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Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic's slow-boil coming-of-age melodrama, Murina, is now playing in select cities and will screen this weekend at the Webster University Film Series. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

Writer-director Jordan Peele returns with his take on the flying-saucer movie, Nope, which opens in theaters everywhere this Friday. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

For the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', Diane Carson, KDHX film critic and professor emerita at St. Louis Community College, joins CSL's Cliff Froelich to discuss Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up Doc? (1972) on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

Claire Denis' romantic drama Both Sides of the Blade is now playing in select cities, and it will be screening this weekend at the Webster University Film Series, July 15 - 17. Critic Joshua Ray as a review:

Anthony Fabian's charming "nicecore" dramedy Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris opens in select theaters on Friday. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

British director Peter Strickland's latest feature, Flux Gourmet, is now playing in theaters and available to rent or purchase on major digital platforms. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

At The Lens, critic Andrew Wyatt ruminates on the role of romance in the dystopian world of CD Projekt Red's sprawling, divisive role-playing game, Cyberpunk 2077.

Director Baz Luhrman's highly anticipated musical biopic Elvis is now playing in theaters. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

For the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', Webster University Film Series Director Peter Timmermann joins our critics look at Lars Von Trier's divisive musical, Dancer in the Dark (2000):

The quirky, bittersweet Iranian dramedy Hit the Road screened at SLIFF last November. Directed by Panah Panahi, son of the great dissdent filmmaker Jafar Panahi, it is now available to rent or purchase from major online platforms, and critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Gaspar Noé's latest provocation, the experimental movie-within-a-movie Lux Æterna, is now playing in select theaters, and is scheduled to screen this weekend at the Webster University Film Series. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

For the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', our critics look at Roland Joffé's 18th-century colonial epic, The Mission (1986):

Cooper Raiff's new dramedy Cha Cha Real Smooth opens theatrically on Friday -- and will also be available to stream from AppleTV+. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams' surreal Afro-futurist musical, Neptune Frost, is now playing in select theaters, and will soon be screening at the Webster University Film Series. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Ti West's retro slasher flick X is now available to rent from major online platforms. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Director Terence Davies' biopic of English war poet Siegfried Sassoon, Benediction, opens theatrically tomorrow. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

For the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', our critics look at Carlos Saura's little-seen psychological thriller, Peppermit Frappé (1967):

Scott McGehee and David Siegel's Montana Story is now playing in select cities and opens locally on Friday. Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Dan Erickson's sci-fi series Severance finished its first season a few weeks ago on AppleTV+. Critic Andrew Wyatt digs into why this mind-bending workplace thriller-slash-satire is one of 2022's best new shows:

Director Akiva Schaffer's animation-meets-live-action meta-comedy Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers premieres on Disney+ this week. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

Director Amy Scott's new documentary about the life and career of singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow is now available on Showtime. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

Director Audrey Diwan's timely-yet-timeless drama Happening is now playing in select cities, and opens locally on Friday. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review of the film, which follows a young woman seeking an abortion in early 1960s France:

Director Valentyn Vasyanovych's new drama Reflection will open theatrically in select cities and be available to rent via virtual cinemas on Friday. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Critic Kayla McCulloch highlights one of the gems from this year's QFest St. Louis lineup: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet's romantic dramedy Anaïs in Love. The film will be screening May 1 and 3.

Director Srdan Golubović's new drama Father is now playing in select cities, and will be screening this weekend at the Webster University Film Series. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Director Robert Eggers' bloody Viking revenge epic The Northman opens in wide release on Friday. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Director Fern Silva's documentary Rock Bottom Riser is now playing in select cities, and will be screening locally on April 15-16 at the Webster University Film Series. Critic Joshua Ray has a review:

Director Eva Husson's period romance Mothering Sunday opens locally in select theaters tomorrow. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

Writer-director Riley Stearns' latest dark comedy, Dual, premieres on VOD on Friday. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Richard Linklater's animated coming-of-age feature, Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, is now streaming on Netflix. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

Daniels' action-comedy mindbender, Everything Everywhere All at Once, is now playing in select cities and expands this Friday. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Judd Apatow's latest comedy, The Bubble, is available to stream on Netflix today. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

Critic Robert Garrick has a new deep-dive essay on Monte Hellman's iconic road movie Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), based on the introduction he provided for the film at November's SLIFF / Golden Anniversaries screening:

Producer-turned-director Charles Dorfman's debut feature, the dinner-party-gone-awry thriller Barbarians, premieres on VOD on Friday. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Slovakian director Ivan Ostrochovský's new drama Servants is now available in virtual cinemas and on VOD. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Charlie McDowell's darkly comic, housebound crime thriller Windfall is available to stream on Netflix today. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review: