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Movie+TV Reviews
‘Marty Supreme’ Is a Hectic Underdog Saga With Satirical Bite
Timothée Chalamet is winning awards for his performance as a midcentury New Yorker who will beg, borrow and steal to become a table-tennis champion.
Now Playing in Theaters, January 7-13
In addition to ‘Greenland 2: Migration,’ here’s what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters.
The Year in Film: Theaters, Streaming and the Rise of FOMO Viewing
Seeing original movies in theaters keeps getting harder, but Vermont’s festivals and art houses expand the options. Here are some of our favorite 2025 films
‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ Is a Holiday Romp With Something to Say
The third comic whodunit from writer-director Rian Johnson might be the best one yet, with a star-making performance from Josh O’Connor as a lovable priest.
‘Hamnet’ Is the Rare Tearjerker That Trusts and Elevates Its Audience
Six Golden Globe nominations went to Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel that imagines a link between ‘Hamlet’ and personal tragedy.
Home Is Where the Art Is in Joachim Trier’s Powerful ‘Sentimental Value’
The director’s new drama about two sisters and their filmmaker dad grappling with their family legacy won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Women Behaving Badly Command the Screen in ‘Hedda’ and ‘After the Hunt’
Two new streaming films offer twisted psychological games, barbed dinner-party conversations, bravura female performances and costume design to die for.
Tech Bro Arrogance Is the Monster in Guillermo del Toro’s Gloriously Gothic ‘Frankenstein’
The director’s lifelong passion project is a loose adaptation that still captures the atmosphere and spirit of Mary Shelley’s novel — up to a point.
Pastoral Motherhood Isn’t So Pretty in Polarizing Drama ‘Die My Love’
Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson play a couple on the verge of violent dissolution in the latest dark character study from Lynne Ramsay.
The Dark Satire of ‘Bugonia’ Feels All Too Timely
A conspiracy theorist abducts a pharmaceutical exec, convinced he’s saving the planet, in this remake of a Korean film from director Yorgos Lanthimos.
It’s the End of the World as We Know It in Chilling ‘A House of Dynamite’
Director Kathryn Bigelow explores the scenario of a surprise nuclear attack on the U.S. in a controversial cautionary tale that plays like a thriller.
Burlington Native’s Directorial Debut, ‘Fucktoys,’ Offers Campy Delights
Visual virtuosity and timely themes give heft to this deliberate provocation from director-writer-star Annapurna Sriram, screening at VTIFF.
‘Roofman’ Drags in Its Retelling of an Enticing True Story
Channing Tatum plays a sweet-tempered escaped felon who finds love while lying low in a Toys “R” Us in this comedy-drama from director Derek Cianfrance.
The Reveals Aren’t the Point in the Painterly ‘Anemone’
Daniel Day-Lewis gives a powerful performance in a chamber drama directed by his son Ronan that is stronger on visuals and symbolism than on story.
