Film Focus: Nov. 22-28, 2024
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Film Focus: Nov. 22-28, 2024

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By M. Faust

OPENING THIS WEEK:

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BONHOEFFER: PASTOR. SPY. ASSASSIN. (PG-13) Biographical drama about the German theologian who wrestled with his pacifist beliefs to oppose fascism during WWII. Starring Jonas Dassler, August Diehl, David Jonsson, Flula Borg. Directed by Todd Komarnicki (Resistance). AMC Market Arcade, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

GLADIATOR II (R) Sequel. Starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen and Derek Jacobi. Directed by Ridley Scott (Napoleon). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only) 

I WANT TO TALK (NR) Hindi language drama about a father and daughter whose relationship is affected by illness. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Ahilya Bamroo, and Tom McLaren. Directed by Shoojit Sircar. Regal Elmwood

MARIA (NR) Angelina Jolie as opera superstar Maria Callas in a biography directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie). Co-starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Golino, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. North Park (opens Weds. Nov. 27)

MECHANIC ROCKY (NR) Telugu-language action drama about a mechanic drawn into a feud with local gangsters. Starring Meenaakshi Chaudhary, Vishwak Sen, and Shraddha Srinath. Directed by Ravi Teja Mullapudi. Regal Elmwood

WICKED (PG) Adaptation of the long running musical that tells the story of The Wizard of Oz from the point of view of the Wicked Witch. NB: This is only part one. Starring Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, and Peter Dinklage. Directed by John M. Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Aurora, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dipson McKinley, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only) 

ZEBRA (NR) Telugu crime drama. Starring Satyadev Kancharana and Priya Bhavani Shankar. Directed by Eashvar Karthic. Regal Elmwood

NOW PLAYING:

ANORA (R) Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, a boisterous comedy about a Brooklyn sex worker whose fairytale romance with a rich young Russian runs afoul of his family. Starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov Russian, and Karren Karagulian. Directed by Sean Baker (Tangerine). North Park. Read M. Faust’s review here

CONCLAVE (PG) Adaptation of the best-selling novel set during the Catholic Church’s secretive process to elect a new Pope. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jacek Koman, Lucian Msamati, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Rossellini. Directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front). Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Regal Quaker, Regal Tranasit Read M. Faust’s review here.

HERETIC (R) Hugh Grant as a seemingly nice fellow who does not react well to the efforts of a pair of young Mormons (Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East) to covert him. Written and directed by the writers of A Quiet Place, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood

PURNA BAHADUR KO SARANGI (NR) Nepalese social drama about the life of an impoverished street musician. Starring Bijay Baral, Mukun Bhusal and Prakash Saput. Directed by Saroj Poudel. Regal Quaker 

A REAL PAIN (R) Comedy-drama starring Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg (who also wrote and directed) as odd-couple cousins taking a trip to Poland to visit the home of their late grandmother and maybe work out their personal problems. With Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, and Kurt Egyiawan. Dipson Amherst, Regal Quaker Read M. Faust’s review here 

RED ONE (PG-13) Big budget CGI holiday movie starring Dwayne Johnson as a North Pole security agent tracking a kidnapped Santa Claus (J. K. Simmons). Co-starring Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, Bonnie Hunt, and Nick Kroll. Directed by Jake Kasdan (Jumanji: The Next Level). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dipson McKinley, Dunkirk Multiplex, Hamburg Palace, Joylan, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only) 

SMILE 2 (R) Horror sequel. Starring Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, and Miles Gutierrez-Riley. Directed by Parker Finn (Smile). Regal Quaker, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only) 

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE (PG-13) MCU stuff. Starring Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, Alanna Ubach, Stephen Graham, Rhys Ifans and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Directed by Kelly Marcel. AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only) 

THE WILD ROBOT (PG) Pixar animation adapted from the popular children’s books about a robot stranded on an island and the animals it befriends. Of course they are talking animals, providing voice work for Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy and Stephanie Hsu. Directed by Chris Sanders (The Croods). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only) 

ETC.

CASABLANCA (1941)—Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in what is by general consensus Hollywood’s greatest romance, if not the overall most popular Hollywood film of all time. With Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, S.Z. Sakall and Dooley Wilson. Directed by Michael Curtiz (Yankee Doodle Dandy). Fri, Sat, Tues 7:30 pm, Sun 1 pm. Screening Room

PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (1987)—Back on the road with Steve Martin and John Candy. Directed by John Hughes (Weird Science). Sat-Sun 11:30 am. North Park

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