abortions when they were illegal.
‘Holy Spider’ (Utopia): In
Ali Abbasi’s based-on-atrue-story Iranian serial-killer thriller, a female journalist (Zar Amir-ebrahimi) trails a man targeting sex workers.
NOV. 4
‘Enola Holmes 2’ (Netflix): Millie Bobby Brown returns as the teenage sister to Sherlock Holmes in this sequel.
‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ (Netflix):
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s first feature since “The Revenant” stars Daniel Gimenez Cacho as a Mexican journalist.
‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ (Roku):
Daniel Radcliffe stars as “Weird Al” Yankovic in this comic biopic, co-written by Yankovic.
‘Good Night Oppy’ (Amazon): A documentary about the Mars rovers.
NOV. 11
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ (Disney): A sequel to the 2018 Marvel movie that carries on the story of Wakanda after the death of star Chadwick Boseman.
‘The Fabelmans’ (Universal): Said to be one of Steven Spielberg’s most personal films, this coming-of-age drama is a semi-autobiographical tale about growing in post-wwii Arizona and discovering cinema.
‘The Son’ (Sony Pictures Classics): Florian Zeller’s follow-up to 2020’s “The Father” is about a 17-year-old (Zen Mcgrath) who moves in with his divorced dad (Hugh Jackman).
NOV. 18
‘She Said’ (Universal): Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the New York Times journalists whose reporting helped expose Harvey Weinstein.
‘The Inspection’ (A24):
A young gay marine (Jeremy Pope) endures violent hazing during boot camp in Elegance Bratton’s drama,
inspired by the director’s own experience.
‘Slumberland’ (Netflix): Jason Momoa leads Francis Lawrence’s sci-fi action adventure, adapted from the comic strip “Little Nemo in Slumberland.”
‘The Menu’ (Searchlight Pictures):
Anya Taylor-joy and Nicholas Hoult play a couple who travel to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant presided over by a chef (Ralph Fiennes) where more than food is on the menu.
‘In Her Hands’ (in theaters and Netflix Nov. 16):
A documentary, executive produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, about Zarifa Ghafari, who at age 26 became one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors.
NOV. 23 ‘Bones and All’ (MGM):
Director Luca Guadagnino reunites with “Call Me By Your Name” star Timothee Chalamet in this romantic horror film about cannibal lovers (Taylor Russell, Chalamet) on a 1980s road trip.
‘Devotion’ (Sony Pictures):
Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell star as celebrated wingmen flying for the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
‘White Noise’ (Netflix Nov. 25):
Noah Baumbach’s adapts Don Delillo’s classic 1985 novel, with Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.
‘Strange World’ (Disney):
A Walt Disney Animation Studios original and ode to science fiction about a family of space explorers.
‘Nanny’ (Amazon): Anna Diop stars a recently emigrated Senegalese woman who, while caring for the daughter of wealthy New York couple, is haunted by the son she left behind in Africa.