Kirsten Dunst is exceptional in Alex Garland's emphatically non-partisan vision of a war-torn future America.

An obscenity-filled period comedy pits Olivia Colman against Jessie Buckley as friends-turned-archrivals whose feud stirs up controversy in a sleepy English village.

Plus: "Asphalt City," "Lousy Carter," and the latest Liam Neeson revenge fantasy "In the Land of Saints and Sinners."

Also this week: a trio of Tarantino double features, OMSI's 2024 Sci-Fi Film Fest, and a Middle Earth marathon at the Hollywood Theatre.

Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian star in a stylish neo-noir, plus the feature film debut of writer-director-star Julio Torres of HBO's "Los Espookys."

Plus: "Accidental Texan," "Cabrini," and "Kung Fu Panda 4."

Timothée Chalamet rides a sandworm in the sequel to 2021's "Dune," and a 2022 documentary portrait of Alexei Navalny gets a theatrical release after his death.

Also this week: "Barbarella" remastered in 4K, and documentaries about the rise of Christian nationalism and the history of the Seattle Black Panther Party.

Wim Wenders' latest film, an Oscar-nominated fictional feature set in Tokyo, follows the day-to-day existence of an eccentric toilet cleaner.

Also screening this week: "Lisa Frankenstein," "The Sweet East," and the latest 3D documentary from Wim Wenders.

Also this week: Mads Mikkelsen in "The Promised Land" and the documentaries "Dario Argento Panico" and "In the Dirt."

A fictionalized film adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s best-selling book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" falls short of its ambitions. Plus: where to watch every Oscar-nominated film before the awards show.

This week, director Jonathan Glazer provides a stark reminder of the banality of genocide, and Anthony Hopkins stars as the father of psychoanalysis opposite Matthew Goode's C. S. Lewis.

Also this week: Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan in "Foe," three Heisei-era Gamera films at Cinemagic, and Lakeith Stanfield in "The Book of Clarence."

2024 kicks off with a French farce, a biting satire starring Jeffrey Wright, and a new film by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Three new films from directors Michael Mann, Blitz Bazawule, and George Clooney round out the year with more whimper than bang.

Also this week: the Hollywood Theatre's year-end 70 mm extravaganza, and some joyful holiday favorites including "White Christmas," "Elf," and "Eyes Wide Shut."

From Pasolini to Jackie Chan to Werner Herzog's memoirs, here's a picture-perfect assortment of gift ideas sure to please even the most discerning movie lover.

Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo give superb performances in the new film by Yorogs Lanthimos, plus the latest from Aki Kaurismäki and Portland filmmaker Irene Taylor.

This week at the movies: Bradley Cooper is Leonard Bernstein, Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel comes to the silver screen, plus documentaries, the return of Hayao Miyazaki, and a few holiday favorites.

For 10 years, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett have presented curated selections from lost or discarded VHS tapes to sold-out crowds. They share their latest highlights this weekend at the Hollywood Theatre.

Nicolas Cage plays a biology professor who starts appearing in people's dreams, Barry Keoghan stars in Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature, and Joaquin Phoenix is Napoleon in Ridley Scott's latest historical epic.

Portland-based director Todd Haynes' latest feature is an elusive melodrama with strong performances from Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.

Paul Giamatti stars in Alexander Payne's nostalgic nod to the films of Hal Ashby, and the fate of the universe is at stake again in the MCU's latest installment.

Plus: Annette Bening and Jodie Foster in "Nyad," Jessie Buckley and Jeremy Allen White in "Fingernails," and William Friedkin's posthumous final film, "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial."

Also screening: Steven Soderbergh's "Divinity" and a slew of frightful flicks for the end of October.

Also this week: Errol Morris's "The Pigeon Tunnel," Signe Baumane's "My Love Affair with Marriage," and the Astoria International Film Festival.

A new documentary about Joan Baez offers an intimate view of the singer and counterculture icon toward the end of an astonishing career.

Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick brush up against the rough inhabitants of the Australian outback; Marisa Tomei inspires Peter Dinklage to finish his opera; plus, the world premiere of a documentary about sticker art.

Also opening: Chloe Dumont's debut feature "Fair Play," "Flora and Son," and Gareth Edwards' "Creator."

Also this week: "Radical Wolfe" pays tribute to an iconic New Journalist, and a hungry Hindu demon haunts a group of teens in "It Lives Inside."

"Mutt," the first feature film by director Vuk Lungulov-Klotz, follows a trans man in New York over the course of two days.

With a new 4K restoration, Godard's 1963 indictment of the post-studio era is worth revisiting 60 years later, when Hollywood once again finds itself at a crossroads.

Director Maite Alberdi’s documentary chronicles the plight of a Chilean journalist with Alzheimer's and his caregiving wife.

Also opening: "Aurora's Sunrise," "Bank of Dave," "The Elephant 6 Recording Co.," and "Ignore Heroes - The True Sounds of Liberty."

Plus: "Landscape with Invisible Hand," the films of animator Ishu Patel, and Pietro Marcello's "Scarlet."

Jeff Rutherford's first feature captures the quiet melancholy of a father and son amid the stark landscape of Central Oregon.

Park, known for his roles in the MCU and the sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat," makes his feature directing debut with an amusing if somewhat conventional dramedy.

In the German writer-director's latest film, four characters find themselves together in a vacation house as a forest fire rages nearby.

Christopher Nolan's latest seems unlikely to bomb. Also this week: "Lone Wolf and Cub" and a glimpse of 1970s Portland in the short films of Tim Smith.

This week at the movies: "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1" is a heart-pounding success, Manuela Martelli makes her feature directing debut with "Chile '76", and "The Wicker Man" turns 50.

Plus: Church of Film presents "Visitor to a Museum," and a big shark attacks New Orleans in Tommy Wiseau's "Big Shark."

Also screening: Five films by John Carpenter, the documentary "Every Body," and 35mm prints of "Rear Window" and "Aliens."

The newest dioramic metafiction from Wes Anderson opens alongside free screenings of "THX-1138," "Jaws," and other titles at Portland's Living Room Theaters.

This week's cinematic highlights include the filmmaking debut of playwright Celine Song and the story of a closeted high school gym teacher set against the grim backdrop of Margaret Thatcher's England.

Plus: The Understory Northwest Film Fest presents short films from three PNW directors, Edgar Wright's "Cornetto" trilogy at Cinemagic, and other flicks from "Ghostbusters" to "The Palm Beach Story."

Also this week: Northwest Children's Theater screens family-friendly films at The Judy; plus, "Repo Man," "Time Bandits," "The Doom Generation," and "Wild at Heart."

Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars as a struggling author in Nicole Holofcener's dramedy about a couple's marital crisis.

The latest films from directors Andrea Pallaoro and Emanuele Crialese recast the traditional family melodrama into incisive portrayals of the trans experience.

Also screening this week: 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' Jane Arden's 'The Other Side of Underneath,' a double feature of 'Ator: The Fighting Eagle' and 'Dead Heat,' and all nine 'Fast & Furious' films.

In a busy week focused on European films, indie features and revivals, a probing Romanian movie about globalization and bias tops the bill.

A packed movie week offers a little something for everyone, from nightclub dancers and familial rivalries to psychosexual depravity and revenge porn.

The Portland-filmed fourth collaboration between director Kelly Reichardt and star Michelle Williams is a refreshingly naturalistic portrayal of artistic creation.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon star as Nike's vapid chairman and his savvy assistant in the entertaining origin story of the Air Jordan.

Everyone's favorite tabletop role-playing game returns to the big screen for the first time in over a decade. It may be entertaining enough for the average moviegoer, but can it please the die-hard fans?

This week's cinematic offerings include a Portland-made short film, the true story of an ambitious Ricardian, and a mumblecore horror flick.

A full week of film showings includes documentaries "The First Step," "Atomic Bamboozle," and "Paris Calligrammes"; the baseball comedy "Calvin Marshall"; plus "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Heat."

Mia Hansen-Løve's latest film screens alongside the eighth installment in the Rockyverse. Plus: Billy Wilder classics and films for Women's History Month.

A drug-addled black bear begins its box office rampage this weekend, but a few alternatives exist for those of us who'd prefer a light smack to a smash hit.

Most of this year's Oscar-nominated short films are available for streaming, but starting this weekend you can catch all of them in theaters.

Also screening this week: films for Black History Month, the stoner comedy 'How High,' and the new found-footage horror film 'The Outwaters.'

M. Night Shyamalan's latest high-concept horror flick hits theaters on Friday, and an Oscar nominee finally gets its Portland premiere.

Against all odds, censored Iranian master Jafar Panahi creates another captivating concoction of fact and fiction; Brandon Cronenberg's third feature is a shocking indictment of the rich and powerful; and Bill Nighy sparkles in "Living," but it's no "Ikiru."

Generationally speaking, what we've got here is failure to communicate. And "Everything Everywhere" scores big with the critics circle.

Also showing this week: Portland's 10th EcoFilm Festival, Bollywood's "RRR," and the classic glories of Technicolor.

A pair of movies about women of low and high birth responding to repression; German and Japanese cinema at the Clinton; a flock of revivals: Welcome to 2023.

Marc Mohan picks his best movies of the year. To find out which ones make the list – and which is No. 1 – read on.

In "EO," six donkeys in search of an auteur find the right one; "Babylon" discovers that Hollywood's a den of iniquity.

On beyond "Avatar": a pair of audacious debuts from Filipina and Danish/Iranian directors; big swings in a fat suit; and, yes, those otherworldly special effects.

A stellar adaptation of an "unfilmable" Dom Delillo novel leads a bonanza of big-screen openings, including a gay love story and a documentary on Nan Goldin's war on OxyContin.

On beyond vengeful Santas: "Nanny" and "The Inspection" tell potent human tales, "Chatterley" is a handsome version of the novel, "Fawn" goes ancient Greek on the thriller format.

"Bones and All" revels in the sins of the flesh; Spielberg looks at anti-Semitism in America; Portlander Mark Gustafson co-directs "Pinocchio."

Shades of Fellini: "Bardo" is decadent, indulgent, and well worth the ride; "The Menu" gleefully roasts the rich and clueless.

Without the late Chadwick Boseman, a quintet of fierce females leads the Marvel franchise into vivid new territory.

An intriguing but not-too-dangerous apocalyptic tale, a saga of art behind bars, adventures on Mars, Lawrence returning to her indie roots, and one heaven of a sex scandal.

With "Banshees," the "In Bruges" team creates another winner; "Jane" brings pre-Roe issues to post-Roe times; Oregon-made animation; unflinching "Western Front"; trouble for trailer parks.

Blanchett does a star turn as a tough musical maestro in former Portlander Todd Field's newest film, and Portland trio YACHT gets a documentary.

A CIA-tinged tale of danger and lust; Lebanon's first all-female thrash metal band; a festival of 400-plus films, from Buffalo Soldiers to Storm Large.

A historical comic puzzle in a conundrum in an eccentric Christian Bale; a smart tense mystery; festivals from Lovecraft to the mountains.

A charming gay romantic comedy tops the week; Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline team up smartly again.

Marilyn Monroe and David Bowie get unconventional biopics that are catnip for their fans; five Saturdays of Bogart; "Mighty Victoria" kick-starts Latin American film fest.

A rigorous and revealing three-hour look at what's made the movies the movies; the story of an irascible insider who helped shape a golden cinematic age.

A contemporary riff on Fassbinder, the private life of a classic suspense writer, and a host of good revivals: It's a movie week for looking back.

With "Colors," a rare chance to revisit three highlights of 20th century cinema (and wonder where the magic's gone).

Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton play the genie-in-a-bottle game in George Miller's newest; a documentary reveals a battle between cultures in the Amazon rainforest.

Hopes for revival after a beloved neighborhood movie house burns; a crime movie pays off; small gems to stream from student filmmakers.

A tale of a 32-year-old "teenager"; a dad who goes way, way too far; the Criterion Channel's exquisitely timed look at a chapter in Hollywood's spotty racial history.

A feature documentary on a famous song opens a window on genius and packs an emotional punch.

Jordan Peele's "Nope" is a thrilling summer blockbuster, even if it doesn't quite fit together; why are good bets skipping Portland's indie houses?

A radiant Juliette Binoche adrift in a simplistic story; a fierce and rhythmic and promising debut tale of magical realism; an insane visual spectacle in search of a story.

From a Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas showbiz satire with a dark twist to a toothless take on an Austen-esque romcom.

Baz Luhrmann's latest is myth, not history, but Austin Butler is a knockout as The King. And if you're up for the joke, the gory "Evil" is a hoot.

Emma Thompson, Mark Rylance, Dakota Johnson and some fresh faces shine in a trio of movies for grownups.

From battered up to batter up: A week at the movies that runs from Cronenberg's eviscerations to the 30th anniversary of the women's baseball classic.

Cronenberg's newest in hiding? A trio of tales steps up, including a Calabrian mob story, a look at the life and times of poet Siegfried Sassoon, and a terse little terror.

As theaters gear up for big-budget Summer Movie Season, several intriguing small films slip into town. Plus: some big, loud flicks that AREN'T "Top Gun: Maverick."

Some like it hot, or just out on the edge. Here comes a handful of boundary-pushing flicks. Enter at your own risk.

The timely topics of abortion and suicide get searing attention onscreen. Plus: A demented take on Shakespeare and a King Crab fable.

Two beautifully performed films – one with child actors, one about old age – defy the ordinary in welcome ways. Plus, streaming picks.

A fresh and poignant Iranian road trip, a David Lynch mind trip, an affair in Estonia, witchery on Clinton Street, decadent Berlin and mind games in a rural house.