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Mark Wahlberg in "Flight Risk." (Lionsgate)

‘Flight Risk’: A turbulent ride

January 24, 2025

Phoebe Dynevor in Neil Burger's "Inheritance." (Angelo Dominic Sesto/IFC Films)

Phoebe Dynevor goes on the run in Neil Burger’s ‘Inheritance’

January 24, 2025

2. ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT: Opening Jan. 10 in Boston, the movie explores the lives and connections of three women in contemporary, working-class Mumbai—head nurse Prabha (Kani Kusruti), her coworker Anu (DivyaPrabha), and hospital cook Parvaty (Chhaya Kadam)—in a soulful, Cannes Grand Prize-winning debut from writer/director Payal Kapadia. (Janus Films)

Love, loss, and light: Payal Kapadia’s masterful drama

January 23, 2025

Charlotte (Julia Garner), Ginger (Matilda Firth) and Blake (Christopher Abbott) in "Wolf Man," directed by Leigh Whannell. (Nicola Dove/Universal Pictures)

‘Wolf Man’: A monster embarrassment

January 16, 2025

A scene from "Grand Theft Hamlet." (Mubi)

Hamlet hijacked: When Shakespeare crashes into ‘Grand Theft Auto’

January 16, 2025

Pamela Anderson in "The Last Showgirl." (Roadside Attractions)

‘The Last Showgirl’ struggles to find substance

January 11, 2025

Jonno Davies as Robbie Williams in "Better Man." (Paramount Pictures)

‘Better Man’: Robbie Williams goes bananas

January 9, 2025

3. HARD TRUTHS: Mike Leigh’s compassionate and sometimes comical character study of a woman struggling (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) with depression opens in Boston January 10. (Simon Mein/Bleecker Street)

‘Hard Truths’: You can’t break the ties that bind

January 8, 2025

‘The Brutalist’: A story etched in stone and struggle

January 8, 2025

17. NICKEL BOYS: Brandon Wilson plays a boy navigating the brutal realities of a Jim Crow-era reform school in Florida in director RaMell Ross’s powerful adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel.

Can beauty capture brutality? ‘Nickel Boys’ tries

January 5, 2025