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Finn Wolfhard, Celeste O'Connor, Paul Rudd, Kumail Nanjiani, Logan Kim and Carrie Coon in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Columbia Pictures hide caption

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Jake Gyllenhaal is a former UFC star who becomes a bouncer in Road House. Laura Radford/Prime Video hide caption

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This recycled 'Road House' can't capture the B-movie spirit of the original

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Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House. Laura Radford/Prime Video hide caption

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Angela (Ilinca Manolache) is an underpaid production assistant on a film about workplace safety in Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World. Unifrance hide caption

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You can expect a lot from this freewheeling film about the 'End of the World'

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Sydney Sweeney stars in Immaculate. Neon hide caption

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Ed Speleers and Lindsay Lohan in Irish Wish. Patrick Redmond/Netflix hide caption

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Gu (Xin Baiqing) struggles with his own sense of impermanence in The Shadowless Tower. Strand Releasing hide caption

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A Beijing restaurant critic arrives at a crossroads in this absorbing family drama

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Julio Torres wrote, directed and stars in Problemista. A24 hide caption

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Katy O'Brian and Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding. A24 hide caption

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Shifu voiced by Dustin Hoffman and Po voiced by Jack Black return in DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 4. DreamWorks Animation hide caption

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DreamWorks Animation

Tayssir Chikhaoui and Eya Chikhaoui in Four Daughters. Kino Lorber hide caption

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Kino Lorber

Koji Yakusho in Wim Wenders' film Perfect Days. Neon hide caption

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Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya are Paul Atreides and Chani in Dune: Part Two. Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption

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Staggering action sequences can't help 'Dune: Part Two' sustain a sense of awe

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Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in Dune: Part Two. Warner Bros. hide caption

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Enzo Vogrincic as Numa in Society of the Snow, one of five films nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature. Quim Vives/Netflix hide caption

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Cillian Murphy in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures hide caption

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Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan in Drive Away Dolls. Working Title / Focus Features hide caption

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Seydou (Seydou Sarr, in gray) crosses the desert in Io Capitano. Greta De Lazzaris/Cohen Media Group hide caption

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Join a Senegalese teen on a harrowing journey in this Oscar-nominated film

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"We have to live with the monsters we create," Justine Triet told NPR's Scott Simon, when he asked whether characters linger with her after a film. "I've been living with these people for three years, and I think I'll probably live with them for at least another year." Les Films Pelléas hide caption

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Jennifer Lopez in This Is Me...Now: A Love Story. Courtesy of Prime hide caption

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