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Alien: Romulus Dir. Fede Álvarez. Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux C+
All We Imagine as Light Dir. Payal Kapadia. Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha A
Anora Dir. Sean Baker. Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian B
The Apprentice Dir. Ali Abbasi. Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova B

Babygirl Dir. Halina Reijn. Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas B–
Between the Temples Dir. Nathan Silver. Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane B
Big Boys Dir. Corey Sherman. Isaac Krasner, David Johnson III, Taj Cross B+
Bird Dir. Andrea Arnold. Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Barry Keoghan B
Blitz Dir. Steve McQueen. Elliott Heffernan, Saoirse Ronan, Paul Weller C–
Brats Dir. Andrew McCarthy. Documentary about 1980s Hollywood actors D+
The Brutalist (2024) Dir. Brady Corbet. Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones A–
Bushman Dir. David Schickele. Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam, Elaine Featherstone A–

Challengers Dir. Luca Guadagnino. Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor C–
Civil War Dir. Alex Garland. Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny C
Close Your Eyes Dir. Víctor Erice. Manolo Solo, Jose Coronado, Ana Torrent A
La Cocina Dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios. Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz C–
A Complete Unknown Dir. James Mangold. Timothée Chalamet C+
Conclave Dir. Edward Berger. Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow C+

Dahomey Dir. Mati Diop. Documentary about restitution of Beninois artifacts A–
The Deliverance Dir. Lee Daniels. Andra Day, Glenn Close, Anthony B. Jenkins D–
Desire Lines Dir. Jules Rosskam. Aden Hakimi, Theo Germaine B–
Dìdi Dir. Sean Wang. Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua B
A Different Man Dir. Aaron Schimberg. Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve B–
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Dir. Radu Jude B+
Dune: Part Two Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya C+

Emilia Pérez Dir. Jacques Audiard. Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña D+
The End Dir. Joshua Oppenheimer. George MacKay, Tilda Swinton B

The Fall Guy Dir. David Leitch. Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke C+
Flow Dir. Gints Zilbalodis. A Cat, a Dog, a Lemur, a Capybara, a Secretary Bird A–
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Dir. George Miller. Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth B–

Ghostlight Dir. Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson. Keith Kupferer, Tara Mallen C+
The Girl with the Needle Dir. Magnus Von Horn. Vic Carmen Sonne B
Girls State Dir. Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss. Documentary C+
Gladiator II Dir. Ridley Scott. Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington C–
Good One Dir. India Donaldson. Lily Collias, James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy B+

Hard Truths Dir. Mike Leigh. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin B+
His Three Daughters Dir. Azazel Jacobs. Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon B
Hit Man Dir. Richard Linklater. Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio B–
Hot Frosty Dir. Peter Ciccoritti. TV. Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan D
How to Have Sex Dir. Molly Manning Walker. Mia McKenna-Bruce, Enva Lewis C+

I Saw the TV Glow Dir. Jane Schoenbrun. Justice Smith, Brigitte Lundy-Paine B+
I'm Still Here Dir. Walter Salles. Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello B
Inside Out 2 Dir. Kelsey Mann. Voices of Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke B
Io Capitano Dir. Matteo Garrone. Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Khady Sy B

Janet Planet Dir. Annie Baker. Zoe Ziegler, Julianne Nicholson, Will Patton B+
Joker: Folie à Deux Dir. Todd Phillips. Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga C–
Juror #2 Dir. Clint Eastwood. Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Chris Messina B+

Kinds of Kindness Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone D–

The Last Showgirl Dir. Gia Coppola. Pamela Anderson, Kiernan Shipka C
Lee Dir. Ellen Kuras. Kate Winslet, Alexander Skarsgård, Andy Samberg C–
Longlegs Dir. Osgood Perkins. Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Nicolas Cage B
Love Lies Bleeding Dir. Rose Glass. Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris B+

Maria Dir. Pablo Larraín. Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino C–
Megalopolis Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel B–
Memoir of a Snail Dir. Adam Elliot. Voices of Sarah Snook, Jacki Weaver C+

Nickel Boys Dir. RaMell Ross. Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Jimmie Fails B+
Nightbitch Dir. Marielle Heller. Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Zoë Chao B
No Other Land Dir. Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham B
Nosferatu Dir. Robert Eggers. Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård C–

On the Adamant Dir. Nicolas Philibert. Documentary about French care facility B–
The Order Dir. Justin Kurzel. Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan B–
The Outrun Dir. Nora Fingscheidt. Saoirse Ronan, Saskia Reeves, Stephen Dillane D+

The People's Joker Dir. Vera Drew. Vera Drew, Kane Distler, Lynn Downey B+
The Piano Lesson Dir. Malcolm Washington. John David Washington B
Pictures of Ghosts Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho. Documentary about Recife B+
Problemista Dir. Julio Torres. Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, Catalina Saavedra B

Queer Dir. Luca Guadagnino. Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman B

A Real Pain Dir. Jesse Eisenberg. Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Will Sharpe B
The Return Dir. Uberto Pasolini. Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche C+
Road House Dir. Doug Liman. Jake Gyllenhaal, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams C–
The Room Next Door Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton B+

Santosh Dir. Sandhya Suri. Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar, Sanjay Bishnoi B
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof. Soheila Golestani A
September 5 Dir. Tim Fehlbaum. John Magaro, Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Chaplin C+
Sing Sing Dir. Greg Kwedar. Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Paul Raci B
Small Things Like These Dir. Tim Mielants. Cillian Murphy, Eileen Walsh B+
Strange Darling Dir. JT Mollner. Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Ed Begley Jr. A–
The Substance Dir. Coralie Fargeat. Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid B

Trap Dir. M. Night Shyamalan. Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan B

Universal Language Dir. Matthew Rankin. Mani Soleymanlou, Rojina Esmaeili B+

Vermiglio Dir. Maura Delpero. Martin Scrinzi, Giuseppe de Domenico B+

We Grown Now Dir. Minhal Baig. Blake Cameron James, Gian Ramirez B–
Wicked: Part I Dir. Jon M. Chu. Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey B+
The Wild Robot Dir. Chris Sanders. Voices of Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal B+

Y2K Dir. Kyle Mooney. Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Rachel Zegler F