Buffalo Movies: Movies opening in Buffalo this weekend and where to see them around WNY

(Above: Tom Waits in Father Mother Sister Brother (2025). © Frederick Elmes)

By M. Faust

OPENING THIS WEEK: 

CRONOS (R) Re-release of Guillermo del Toro’s 1992 feature debut, about an ancient device that can provide eternal life. Starring Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, and Claudio Brook. North Park 

FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (R) Returning to the anthology format that has served him well in the past (Mystery Train, Night on Earth, Coffee and Cigarettes), Jim Jarmusch offers three stories of difficult reunions between adult children and their parents. Starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, and Vicky Krieps. Regal Quaker

GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION (PG-13) Gerard Butler and family emerge from their underground bunker to see what is left of the world after a comet strike. With Morena Baccarin, Amber Rose Revah, and Roman Griffin Davis. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Angel has Fallen). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

I WAS A STRANGER (PG-13) Five interwoven stories about people escaping from battle-scarred Syria into an uncertain future. Starring Yasmine Al Massri, Yahya Mahayni, Ziad Bakri, Omar Sy, Jason Beghe and Constantine Markoulakis. Directed by Brandt Andersen. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

IS THIS THING ON? (R) Will Arnett and Laura Dern as a couple contemplating divorce in a drama written by Arnett and directed by Bradley Cooper (Maestro). Read M. Faust’s review here. Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

LABYRINTH (PG) 40th anniversary re-release of Jim Henson’s live action fantasy, co-written by medievalist Monty Python Terry Jones. Starring Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie and Toby Froud. Regal Quaker, Regal Elmwood, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

PARASAKTHI (NR) Tamil-language historical drama set against the 1965 Anti-Hindi Imposition agitations in Tamil Nadu. Starring Sivakarthikeyan, Ravi Mohan, Atharvaa and Sreeleela. Directed by Sudha Kongara. Regal Elmwood 

PRIMATE (R) Young women on vacation in Hawaii are attacked by an enraged chimpanzee. Starring Johnny Sequoyah, Troy Kotsur and Gia Hunter. Directed by Johannes Roberts (The Strangers: Prey at Night). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THE RAJASAAB (NR) A young man’s search for his grandfather leads him to a haunted mansion in this Telugu-language horror comedy. Starring Prabhas, Sanjay Dutt, and Boman Irani. Directed by Maruthi. Regal Elmwood, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

SUPERMAN – THE MOVIE (1978) (PG) Christopher Reeve’s debut as the all-American immigrant superhero. With Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Terence Stamp, and Susannah York. Directed by Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon). North Park 

NOW PLAYING: 

ANACONDA (PG-13) Paul Rudd and Jack Black as aspiring filmmakers (from Buffalo!) who go to the South American jungle to remake their favorite bad 1990s horror movie. With Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, and Ice Cube. Directed by Tom Gormican (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (PG-13) Number three of five. With Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Winslet, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Oona Chaplin and David Thewlis. Directed by James Cameron, the pride of Chippawa, Ontario. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw (closed Monday)

THE DUTCHMAN (R) If you missed it at the Buffalo International Film Festival in October, here’s another chance to see our own Stephen McKinley Henderson in this adaptation of Amiri Baraka’s award winning 1963 play about a black businessman experiencing a dark night of the soul in Manhattan. Starring André Holland and Kate Mara. Directed by Andre Gaines. Regal Quaker

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2 (PG-13) Video-game based horror sequel. Starring Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard, and Wayne Knight. Directed by Emma Tammi. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THE HOUSEMAID (R) A troubled woman tries to clean up her life by taking a job as a housemaid for a wealthy family. Trouble, of course, ensues. Starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, and Elizabeth Perkins. Directed by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw (closed Monday)

MARTY SUPREME (R) Timothée Chalamet as a character loosely based on 1950’s ping pong hustler Marty Reisman. With Odessa A’zion, Larry ‘Ratso’ Sloman, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Directed by Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems). Read M. Faust’s review here. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THE PLAGUE (R) Drama with allegorical overtones about a young boy trying to fit in at a summer water polo camp. Starring Joel Edgerton, Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin, and Kenny Rasmussen. Directed by Charlie Polinger. Regal Quaker 

SONG SUNG BLUE (PG-13) True story of a Milwaukee couple of the 1990s who found local success performing Neil Diamond songs. Starring High Jackman, Kate Hudson, Ella Anderson, Michael Imperioli, Fisher Stevens and Jim Belushi. Directed by Craig Brewer (Dolemite is My Name). Read M. Faust’s review here. AMC Maple Ridge, Angola, Aurora, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw (closed Monday)

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS (PG) Number four of who knows how many. With the voices of Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Regina Hall, and Mark Hamill. Directed by Derek Drymon. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Joylan, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

WE BURY THE DEAD (R) A military disaster results in the formation of a tribe of soldier zombies. Starring Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites and Mark Coles Smith. Directed by Zak Hilditch (Rattlesnake). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

WICKED: FOR GOOD (PG) Sequel. Actually, more of the same film, they just broke it up into two parts to get you to spend twice as much to see it. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

ZOOTOPIA 2 (PG) Ten years is a long time in coming for a sequel to a children’s film, but here it is anyway. With the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira, Idris Elba, Ke Huy Quan, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson, and Danny Trejo. Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

ETC:

ALIENS (R, 1986)—James Cameron’s bombastic sequel to Ridley Scott’s original Alien. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton. Fri 7 pm. Screening Room

BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY (1927)—A masterpiece of film history, using editing to weave together images shot over a period of 18 months into an impressionistic portrait of Berlin over a period of a single day. Directed by Walter Ruttmann. Thurs 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Hamburg Palace

DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME (NR, 2016)—Documentary intertwining the history of the Canadian city that was at the heart of the Yukon gold rush with a cache of silent films that were discovered buried there in 1978. Directed by Bill Morrison (Decasia). Read M. Faust’s review here. Weds 7 pm. Hamburg Palace

DON JUAN (1926)—John Barrymore as the famed lover in an epic silent film. It looks great, though the story (adapted by Buffalo native Bess Meredyth, one of Louis B. Meyer’s favorite staff writers) is a bit on the creaky side. With Myrna Loy, Mary Astor, Hedda Hopper, and Warner Oland. Mon 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Hamburg Palace

DON Q, SON OF ZORRO (1925)—Douglas Fairbanks, the cinema’s first action star, produced this vehicle for his acrobatic skills at the height of his fame. Co-starring Mary Astor, Warner Oland, Jean Hersholt, and Donald Crisp, who also directed. Tues 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Hamburg Palace

THE GENERAL (1926)—Widely considered Buster Keaton’s crowning achievement, which is to say, one of the greatest comedies in cinema history. He stars as a Southern engineer of a train during the Civil War, and the stunt sequences involving the real, full-sized locomotive are still astonishing. The writers include Buffalo-born Al Boasberg, at the time one of Hollywood’s most popular gag men. Sun 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Hamburg Palace

THE GOLD RUSH (1925)—One of Charles Chaplin’s best-loved films, and the one he hoped to be remembered by. Highlights include the scene where, facing starvation in a storm-bound arctic cabin, he eats his boot, and Charlie amusing a girl at dinner by making a pair of dinner rolls dance. Fri 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Hamburg Palace

METROPOLIS (Germany, 1927)— Fritz Lang’s silent science fiction masterpiece, set in a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners. Sat 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Hamburg Palace

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (R, 1989)—Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as longtime friends who considering moving to the next step in writer Nora Ephron’s update of classic romantic comedies. With Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby. Directed by Rob Reiner (This is Spinal Tap). Sat-Sun 11:30 am. North Park

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THEATER LOCATIONS AND WEBSITES

AMC Maple Ridge, 4276 Maple Road, Amherst https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/buffalo/amc-maple-ridge-8

AMC Market Arcade, 639 Main Street, Buffalo CLOSED PERMNENTLY

Angola Theatre, 72 N. Main St., Angola, NY https://angolatheatre.com/

Aurora Theater, 673 Main Street, East Aurora https://theauroratheatre.com/

Dipson Amherst, 3500 Main Street, Buffalo. www.dipsontheatres.com

Dipson Capitol Theater, 720 Builders Way, Niagara Falls www.dipsontheatres.com

Dipson Flix, 4901 Transit Road, Depew www.dipsontheatres.com

Dunkirk Multiplex, 10520 Bennett Road, Dunkirk https://www.dunkirkmultiplex.com/

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Cinema, 431 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo https://www.hallwalls.org/

Hamburg Palace, 31 Buffalo Street, Hamburg www.hamburgpalace.com

Joylan, 11 W. Main Street, Springville https://joylantheater.com/

North Park, 1428 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo https://northparktheatre.org/

Regal Elmwood, 2001 Elmwood Avenue., Buffalo https://www.fandango.com/

Regal Quaker Crossing, 3450 Amelia Drive, Orchard Park https://www.fandango.com/

Regal Transit, 6707 Transit Road. Williamsville https://www.fandango.com/

Regal Walden Galleria, Galleria Mall, Cheektowaga https://www.fandango.com/

Riviera Theater, 67 Webster Street, North Tonawanda https://rivieratheatre.org/

The Screening Room, Boulevard Mall Amherst www.screeningroom.net

Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, 23 S Main Street, Warsaw https://www.spotlighttheater.com/movie-theater/warsaw

Squeaky Wheel, Tri-Main Center, 2495 Main Street, Suite 310, Buffalo https://squeaky.org/

Transit Drive-In Theatre, 6655 S. Transit Road, Lockport https://www.transitdrivein.com CLOSED UNTIL SPRING