Thanks to all who came out for Sunday’s screening of Everybody to Kenmure Street at the Wex’s Unorthodocs festival. I’ve heard nothing but positive feedback about the movie and the fest seemed to be a success overall. Another highlight was Saturday night’s standing ovation for American Doctor, its director Poh Si Teng and one of the doc’s subjects. Dr. Feroze Sidhwa.

ICYMI, the producers of that film are streaming it for free ahead of next week’s elections, starting today and running through Nov. 5. Here’s where you can watch American Doctor.

Highlights

We’re officially into awards viewing season with the arrival of two new indies.

• First, there’s The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, the directorial debut of Noah Segan. Fans of filmmaker Rian Johnson will recognize him; he’s been in every one of his films. Segan tapped John Turturro for his throwback character study of a pickpocket in an age of trackable phones and cash apps and his performance has conjured the word “Oscar.”

• And then there’s Fjord, the first English-language film and by far the widest release from Romanian Cristian Mungiu (Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days) about a large, devoutly religious family that moves to Norway and faces intense inquiry about its parenting methods. Oscar nominees Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve costar.

• Director Peter Berg (Hancock) is back with The Mosquito Bowl, chronicling a famous football game played in the lead-up to WWII’s Battle of Okinawa.

• Liam Neeson serves up more mature badassery with the action movie trope mishmash The Mongoose.

• Select theaters have Paging Hezbollah, which seems interestingly timed. Make what you will of the fact that it looks like only conservative/far right media outlets were sent advance screeners.

• And watch out Nightmare Before Christmas—this weekend brings a new dual holiday movie: Christmas with the Kringles, in which Ron Livingston and Rachel Bilson star as a couple who move next door to people with a murderous love of all things yuletide.

• In special engagements this week, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood arrives in select theaters for a refresher before The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth.

• Friday night, ROY G BIV Gallery stays open late for a multidisciplinary event in conjunction with its ImageOhio exhibition that includes a screening of Larry Robertson’s Structure.

• A retrospective of documentarian William Greaves, creator of the iconic Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, begins Sunday at the Wexner Center for the Arts with Nationtime, his look at the 1972 National Black Political Convention.

• Check the listings for anniversary showings around town of the Wachowski’s still timely V for Vendetta Nov. 1 and 5.

• Also on Nov. 5, Maroon Arts Group has a free screening of TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing. The 2025 doc about the Black feminist writer, filmmaker, and cultural worker is constructed as a series of lessons for viewers to follow her lead.

• And it’s last call for spooky October screenings!

  • Who knew the dire situation with science grants in the US could inspire a horror movie? That seems to be what’s up with the new film Breeder, in which a broke college student is lured to a poodle breeding farm by the promise of research funding and he’s quickly skeeved by the proprietor’s interest in him as a physical specimen.

  • South Drive-In is going all in for the holiday weekend with two triple features. On screen one, there’s the original Poltergeist with Clayface & A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, one of the best and definitely the queerest of the franchise. On the other screen, the family-friendly Casper screens with Beetlejuice, followed by Halloween. Hope the kids are already asleep for that one.

  • The drive-in triple bill is just one of several local opportunities to see John Carpenter’s Halloween this weekend.

  • It hasn’t aged quite as well, but Scream also has screenings over the weekend for its 30th anniversary.

  • The Nightmare Before Christmas plays this weekend at select theaters and all week at AMC Theaters and Gateway.

  • Marcus Theatres are bringing back Hell House LLC for a 10th anniversary weekend run and have one more Name that Nightmare surprise on Nov. 1.

  • The Crow is this weekend’s Welcome to Horrorwood title at AMC Theaters.

  • Both weekend Rocky Horror Picture Shows at Studio 35 are already sold out.

  • Saturday, the Drexel has a Halloween night show of a classic: George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead

  • And Psycho closes out Hitchcocktober at Gateway.

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The week’s listings

(Alphabetical by venue; info is accurate as of post date & subject to change; check theater listings for premium formats)

Columbus 10 Westpointe

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• Breeder

• Christmas at the Kringles

• Clayface

• Forgotten Island

• The Nightmare Before Christmas

• Other Mommy

• Street Fighter

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Nov. 2 only: AMC Screen Unseen

• Opens Nov. 4: Ramayana

Opens Nov. 5:

• The Cat in the Hat

• Drummer Boy

• Godzilla Minus Zero

COSI

• On view in the Planetarium through Nov. 21:

  • Astra and Sirius

  • Moonbase: The Next Step

Crosswoods Cinema

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• #Cult

• Aadarsha Kutumbam - House No. 47

• Breeder

• Christmas at the Kringles

• Clayface

• Everest: The Other Side

• Fjord

• Forgotten Island

• Klara and the Sun

• The Nightmare Before Christmas

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• Resident Evil

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

• Street Fighter

• A Talent for Murder

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 30–31 only: BTS World Tour ‘Arirang” in São Paulo: Live; Halloween (1978); Hell House LLC 10th Anniversary; Scream 30th Anniversary

• Nov. 1 only: Name that Nightmare Week 4

• Nov. 1 & 5 only: V for Vendetta 20th Anniversary

• Nov. 2 only: Marcus Mystery Movie

• Opens Nov. 4: The Last Temptation of Becky; Ramayana

Opens Nov. 5:

• The Cat in the Hat

• Drummer Boy

• Godzilla Minus Zero

• Jimmy

• Wild Horse Nine

Drexel Theatre

(Open Thu–Mon only)

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• Fjord

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 31 only: Eccentric Cinema: George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead

• Nov. 2 only: A Case of the Mondays: Shaft (1971)

Dublin Village 18

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• Breeder

• Clayface

• Christmas at the Kringles

• Fjord

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Klara and the Sun

• The Mongoose

• The Mosquito Bowl

• The Nightmare Before Christmas

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• Other Mommy

• Paging Hezbollah

• Resident Evil

• Scream 30th Anniversary

• Sense and Sensibility

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 30 only: Tomorrow X Together World Tour ‘Act: Tomorrow’

• Oct. 30–31 only: BTS World Tour ‘Aririang’ in Saõ Paulo: Live Viewing; The Crow - Welcome to Horrorwood Series; Hybe Cheering Party

• Oct. 31 only: Seventeen World Tour ‘New_’

• Nov. 1 & 5 only: V for Vendetta 20th Anniversary

• Nov. 2 only: AMC Screen Unseen

Opens Nov. 5:

• The Cat in the Hat

• Drummer Boy

• Godzilla Minus Zero

• Jimmy

• The Last Temptation of Becky

• Wild Horse Nine

Easton Town Center 30

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• Aadarsha Kutumbam - House No. 47

• Breeder

• Christmas at the Kringles

• Clayface

• Everest: The Other Side

• Fjord

• Klara and the Sun

• The Mongoose

• The Mosquito Bowl

• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• Other Mommy

• Paging Hezbollah

• Resident Evil

• Scream 30th Anniversary

• Sense and Sensibility

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

• Spider Man: Brand New Day

• Street Fighter

• A Talent for Murder

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 30 only: Wild Horse Nine Early Access screening

• Oct. 30–31 only: BTS World Tour ‘Arirang” in São Paulo: Live; Hybe Cheering Party; The Crow - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 31 only: Seventeen World Tour ‘New_’

• Nov. 1 & 5 only: V for Vendetta 20th Anniversary

• Nov. 2 only: AMC Screen Unseen

• Nov. 3 only: Godzilla Minus Zero Early Access screening

Opens Nov. 5:

• The Cat in the Hat

• Drummer Boy

• Godzilla Minus Zero

• Jimmy

• The Last Temptation of Becky

• Wild Horse Nine

Gateway Film Center

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• Breeder

• The Devils 4K Restoration

• Everest: The Other Side

• Fjord

• The History of Concrete

• The Nightmare Before Christmas 4K Restoration

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• Sense and Sensibility

• Wicker

• Wild at Heart 4K Restoration

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 30 only: Wild Horse Nine Sneak Preview

• Oct. 31–Nov. 1 only: Hitchcocktober: Psycho 4K Restoration

• Nov. 4 only: Manhood

• Opens Nov. 4: The Last Temptation of Becky

Opens Nov. 5:

• Godzilla Minus Zero

• Wild Horse Nine

Grandview Theater & Drafthouse

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• Wicker

• You Can See Everything

Grove City 14

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• Breeder

• Christmas at the Kringles

• Clayface

• Fjord

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• The Mongoose

• The Mosquito Bowl

• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

• Other Mommy

• Resident Evil

• Street Fighter

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 30–31 only: The Crow - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Nov. 1 only: Jimmy Early Bird Sneak

• Nov. 1 & 5 only: V for Vendetta 20th Anniversary

• Nov. 2 only: AMC Screen Unseen

• Nov. 3–4 only: Godzilla Minus Zero Early Access screening

• Opens Nov. 4: Ramayana

Opens Nov. 5:

• The Cat in the Hat

• Drummer Boy

• Godzilla Minus Zero

• Jimmy

Lennox Town Center 24

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• Aadarsha Kutumbam - House No. 47

• Christmas at the Kringles

• Clayface

• Digger

• Everest: The Other Side

• The Mongoose

• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• Other Mommy

• Paging Hezbollah

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Shawshank Redemption

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

• Spider Man: Brand New Day

• Street Fighter

• A Talent for Murder

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 31 only: Halloween (1978); Scream 30th Anniversary

• Nov. 1 & 5 only: V for Vendetta 20th Anniversary

• Nov. 3 only: Godzilla Minus Zero Early Access screening

• Opens Nov. 4: Ramayana

Opens Nov. 5:

• The Cat in the Hat

• Godzilla Minus Zero

• Wild Horse Nine

Maroon Culture Lab

Nov. 5 only: TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing

Pickerington Cinema

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• #Cult

• Aa Bata Aama 2

• Aadarsha Kutumbam - House No. 47

• Breeder

• Christmas at the Kringles

• Clayface

• Forgotten Island

• Kabaddi 5

• Klara and the Sun

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• Other Mommy

• Resident Evil

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

• Street Fighter

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 30–31 only: BTS World Tour ‘Arirang” in São Paulo: Live; Halloween (1978); Scream 30th Anniversary

• Oct. 30–Nov. 1 only: Hell House LLC 10th Anniversary; The Nightmare Before Christmas

• Oct. 31 & Nov. 3 only: The Social Reckoning

• Oct. 31 & Nov. 3–4 only: The Mongoose

• Nov. 1 only: Name that Nightmare Week 4

• Nov. 1 & 5 only:V for Vendetta 20th Anniversary

• Nov. 2 only: Marcus Mystery Movie

• Opens Nov. 4: Ramayana; The Last Temptation of Becky

Opens Nov. 5:

• The Cat in the Hat

• Drummer Boy

• Godzilla Minus Zero

• Jimmy

• Scene

Polaris 18

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• #Cult

• Aadarsha Kutumbam - House No. 47

• Christmas at the Kringles

• Clayface

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Klara and the Sun

• Other Mommy

• Practical Magic 2

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

• Street Fighter

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 30 only: Scream 30th Anniversary; Tomorrow X Together World Tour ‘Act: Tomorrow’

• Oct. 30–31 only: BTS World Tour “Arirang” in São Paulo: Live Viewing

• Oct. 31 only: Halloween (1978); Hotel Transylvania

• Nov. 1 & 5 only: V for Vendetta 20th Anniversary

• Nov. 2 only: Secret Movie Series

• Opens Nov. 4: Ramayana

Opens Nov. 5:

• The Cat in the Hat

• Drummer Boy

• Godzilla Minus Zero

• Jimmy

• Scene

ROY G BIV Gallery

• Oct. 30 only: ImageOhio program including screening of Larry Robertson’s Structure

South Drive-In

Double features Oct. 30–Nov. 1:

• Poltergeist (1982), Clayface & A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

• Casper, Beetlejuice & Halloween (1978)

Stoneridge Plaza Movies 16

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• Clayface

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Other Mommy

• Practical Magic 2

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Street Fighter

• Tad and the Magic Lamp

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 30–31 only: BTS World Tour “Arirang” in São Paulo: Live Viewing

• Oct. 30 only: Scream 30th Anniversary

• Oct. 31 only: Halloween (1978); Hotel Transylvania

• Nov. 1 & 5 only: V for Vendetta 20th Anniversary

• Nov. 2 only: Secret Movie Series

• Opens Nov. 4: Ramayana

Opens Nov. 5:

• The Cat in the Hat

• Drummer Boy

• Godzilla Minus Zero

• Jimmy

Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse

New/holding as of Oct. 30:

• Wicker

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 31 only: Halloween (1978)

• Oct. 30–31 only: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (sold out)

New/holding as of Nov. 5:

• Wild Horse Nine

Wexner Center for the Arts

• In the galleries:

  • Through Jan. 24: sweat variant (Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born): where you go full, volume 5

  • Through Feb. 14: Sammy Baloji: When Extraction Becomes Form It Speaks in Borrowed Tongues

• Through Oct. 31 in The Box: Léonard Pongo: Tales from the Source

• Nov. 1–Dec. 31 in The Box: Frank Mukunday and Tétshim: Machini

• Nov. 1 only: Retrospective: William Greaves: Nationtime

• Nov. 4 only: Sierra de Teruel

Last night I participated in a raucous screening of First They Came for My College, the opening night selection of Unorthodocs 2026. The infuriating new doc by Patrick Bresnan covers how Ron DeSantis and his cronies crushed the spirit of the liberal arts New College of Florida by taking over the institution through a political coup. As you can imagine, emotions were high at a screening at Ohio State given what’s going on there. Bresnan was touched by the film’s reception and marveled that curator Chris Stults found and programmed it despite the film lacking a distributor. It was an occasion special enough to draw several former New College students and a former faculty member. Unorthodocs tends to be full of these kinds of moments.

Have some links on what else is showing and come out Sunday at 1:45 PM to watch me talk at people before the inspiring doc Everybody to Kenmure Street.

Oct. 23: Non-Aligned Newsreels: Fragments from the Debris; When a Witness Recants

Oct. 24: Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]; Barbara Forever; Once Upon a Time in Harlem; American Doctor

Oct. 25: Do You Love Me; Everybody to Kenmure Street; The Oldest Person in the World

Oct. 26: The Other Side of Everything

Other highlights

• You Can See Everything has thrown theater programmers for a loop. Although it wasn’t in wide release, the Elizabeth Holmes doc made it to number one at the box office. And the restored version of Ken Russell’s The Devils also did better than expected.
  As a result, The Devils is sticking around, Everything is now everywhere, and the release of Klara and the Sun with Jenna Ortega has been scaled back to make more room for it. (Some dire early reviews for Taika Waititi’s latest surely didn’t help.) Also, more theaters than usual are hedging their bets this week, offering little to no info on anything opening next Thursday.

• There are two wide releases that seem promising this week. First, Wicker, the wacky-looking period piece in which Olivia Colman’s lonely fisherwoman sees the local basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) about weaving her a mate and winds up with a rattan Alexander Skarsgård. Hope Madden’s review has me very intrigued. Then there’s Wildwood, the epic fantasy from animation house Laika (Coraline).

• DC Studios brings the villain origin story Clayface to screens this weekend.

• Helen Mirren is legendary mystery writer Patricia Highsmith and the underrated Alden Ehrenreich is a mysterious man who shows up at her doorstep in A Talent for Murder, opening in limited release.

• Gateway has two exclusives: Possible Love, the return on filmmaker Lee Chang-dong (Burning) which connects two couples of different classes and explores the dynamic, and The Scout, in which first-time director Paula González-Nasser follows a day in the life of a location scout.

• In special engagements, Rose Byrne and Broadway star Kelli O’Hara perform in Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels Friday & Sunday at select theaters.

• Sunday, Grandview Theatre’s hosting the Black Radish Creamery Anniversary Party with a showing of the fun new competition doc The Big Cheese and a visit from Adam Moskowitz, aka Mr. Moo, the biggest champion of competitive cheese mongering the US.

• Monday, Gateway hosts a Simply Living screening of Bombshell, a new doc focused on deception by the US government around the true toll of the WWII atomic bombings.

• Also Monday, the Drexel has Eddie Murphy in another of his better films, Coming to America. “Yes, yes, f*ck you too!”

• Ozzy Osbourne’s final performance will be on the big screen Wednesday & Thursday in Ozzy & Black Sabbath; Back to the Beginning.

• And get your October frights in while you can:

  • Numerous multiplexes around town regularly show Bollywood films, but this week brings a rare horror title from the Indian pipeline: the haunted med school thriller 418.

  • Studio 35 has the freakout essential House (Hausu) late Friday and on Saturday, All Night Horror Marathon VIII: Tricks & Treats. The marathon features one Friday the 13th, one Nightmare on Elm Street, three films in the Halloween franchise, and some surprise goodies.

  • Welcome to Horrorwood at AMC has the original Pet Sematery Friday and Tuesday.

  • Gateway screens Dial M for Murder in 3D as intended for its Hitchcocktober series this weekend, then has a Silents Synced program Wednesday featuring Nosferatu with music by Radiohead.

  • At the Drexel Saturday, 1988’s FleshEater tells the everyday tale of college students fighting off zombies during an all-night hayride.

  • Another bucket list horror pic, John Carpenter’s The Thing, screens Sunday at Marcus Theatres, followed Wednesday by their final Name That Nightmare mystery title.

  • And select showings of Carpenter’s original Halloween are happening around town; expect more before the end of the month.

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The week’s listings

(Alphabetical by venue; info is accurate as of post date & subject to change)

Columbus 10 Westpointe

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• Clayface

• Forgotten Island

• Other Mommy

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 26 only: AMC Scream Unseen; AMC Screen Unseen

COSI

• On view in the Planetarium through Nov. 21:

  • Astra and Sirius

  • Moonbase: The Next Step

Crosswoods Cinema

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• 418

• Clayface (select screenings in DLX)

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Kabaddi 5

• Klara and the Sun

• Other Mommy

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter (select screenings in DLX)

• A Talent for Murder

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything (select screenings in DLX)

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 24–25 only: BTS World Tour ‘Arirang” in Buenos Aires: Live

• Oct. 25 only: Fallen Angels by Noel Coward; Name That Nightmare: The Thing (1982)

• Oct. 26 only: Marcus Mystery Movie

• Opens Oct. 27: Breeder

• Oct. 28 only: Name That Nightmare week 4

• Oct. 28–29 only: Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning

Opens Oct. 29:

• Everest: The Other Side

• Halloween (1978)

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

Drexel Theatre

(Open Thu–Mon only)

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• Sense and Sensibility

• A Talent for Murder

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 24 only: Eccentric Cinema: Flesh Eater

• Oct. 26 only: A Case of the Mondays: Coming to America

Dublin Village 18

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• Clayface

• The Devils 4K Restoration

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Klara and the Sun

• Other Mommy

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter

• A Talent for Murder

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 23 & 27 only: Pet Sematery - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 24–25 & 28 only: BTS World Tour ‘Aririang’ in Buenos Aires: Live Viewing

• Oct. 24 & 28–29 only: Tomorrow X Together World Tour ‘Act: Tomorrow’

• Oct. 25, 27 & 29 only: Hybe Cheering Party

• Oct. 25, 27 & 28 only: Enhyphen World Tour ‘Blood Saga’

• Oct. 26 only: AMC Scream Unseen; AMC Screen Unseen; Seventeen World Tour ‘New_’

• Opens Oct. 27: Breeder

• Oct. 28 only: Marie Antoinette 20th Anniversary

• Oct. 28–29 only: Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

Opens Oct. 29:

• Christmas at the Kringles

• Fjord

• Hell House LLC 10th Anniversary

• The Mosquito Bowl

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

Easton Town Center 30

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• 418

• Clayface

• The Devils 4K Restoration

• Digger

• Forgotten Island (select screenings in 3D)

• Heart of the Beast

• Klara and the Sun

• Other Mommy

• Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar

• Primetime

• Ranabaali

• Resident Evil

• Rise and Shine

• Sense and Sensibility

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Street Fighter (select screenings in IMAX)

• A Talent for Murder

• Udta Teer

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 25 only: Fallen Angels by Noel Coward

• Oct. 23 & 27 only: Pet Sematery - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 24 & 26–28 only: Kung Fu Soccer

• Oct. 24 & 28 only: Marie Antoinette 20th Anniversary

• Oct. 26 only: AMC Scream Unseen; AMC Screen Unseen

• Oct. 28–29 only: Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning

Opens Oct. 29:

• Breeder

• Christmas at the Kringles

• Everest: The Movie

• Hell House LLC 10th Anniversary

• Hybe Cheering Party

• The Mosquito Bowl (Fan Event Livestream Q&A with Director Peter Berg Oct. 29)

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

• Tomorrow X Together World Tour ‘Act: Tomorrow’

Free outdoor movies

Oct. 29:

• The Sixth Sense at Columbus Commons

Gateway Film Center

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• The Devils 4K Restoration

• The History of Concrete

• Naza

• Possible Love

• Primetime

• The Scout

• Sense and Sensibility

• Tenzing

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 24–25 only: Hitchcocktober: Dial M for Murder 3D 4K Restoration

• Oct. 26 only: Simply Living Film Series: Bombshell

• Oct. 28 only: Silents Synced: Nosferatu with music from Radiohead

Grandview Theater & Drafthouse

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• Wicker (Beer tasting Oct. 24)

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 25 only: Black Radish Creamery Anniversary Party with The Big Cheese and “Mr. Moo.” Adam Moskowitz

Grove City 14

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• Clayface

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Other Mommy

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter (select screenings in IMAX; sensory friendly screening Oct. 28)

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wildwood (sensory friendly screening Oct. 24)

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 23 & 27 only: Pet Sematery - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 26 only: AMC Scream Unseen; AMC Screen Unseen

• Oct. 24 & 28 only: Marie Antoinette 20th Anniversary

• Opens Oct. 27: Breeder; Klara and the Sun

Opens Oct. 29:

• The Mosquito Bowl

Lennox Town Center 24

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• Clayface

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Digger

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Other Mommy

• Practical Magic 2

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Scream

• Sense and Sensibility

• Spider Man: Brand New Day

• Street Fighter (select screenings in IMAX)

• A Talent for Murder

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 24 only: UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev

Pickerington Cinema

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• Aa Bata Aama 2

• Clayface (select screenings in DLX)

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Kabaddi 5

• Klara and the Sun

• Other Mommy

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter (select screenings in DLX)

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything (select screenings in DLX)

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 24–25 only: BTS World Tour ‘Arirang” in Buenos Aires: Live

• Oct. 25 only: Fallen Angels by Noel Coward; Name That Nightmare: The Thing (1982)

• Oct. 26 only: Marcus Mystery Movie

• Oct. 28 only: Name That Nightmare week 4

• Oct. 28–29 only: Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning

Opens Oct. 29:

• Breeder

• Halloween

• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

• Sight & Sound Presents: Joshua Live!

Polaris 18

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• 418

• Clayface (select screenings in XD)

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Klara and the Sun

• Other Mommy

• Ranabaali

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter

• Udta Teer

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wicker

• Wildwood (select screenings in XD)

• You Can See Everything (select screenings in XD)

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Opens Oct. 24: Hybe Cheering Party (in 3D)

• Oct. 24 & 29 only: Tomorrow X Together World Tour ‘Act: Tomorrow’

• Oct. 24–25 only: BTS World Tour “Arirang” in Buenos Aires: Live Viewing

• Oct. 25 & 27-28 only: Enhyphen World Tour ‘Blood Saga’

• Oct. 26 & 28 only: Scream 30th Anniversary; Seventeen World Tour ‘New_’

• Oct. 27 & 29 only: Halloween (1978)

• Oct. 28–29 only: Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning

South Drive-In

Double features Oct. 23–25:

• Street Fighter & Crawlers

• Addams Family (2019) & Clayface

Stoneridge Plaza Movies 16

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• 418

• Clayface

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Other Mommy

• Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar

• Sense and Sensibility

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Street Fighter

• Udta Teer

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Wildwood

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 24–25 only: BTS World Tour “Arirang” in Buenos Aires: Live Viewing

• Oct. 26 & 28 only: Scream 30th Anniversary

• Oct. 27 & 29 only: Halloween (1978)

• Oct. 28–29 only: Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning

Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse

New/holding as of Oct. 23:

• Wicker

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 23 only: House

• Oct. 24 only: All Night Horror Marathon VIII: Tricks & Treats

Wexner Center for the Arts

• In the galleries:

  • Through Jan. 24: sweat variant (Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born): where you go full, volume 5

  • Through Feb. 14: Sammy Baloji: When Extraction Becomes Form It Speaks in Borrowed Tongues

• Oct. 22–26: Unorthodocs (in screening order)

  • Oct. 22: Unorthodocs Shorts 2026; First They Came for My College with director Patrick Bresnan

  • Oct. 23: Non-Aligned Newsreels: Fragments from the Debris with filmmaker Mila Turajlić; When a Witness Recants

  • Oct. 24: Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]; Barbara Forever with director Brydie O’Connor; Once Upon a Time in Harlem; American Doctor with director Poh Si Teng and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa

  • Oct. 25: Do You Love Me; Everybody to Kenmure Street; The Oldest Person in the World

  • Oct. 26: The Other Side of Everything

• Oct. 29 only: Women Laughing with codirector & cartoonist Liza Donnelly

Would you like to see a bunch of great documentaries next weekend for free? Of course you would! Fortunately, I have an all-access pass to Unorthodocs up for grabs. Our Instagram account hosts the contest; all you have to do to enter is follow, go to the giveaway post, and respond with an appropriate comment. Rules will be included in the post copy and the deadline to respond is 11:59 PM Tuesday, Oct. 20. The winner will be notified by noon Wednesday, Oct. 21.

And whether you win, I hope you’ll join me for the Oct. 25 1:45 PM screening of Everybody to Kenmure Street at Unorthodocs. The Sundance prizewinner just picked up a bunch of Critics’ Choice Awards nominations, btw.

Preview: Nightmares Film Fest

Gateway’s 11th annual weekend full of frights is here with loads of premieres, including the third entry in the Becky saga, The Last Temptation of Becky, and a healthy selection of shorts. Columbus Underground has reviews of numerous selections, and I reached out to a few featured filmmakers for a direct take on what horrors await from their works.

In addition to films, Nightmares also runs a contest for as-yet unproduced screenplays. Derek Stewart is well known within the local film community and the genre world as an award-winning screenwriter, director, animator, and storyboard artist. His script Shadowplay, which has already picked up a few trophies, is a finalist at NFF this year. The awards ceremony takes place at 5:15 PM Saturday in Gateway’s upstairs lounge.

“Shadowplay is a short screenplay about a grief-stricken woman suffering from horrifying sleep paralysis episodes and is based in part on the experiences of my friend, actress and filmmaker Kira L. Wilson,” Derek explained. ‘Nightmares is such a special fest to us both, and we are so happy and honored to have Shadowplay included in this year's festival!’

”Festivals like Nightmares that accept script submissions are great opportunities for writers to get their work and themselves out there,” he added. “You get the chance to meet other writers, be inspired by the work of other filmmakers, and meet people who could very well become future collaborators.”

David Gordon, director of the horror satire Astrolatry, had me at the drop by noting influences ranging from Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom to Ken Russell’s Altered States. Having its US premiere at NFF, the film follows a lonely and repressed office worker who’s obsessed with a product model but unable to act beyond voyeurism. Until, as the synopsis describes, “a meteor crash-lands on his rooftop, and he begins to consume its hallucinogenic slime, which sends him spiraling down a psychedelic rabbit hole.” And it gets dark down there.

“With Astrolatry, I wanted to critique the ‘nice guy’ trope and toxic masculinity by positioning them as parallel phenomena that both lead to the objectification and dehumanization of others,” David explained. “I hope that audience members are both shocked by the extreme content and challenged by the morally dubious protagonist.” The film screens Saturday at 10 PM.

And fellow FilmStacker sent his sincere regrets that he can’t attend due to a family matter, along with an appropriately short synopsis for his short, Shroomery: “It’s about a couple on the verge of breakup who must team together to fight off a growth of malicious mushrooms that have overtaken their refrigerator.” That one screens as part of the Malignant Growths program Sunday at 1 PM.

Other highlights

• Strap in, there’s a lot. First, I can’t help but note the weirdness of two documentaries about people who managed to turn their emotional issues into tech success, each north of two-and-a-half hours, dropping in the same week. By far the buzzier title is You Can See Everything, for which codirector and cringe specialist Nathan Fielder (working with Primetime filmmaker Lance Oppenheim) wound up living with the film’s subject: disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. You can’t open up a social platform without seeing a close-up of her smiling face and lying eyes. And the film itself just broke the record for Metacritic’s top score. There’s also the film Meta briefly tried to block from advertising: Alex Gibney’s Musk, a deeep dive into the SpaceX man and GOP piggy bank.

• Mahershala Ali plays a hitman-slash-devout Muslim facing a crisis after the death of his wife in writer-director Bassam Tariq’s highly acclaimed Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.

• For the corset crowd, there’s a new take on Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.

• For gamers, there’s the third big-screen iteration of Street Fighter.

• James McAvoy makes his directorial debut with the limited release California Schemin’, based on the true story of two Scottish guys who conned the music industry into believing they were a California rap group.

• Kal Penn stars in another truth-inspired movie opening limited, Trust Me, I’m a Doctor. It’s about the medical provider implicated in the death of model Anna Nicole Smith.

• I’m gunshy on Chris Rock as a filmmaker after Top 5, but star Rosalind Eleazar is getting all kinds of praise for Misty Green, playing a fading star desperate for a comeback. That’s exclusive at Easton.

• Friday, Lennox hosts a premiere of the James Stewart biopic Jimmy and a visit from Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu in It’s a Wonderful Life.

• George Griffith, who played Ray Monroe on Twin Peaks, comes to Studio 35 this weekend for the Saturday continuation of Twin Peaks: The Complete Mystery and a Sunday screening of his own film as writer-director-star, 2011’s From the Head.

• The Drexel has one of Eddie Murphy’s best films, Bowfinger, on Monday and a special screening of She Said on Tuesday. The latter is ahead of a Wednesday visit by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jodi Kantor comes to Capital University.

• For those who observe, Wednesday is Back to the Future Day at select theaters.

• And if you wanna see something scary:

  • Resident Evil star Austin Abrams aims for back-to-back genre hits with Whalefall, in which his scuba diver is consumed by a sperm whale.

  • If you don’t know the hallucinogenic work of aforementioned filmmaker Ken Russell, start rectifying that with the 4K director’s cut of his long-censored 1971 film The Devils. Adapted from an Aldous Huxley work based on a true incident, it stars Oliver Reed as an upstanding 17th-century priest brought down by accusations of witchcraft.

  • Just in time for you to notice the spiders looking to winter in your house, Crawlers shows up with a story about tenants of an apartment complex fighting killer arachnids.

  • An ancient supernatural evil hides in a remote, abandoned cabin in The Evil Dead You Can’t Leave.

  • Friday, 934 Gallery closes its screening series with the gloriously atmospheric and gorgeously creepy Mandy.

  • The unassailable classic The Exorcist screens Saturday at Drexel.

  • Not super frightening but still amazing, Rear Window screens at Gateway this weekend for Hitchcocktoberfest. Gateway also screens the 4K restoration of a true oddity by E. Elias Merhige, the strangely unnerving Begotten, Sunday through Tuesday.

  • Marcus’ Name that Nightmare series has 1959’s House on Haunted Hill Sunday and its next mystery title Wednesday.

  • And Thursday, Studio 35 has a screening of the 2007 horror omnibus fave Trick ‘r Treat with writer-director Michael Dougherty in person.

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The week’s listings

(Alphabetical by venue; info is accurate as of post date & subject to change)

934 Gallery

• Oct. 16 only: Mandy

Columbus 10 Westpointe

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• Crawlers

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Other Mommy

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 19 only: AMC Screen Unseen

Opens Oct. 22:

• Clayface

• Klara and the Sun

• Wildwood

COSI

• On view in the Planetarium through Nov. 21:

  • Astra and Sirius

  • Moonbase: The Next Step

Crosswoods Cinema

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• California Schemin’

• Crawlers

• Flywheel: Ignition of the Soul

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Other Mommy

• Primetime

• Ranabaali

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter (select screenings in DLX)

• Trust Me, I’m a Doctor

• Verity

• Whalefall (select screenings in DLX)

• You Can See Everything

• You Can’t Leave

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 17 & 21 only: The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth

• Oct. 17–21 only: Studio Ghibli Fest 2026: Spirited Away

• Oct. 18 only: Name That Nightmare: House on Haunted Hill (1959)

• Oct. 19 only: Marcus Mystery Movies

• Oct. 21 only: Back to the Future Day 2026; Name That Nightmare week 3

Opens Oct. 22:

• A Talent for Murder

• Clayface

• Fallen Angels by Noel Coward

• Klara and the Sun

• Wicker

• Wildwood (Book giveaway screening Oct. 22)

Drexel Theatre

(Open Thu–Tue only)

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• The History of Concrete

• Sense and Sensibility

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 17 only: Eccentric Cinema: The Exorcist

• Oct. 19 only: A Case of the Mondays: Bowfinger

• Oct. 20 only: Capital University presents: She Said

Dublin Village 18

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• Angel and the Badman

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• California Schemin’

• Crawlers

• The Devils 4K Restoration

• Digger

• Flywheel: Ignition of the Soul

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Musk

• Nayi Navelli

• Other Mommy

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter

• Trust Me, I’m a Doctor

• Verity

• Whalefall

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 16 & 20 only: American Psycho - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 17–21 only: Studio Ghibli Fest 2026: Spirited Away

• Oct. 19 only: AMC Screen Unseen

• Oct. 21 only: Back to the Future Day 2026

Opens Oct. 22:

• A Talent for Murder

• Clayface

• Klara and the Sun

• Wicker

• Wildwood

Easton Town Center 30

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• Angel and the Badman

• California Schemin’

• Crawlers

• The Devils 4K Restoration

• Digger

• Flywheel: Ignition of the Soul

• Forgotten Island (select screenings in 3D)

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Misty Green

• Musk

• The Odyssey

• Other Mommy

• Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam

• Primetime

• Ranabaali

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Street Fighter (select screenings in IMAX)

• Trust Me, I’m a Doctor

• Verity

• Whalefall

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 16 & 20 only: American Psycho - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 17–21 only: Studio Ghibli Fest 2026: Spirited Away

• Oct. 19 only: AMC Screen Unseen

Opens Oct. 22:

• Clayface

• Klara and the Sun

• Wildwood

Free outdoor movies

Oct. 22:

• The Craft at Columbus Commons

Gateway Film Center

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• The Devils 4K Restoration

• The History of Concrete

• Other Mommy

• Primetime

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• You Can See Everything

• Through Oct. 18: Nightmares Film Festival (in screening order):

  • Oct. 16: Recurring Nightmares A; The Curse of Tahu’a with Gloss; Filmmaker and Screenwriter Meetup; Thriller Shorts A; American Dollhouse; Horror Shorts B; The Last Temptation of Becky with Scissors; Horror Shorts C; Liv’s Last Ride with Hot Dirty Blood!

  • Oct. 17: Recurring Nightmares B; What I Remember with Nightfall; Thriller Shorts B; Flytrapper with Seething Void; Blck Glvs; Asian Overlords; NFF26 Awards Presentation; Horror Comedy Shorts B; Dead Drop with Meadow; Midnight Shorts B; When You See It with Bailey Banshee; Horror Shorts D; Astrolatry

  • Oct. 18: Doc Shorts; Looky Loo Double Feature; Malignant Growths; It Watches Back; Godmother with Benny’s Second Birthday; Death Came Knocking with Yoshi

• Oct. 17–18 & 20–21 only: Naza

• Oct. 17–18 only: Hitchcocktober: Rear Window 4K Restoration

• Oct. 18–20 only: Begotten 4K Restoration

• Oct. 21 only: Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers

Grandview Theater & Drafthouse

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• Other Mommy

• You Can See Everything

Grove City 14

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• Angel and the Badman

• Crawlers

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Musk

• Other Mommy

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter (select screenings in IMAX)

• Trust Me, I’m a Doctor

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 16 & 20 only: American Psycho - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 17–21 only: Studio Ghibli Fest 2026: Spirited Away

• Oct. 19 only: AMC Screen Unseen

• Oct. 21 only: Back to the Future Day 2026

Opens Oct. 22:

• Clayface

• Klara and the Sun

• Wildwood
  
  

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Lennox Town Center 24

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• Angel and the Badman

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• The Beast

• California Schemin’

• Clue

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Crawlers

• Daniel and the Fiery Furnace

• Digger

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• The Odyssey

• Other Mommy

• Practical Magic 2

• Ranabaali

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter (select screenings in IMAX)

• Verity

• Whalefall

• You Can’t Leave

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 16 only: Jimmy Columbus Premiere

• Oct. 17 only: The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth

• Oct. 17–21 only: Studio Ghibli Fest 2026: Spirited Away

Opens Oct. 22:

• Clayface

• Klara and the Sun

• Wildwood

Pickerington Cinema

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• Aa Bata Aama 2

• Crawlers

• Flywheel: Ignition of the Soul

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Musk

• Other Mommy

• Pension Patta

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter (select screenings in DLX)

• Verity

• Whalefall (select screenings in DLX)

• You Can’t Leave

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 17–21 only: Studio Ghibli Fest 2026: Spirited Away

• Oct. 18 only: Name That Nightmare: House on Haunted Hill (1959)

• Oct. 19 only: Marcus Mystery Movies; Wildwood Fan First screening

• Oct. 17 only: Always Lalisa

• Oct. 21 only: Name That Nightmare week 3

Opens Oct. 22:

• Clayface

• Fallen Angels by Noel Coward

• Klara and the Sun

• Wildwood

Polaris 18

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• Angel and the Badman

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• Digger

• Drishyam: The Conclusion

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• The Nightmare Before Christmas (select screenings in 3D)

• Other Mommy

• Primetime

• Ranabaali

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Street Fighter

• Verity

• Whalefall

• You Can See Everything

• You Can’t Leave

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• Oct. 17–21 only: Studio Ghibli Fest 2026: Spirited Away

• Oct. 20 only: American Psycho

• Oct. 21 only: Back to the Future Day 2026

Opens Oct. 22:

• Chatrapathi 4K

• Clayface

• Klara and the Sun

• Wicker

• Wildwood

South Drive-In

Double features Oct. 16–18:

• Street Fighter & Crawlers

• Corpse Bride & Other Mommy

Stoneridge Plaza Movies 16

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• Angel and the Badman

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Jailer 2

• Matloob Aelian

• Nayyi Navelli

• The Nightmare Before Christmas

• Other Mommy

• Practical Magic 2

• Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjiwal Nikam

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Sense and Sensibility

• The Social Reckoning

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Street Fighter

• Verity

• Whalefall

• Oct. 17 & 21 only: The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth

• Oct. 17–21 only: Studio Ghibli Fest 2026: Spirited Away

• Oct. 21 only: Back to the Future Day 2026

Opens Oct. 22:

• Clayface

• Klara and the Sun

• Wildwood

Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse

New/holding as of Oct. 16:

• Other Mommy

• You Can See Everything

• Oct. 17 only: Twin Peaks: The Complete Mystery with George Griffith

• Oct. 18 only: From the Head with director George Griffith

• Oct. 22 only: Trick ‘r Treat with Michael Dougherty

Opens Oct. 22:

• Wicker

Wexner Center for the Arts

• In the galleries:

  • Through Jan. 24: sweat variant (Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born): where you go full, volume 5

  • Through Feb. 14: Sammy Baloji: When Extraction Becomes Form It Speaks in Borrowed Tongues

• Through Oct. 31 in The Box: Léonard Pongo: Tales from the Source

• Oct. 20 only: Cinéseries: Nadja

• Starts Oct. 22: Unorthodocs

Unorthodocs update

I plan to watch most of the films at the Wex’s festival of new creative nonfiction, happening Oct. 22–26. But Screen Addiction is sponsoring one in particular: Everybody to Kenmure Street, showing Sunday, October. 25 at 1:45 PM. I’ve seen it. I loved it. And I think you will, too, especially if our country’s current immigration policies have you feeling powerless.

Highlights

• Some great films have been made from the relationships between mothers and daughters (see: Hereditary, Carrie). From early reviews, Other Mommy may not be one of them. But it has untapped the unearthly terror that is Jessica Chastain throwing all her bodily energy into an ear-to-ear grin.

• The real-life horror of what social media is doing to us, especially kids, is covered in The Social Reckoning, writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s sequel to David Fincher’s The Social Network. Jeremy Allen White’s reporter and Mikey Madison’s whistleblower work to make Meta’s internal research public. Jeremy Strong takes over the role of Zuck.

• But wait—it gets worse. Gateway has an exclusive on Naza. The makers of the Oscar-winning doc No Other Land got two dozen Israeli soldiers to talk about the state military’s campaign to target Palestinian civilians. The title refers to the term for this “collateral damage.” New York called the movie “one of the most important films of our time.”

• Die Hard director Renny Harlin is back with The Beast, in which Samuel L. Jackson’s president has to take the wheel of his heavily armored limo after a militia launches a coup. Here’s hoping it’s as much goofy fun as this other movie with Jackson playing a president in peril.

• In special engagements, Studio 35 has one of the worst yet most endearing films ever, The Room, with costar Greg Sestero on Friday. Saturday, the talented indie folk outfit Hello Emerson offers a thoughtful spin on the music video and the album release party with Brief Interviews on Heartbreak. The short film accompanies the band’s new album, for which singer-songwriter Sam Bodary spoke to a dozen strangers about their breakups.

• And this week in Halloween-y things:

  • Never After Dark opens in limited release. The J-horror title follows a medium who benevolently cleanses homes of trapped spirits as she’s faced with a malevolent supernatural force.

  • Tim Burton’s beloved Beetlejuice screens all week at Lennox and Thursday for free at Columbus Commons.

  • Friday at Gateway, Fright Club Live follows its podcast recording with Clown, in which a dad gets a costume for his son’s birthday party and is homicidally dismayed to realize that it’s cursed.

  • AMC keeps the Welcome to Horrorwood series going Friday and Tuesday with the film that set the slasher template, 1980’s Friday the 13th.

  • Saturday, the Drexel adds some giallo to the menu with Mario Bava’s proto-slasher movie A Bay of Blood.

  • Hitchcocktober continues at Gateway this weekend with The Birds.

  • Marcus Theaters’ Name that Nightmare series has Sunday screenings of Brian DePalma’s Carrie and a Wednesday mystery movie.

  • Don’t hold me to it but if I had to guess, Monday’s AMC Scream Unseen is a sneak of next week’s Whalefall.

  • Wednesday at Easton, Appofeniacs tells the tale of an edgelord who drops some deepfake videos online and the bloody chaos that ensues. The trailer is bonkers and the description had a line that stopped me in my tracks: “When anyone’s version of the truth can be created with the tap of a finger, the horror isn’t the lie. It’s what happens when people believe it.”

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The week’s listings

(Alphabetical by venue; info is accurate as of post date & subject to change)

934 Gallery

• Next screening Oct. 16

Columbus 10 Westpointe

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• Angel and the Badman

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• Digger

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Other Mommy

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• The Social Reckoning

• Verity

• Oct. 12 only: AMC Scream Unseen; AMC Screen Unseen

• Oct. 14 only: Sense and Sensibility Early Access Movie Party

Opens Oct. 15:

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter

• Whalefall

COSI

• On view in the Planetarium through Nov. 21:

  • Astra and Sirius

  • Moonbase: The Next Step

Crosswoods Cinema

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• Angel and the Badman

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• The Beast

• Digger

• Forgotten Island

• Hanuman Ansh

• Heart of the Beast

• Never After Dark

• Other Mommy

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary (select screenings in 3D)

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• The Social Reckoning

• Verity

• Oct. 10 only: Queen Budapest

• Oct. 11–12 & 14 only: Gone with the Wind

• Oct. 11 only: Name That Nightmare: Carrie; SB19 Wakas at Simula: The Trilogy Concert Finale

• Oct. 11–14 only: 9 to 5

• Oct. 12 only: Fresh Meat; Marcus Mystery Movies

• Oct. 14 only: Jailer 2; Name That Nightmare week 2; Sense and Sensibility Early Access screening; Tenzing PLF Early Access screening; World Without Cows

Opens Oct. 15:

• California Schemin’

• Crawlers

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter

• Whalefall

• You Can See Everything

Drexel Theatre

(Open Thu–Mon only)

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• Digger

• Primetime

• Verity

• Oct. 10 only: Eccentric Cinema: A Bay of Blood; The Room

• Oct. 12 only: A Case of the Mondays: 48 Hrs.

Dublin Village 18

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• 9 to 5

• Angel and the Badman

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• The Beast

• Comrade Kalyan

• Digger

• Drishyam: The Conclusion

• Forgotten Island

• Hanuman Ansh

• Heart of the Beast

• Instructions Not Included

• Never After Dark

• The Odyssey

• Other Mommy

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary

• Practical Magic 2

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• The Social Reckoning

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Verity

• Oct. 9 & 13 only: Friday the 13th - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 11 & 14 only: Grandmasters

• Oct. 11–14 only: Gone with the Wind

• Oct. 12 only: AMC Scream Unseen; AMC Screen Unseen; Fresh Meat

• Oct. 14 only: Jailer 2; Sense and Sensibility Early Access Movie Party

Opens Oct. 15:

• Crawlers

• The Devils 4K Restoration

• Musk

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter

• Trust Me, I’m a Doctor

• Whalefall

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

Easton Town Center 30

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• 9 to 5

• Angel and the Badman

• Avengers Endgame: Encore (select screenings in 3D)

• The Beast

• Beware Boiúna

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Digger

• Drishyam: The Conclusion

• Forgotten Island (select screenings in 3D)

• Hanuman Ansh

• Heart of the Beast

• Instructions Not Included

• The Nightmare Before Christmas

• The Odyssey (select screenings in IMAX)

• Other Mommy

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary

• Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry (in IMAX)

• Practical Magic 2

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Rolling Loud

• The Social Reckoning

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Verity

• Oct. 9 & 13 only: Friday the 13th - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 11–14 only: Never After Dark

• Oct. 11–15 only: V

• Oct. 12 only: AMC Scream Unseen; AMC Screen Unseen

• Oct. 14 only: Appofeniacs; Double Trouble

Opens Oct. 15:

• California Schemin’

• Crawlers

• The Devils 4K Restoration

• Misty Green

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter (Bonus Round Fan Event Oct. 15)

• Trust Me, I’m a Doctor

• Whalefall

• You Can See Everything

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

Free outdoor movies

Oct. 9:

• Hotel Transylvania at Lockbourne’s Bank Run Metro Park

Oct. 15:

• Beetlejuice at Columbus Commons

Gateway Film Center

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• Digger

• The History of Concrete

• Naza

• Never After Dark

• Other Mommy

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• The Social Reckoning

• Oct. 9 only: Fright Club Live: Clown

• Oct. 10–11 only: Hitchcocktober: The Birds 4K Restoration

• Oct. 14 only: Sense and Sensibility Early Access screening

Opens Oct. 15:

• The Devils 4K Restoration

• You Can See Everything

• Starts Oct. 15: Nightmares Film Festival

Grandview Theater & Drafthouse

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• Other Mommy

• Verity

Opens Oct. 15:

• You Can See Everything

Grove City 14

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• 9 to 5

• Angel and the Badman

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• The Beast

• Digger (select screenings in IMAX)

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• The Odyssey (select screenings in IMAX)

• Other Mommy

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• The Social Reckoning

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Verity (Sensory friendly screening Oct. 14)

• Oct. 9 & 13 only: Friday the 13th - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 10 only: Queen Budapest

• Oct. 12 only: AMC Scream Unseen; AMC Screen Unseen

• Oct. 14 only: Grandmasters; Sense and Sensibility Early Access Movie Party

Opens Oct. 15:

• Crawlers

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter (Bonus Round Fan Event Oct. 15)

• Whalefall

• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
  
  

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New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• Angel and the Badman

• April X

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• The Beast

• Beetlejuice

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Daniel and the Fiery Furnace

• Digger (select screenings in IMAX)

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• The Influencer Project

• The Odyssey (select screenings in IMAX)

• Other Mommy

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary (select screenings in 3D)

• Practical Magic 2

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• The Social Reckoning

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Verity

• Oct. 10–14 only: Gone with the Wind

Opens Oct. 15:

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter (Bonus Round Fan Event Oct. 15)

Nightlight 614

• Oct. 9: Sinners (sold out)

Pickerington Cinema

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• Acharya

• Angel and the Badman

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• The Beast

• Digger

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Other Mommy

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary

• Pension Patta

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• The Social Reckoning

• Verity

• Oct. 10–14 only: Drishyam: The Conclusion; Gone with the Wind

• Oct. 11 only: Name That Nightmare: Carrie (1976)

• Oct. 11 & 13 only: 9 to 5

• Oct. 12 only: Fresh Meat; Marcus Mystery Movies

• Oct. 14 only: Always Lalisa; Name That Nightmare week 2; Sense and Sensibility Early Access screening; Tenzing PLF Early Access screening

Opens Oct. 15:

• Crawlers

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter (Bonus Round Fan Event Oct. 15)

Polaris 18

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• 9 to 5

• Angel and the Badman

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• Comrade Kalyan

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Digger

• Donnie Darko 25th Anniversary

• Drishyam: The Conclusion

• Forgotten Island

• Hanuman Ansh

• Heart of the Beast

• Other Mommy

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary (select screenings in 3D)

• Practical Magic 2

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• The Social Reckoning

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Verity

• Oct. 10 only: Queen Budapest

• Oct. 10–14 only: Gone with the Wind

• Oct. 12 only: Fresh Meat

• Oct. 14 only: Always Lalisa; Jailer 2; Sense and Sensibility Early Access Movie Party

Opens Oct. 15:

• Ranabaali

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter (Bonus Round Fan Event Oct. 15)

• Whalefall

• You Can See Everything

• You Can’t Leave

South Drive-In

Double features Oct. 9–11:

• Verity & Resident Evil

• Other Mommy & The Odyssey

Stoneridge Plaza Movies 16

New/holding as of Oct. 9:

• 9 to 5

• Angel and the Badman

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Daniel and the Fiery Furnace

• Donnie Darko 25th Anniversary

• Digger

• Drishyam: The Conclusion

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• Matloob Aelian

• Other Mommy

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary (select screenings in 3D)

• Practical Magic 2

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• The Social Reckoning

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Verity

• Oct. 10–14 only: Gone with the Wind

• Oct. 14 only: Jailer 2; Sense and Sensibility Early Access Movie Party

Opens Oct. 15:

• Sense and Sensibility

• Street Fighter

• Whalefall

Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse

New/holding as of Oct. 8:

• Digger

• Other Mommy

• Primetime

• Oct. 9 only: Big Shark; The Room with costar Greg Sestero

• Oct. 10 only: Brief Interviews on Heartbreak - A Short Film by Hello Emerson; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

• Oct. 11 only: Scream (1996) Beer Tasting

Opens Oct. 15:

• You Can See Everything

Wexner Center for the Arts

• In the galleries:

  • Through Jan. 24: sweat variant (Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born): where you go full, volume 5

  • Through Feb. 14: Sammy Baloji: When Extraction Becomes Form It Speaks in Borrowed Tongues

• Through Oct. 31 in The Box: Léonard Pongo: Tales from the Source

• Oct. 13 only: Classic American Docs: American Dream

I’m thrilled to share that Screen Addiction is an official sponsor of Unorthodocs 2026, happening Oct. 22–26 at the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Columbus has developed some great film fests over the past decade but from its very first edition 10 years ago, this annual showcase of creative nonfiction film has been a cut above. It’s introduced multiple Oscar nominees to local audiences, including a 2024 selection that blew up not long after it screened: eventual Oscar winner No Other Land. Arguably more meaningful are the works that are mostly unavailable outside Unorthodocs, such as the shorts it screens annually or special events like Charlie Shackleton’s one-on-one VR presentation of As Mine Exactly in 2022. Basically, the fest is a must for doc lovers, and I’m proud to support it. Stay tuned for more info.

Highlights

• This week, Tom Cruise, who hasn’t been seen much in recent years outside the Mission Impossible franchise, goes up against Anne Hathaway, who’s been seen everywhere.

  The former teams with Birdman director Alejandro G. Iñárritu for Digger, a broad satire about a mega-rich oilman whose power and confidence in his own genius bring the world to the brink of destruction. The latter costars in Verity, her fifth film of the year, a juicy-looking thriller also starring Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett. Johnson plays a broke writer hired to be a ghost for Hathaway’s bestselling author, who’s become physically incapacitated. But of course, something about the situation feels off.

• The must-see indie of the week is John Wilson’s The History of Concrete at Gateway. If you caught any of HBO’s How to With John Wilson, you get it. Plus, early reviews are stellar and it has a hard-to-top synopsis: “A filmmaker applies lessons from a Hallmark movie writing workshop to pitch a documentary about concrete.”

• It’s another good week for visiting film artists. Friday, the Wex has producer-distributor Michael J. Dennis and actor Julius Tennon with the 1989 cult classic Riverbend, while the McCoy Center hosts a screening tour of The Blair Witch Project with the original cast (btw, a BOGO ticket deal is available with the code CORNER). Then Saturday at Gateway, Film Columbus brings filmmakers Joe Swanberg and Jenn Wexler for back-to-back screenings of their respective works, All the Light in the Sky and The Ranger. And Sunday at Gateway, there’s the UPS union doc Who Moves America with director Yael Bridge.

• Local filmmakers get a showcase Wednesday at Grandview Theatre during the awards screening for the 2026 Columbus 48 Hour Film Festival. (Disclosure: I was on the judging team this year.)

• And you can hear from a programmer, too. Thursday's ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus screening of Spectrum Shorts at the Cultural Arts Center will be followed by a talkback with filmmaker and program curator Tristan Turner.

• In keeping with the “Sept. 30/Oct. 1” meme, horror movies are practically inescapable as of today. So through Halloween, I’ll break out what’s lined up for cinematic scares. In addition to Verity and the screening of The Blair Witch Project noted above:

  • The Influencer Project casts real British influencer Chiara King in a fake found-footage tale of violent stalking.

  • Select theaters are showing the giant killer snake movie Beware Boiúna.

  • Gateway has an exclusive of Ghost in the Cell, a gory Indonesian horror comedy about a prison where the deadliest inmate is already dead.

  • Buddy: The Sing Along Version debuts this weekend, because sure, why not.

  • Lennox has Kubrick’s The Shining all week.

  • Hocus Pocus hits the big screen Friday outdoors at Green Lawn Abbey.

  • AMC Theaters has a “Welcome to Horrorwood” series on Fridays and Tuesdays in October, starting on the 2nd with 2005’s Hostel from torture pornstar Eli Roth. The series is a weird mix, but I’m jumping ahead.

  • It’s Hitchcocktober at Gateway again. The essential Vertigo gets things rolling Saturday.

  • Monday, the Drexel screens Tobe Hooper’s genuinely terrifying The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

  • Nightlight 614 closes its season with three faves. Beetlejuice on Wednesday, followed by Obsession Thursday. (The final film, Sinners on October 9, is already sold out.)

  • Wednesday, Marcus Theatres starts “Name That Nightmare,” a secret screening series promising four horror classics.

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The week’s listings

(Alphabetical by venue; info is accurate as of post date & subject to change)

934 Gallery

• Next screening Oct. 16

Columbus 10 Westpointe

Ends Oct. 1:

• Buddy

• Charlie Harper

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Insidious: Out of the Further

• Practical Magic 2

• Runner

New/holding as of Oct. 2:

• Avengers Endgame: Encore (select screenings in 3D)

• Beware Boiúna

• Digger

• Forgotten Island (select screenings in 3D)

• Heart of the Beast

• The Influencer Project

• The Nightmare Before Christmas

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Rolling Loud

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Verity

• Oct. 5 only: AMC Screen Unseen

Opens Oct. 8:

• Angel and the Badman

• Other Mommy (Fan Event screening Oct. 8)

• The Social Reckoning

COSI

• On view in the Planetarium through Nov. 21:

  • Astra and Sirius

  • Moonbase: The Next Step

Crosswoods Cinema

Ends Oct. 1:

• Charlie Harper

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Daniel and the Fiery Furnace

• Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

• No Limbs, No Limits: The NickV Story

• The Odyssey

• The Paradise

• Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• The Stunt Driver

• The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary

• The Weight

New/holding as of Oct. 2:

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• Baththa

• Beware Boiúna

• Buddy: The Sing Along Version

• Digger

• Donnie Darko 25th Anniversary

• Drishyam: The Conclusion

• Forgotten Island

• Heart of the Beast

• The Influencer Project

• Last Shot

• Practical Magic 2

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Rolling Loud

• Sundeep Kishan in Sigma

• Verity

• Oct. 3 only: Linkin Park: Unshatter

• Oct. 3 & 7 only: The Metropolitan Opera: Così fan tutte

• Oct. 4, 5 & 7 only: Ninja Scroll

• Oct. 4–8 only: Adore Him: He is Here

• Oct. 5 only: Marcus Mystery Movie

• Oct. 7 only: Name That Nightmare week 1; Queen Budapest

• Oct. 8 only: SB19 Wakas at Simula: The Trilogy Concert Finale; Studio Ghibli Fest: Spirited Away Live on Stage

Opens Oct. 8:

• Angel and the Badman

• The Beast

• Other Mommy (Fan Event screening Oct. 8)

• The Social Reckoning

Drexel Theatre

(Open Thu–Mon only)

New/holding as of Oct. 1:

• Digger

• Primetime

• Verity

• Through Oct. 3: Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

• Oct. 3 only: Eccentric Cinema: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

• Oct. 5 only: A Case of the Mondays: Beverly Hills Cop

Dublin Village 18

Ends Oct. 1:

• Charlie Harper

• Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

• Hanuman Ansh

• The Paradise

• PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

• Runner

• Spanglish

• The Stunt Driver

• The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary

• The Vvan: Force of the Forrest

• The Weight

New/holding as of Oct. 2:

• Avengers Endgame: Encore (select screenings in 3D)

• Beware Boiúna

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Daniel and the Fiery Furnace

• Digger

• Don’t Trouble the Trouble

• Drishyam: The Conclusion

• Forgotten Island (select screenings in 3D)

• Heart of the Beast

• The Incomer

• The Influencer Project

• Moonlight 10th Anniversary Remastered

• The Nightmare Before Christmas

• The Odyssey

• Practical Magic 2

• Preem Keetanu

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Rolling Loud

• Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Stand and Deliver

• Thellakaagitham

• Verity

• Oct. 2 & 6 only: Hostel 20th Anniversary - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 3 only: Linkin Park: Unshatter

• Oct. 4, 5 & 7 only: Ninja Scroll

• Oct. 4–8 only: Adore Him: He is Here

• Oct. 5 only: AMC Screen Unseen

• Oct. 6 only: April X

• Oct. 7 only: Queen Budapest in IMAX

• Oct. 8 only: Studio Ghibli Fest: Spirited Away Live on Stage

Opens Oct. 8:

• Angel and the Badman

• The Beast

• Other Mommy (Fan Event screening Oct. 8)

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary

• The Social Reckoning

Easton Town Center 30

Ends Oct. 1:

• By Any Means

• Cars 20th Anniversary

• Charlie Harper

• The End of Oak Street

• Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

• Hello Beautiful

• Hope

• Insidious: Out of the Further

• The Paradise

• PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

• Reagan

• Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

• The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary

• The Uprising

• The Weight

• You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)

New/holding as of Oct. 2:

• April X

• Avengers Endgame: Encore (select screenings in 3D)

• Beware Boiúna

• Buddy: The Sing Along Version

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Daniel and the Fiery Furnace

• Digger (select screenings in IMAX)

• Donnie Darko 25th Anniversary

• Drishyam: The Conclusion

• Forgotten Island (select screenings in 3D)

• Heart of the Beast

• The Incomer

• The Influencer Project

• Moonlight 10th Anniversary Remastered

• The Nightmare Before Christmas

• The Odyssey

• Orion

• Practical Magic 2

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Rolling Loud

• Runner

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Stand and Deliver

• Verity

• Oct. 2 & 6 only: Hostel 20th Anniversary - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 3 only: Linkin Park: Unshatter

• Oct. 4, 5 & 7 only: Ninja Scroll

• Oct. 4–8 only: Adore Him: He is Here

• Oct. 5 only: AMC Screen Unseen

• Oct. 7 only: Queen Budapest in IMAX

• Oct. 8 only: Studio Ghibli Fest: Spirited Away Live on Stage

Opens Oct. 8:

• Angel and the Badman

• The Beast

• Other Mommy (Fan Event screening Oct. 8)

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary

• Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry

• The Social Reckoning

• Oct. 8 only: SB19 Wakas at Simula: The Trilogy Concert Finale

Free outdoor movies

Oct. 1:

• Wicked for Good at Columbus Commons

Oct. 7:

• The Sheep Detectives at Polaris Farmer’s Market

Oct. 8:

• Ghostbusters at Columbus Commons

Gateway Film Center

Ends Oct. 1:

• Black Zombie

• Ghost in the Shell 30th Anniversary

• Hope

• If I Go Will They Miss Me

• Manhattan Short Film Festival

• Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

• You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)

New/holding as of Oct. 2:

• Digger

• Ghost in the Cell

• Heart of the Beast

• The History of Concrete

• The Incomer

• The Influencer Project

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Oct. 3 only: Film Columbus Movie Night Presents: All the Light in the Sky with filmmaker Joe Swanberg & The Ranger with filmmaker Jenn Wexler

• Oct. 3–4 only: Hitchcocktober: Vertigo 4K Restoration

• Oct. 4 only: Who Movies America with filmmaker Yael Bridge

Grandview Theater & Drafthouse

Ends Oct. 1:

• Resident Evil

New/holding as of Oct. 2:

• Primetime

• Verity

• Oct. 7 only: 2026 Columbus 48 Hour Film Festival Awards Screening

Green Lawn Abbey

Oct. 2 only: Hocus Pocus

Grove City 14

Ends Oct. 1

• Charlie Harper

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Insidious: Out of the Further

• Runner

• Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

• The Stunt Driver

• The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary

• The Uprising

• The Weight

New/holding as of Oct. 2:

• Avengers Endgame: Encore (select screenings in 3D)

• Beware Boiúna

• Buddy: The Sing Along Version

• Digger (select screenings in IMAX)

• Donnie Darko 25th Anniversary

• Forgotten Island (select screenings in 3D)

• Heart of the Beast

• The Influencer Project

• Moonlight 10th Anniversary Remastered

• The Nightmare Before Christmas

• The Odyssey

• Practical Magic 2

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Rolling Loud

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Verity

• Oct. 2 & 6 only: Hostel 20th Anniversary - Welcome to Horrorwood Series

• Oct. 5 only: AMC Screen Unseen

• Oct. 6 only: April X

• Oct. 7 only: Queen Budapest

Opens Oct. 8:

• 9 to 5

• Other Mommy (Fan Event screening Oct. 8)

• Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary

• The Social Reckoning

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Ends Oct. 1

• Hope

• Insidious: Out of the Further

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• The Paradise

• Runner

• The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary

• The Uprising

• The Weight

New/holding as of Oct. 2:

• April X

• Avengers Endgame: Encore

• Buddy: The Sing Along Version

• Coyote vs. Acme

• Daniel and the Fiery Furnace

• Digger (select screenings in IMAX)

• Donnie Darko 25th Anniversary

• Forgotten Island

• Ghost in the Shell 30th Anniversary

• Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

• Heart of the Beast

• The Influencer Project

• The Odyssey

• PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

• Practical Magic 2

• Primetime

• Resident Evil

• Rolling Loud

• Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

• The Shining

• Spider-Man: Brand New Day

• Verity

• Oct. 3 only: The Metropolitan Opera: Così fan tutte

• Oct. 4–8 only: Adore Him: He is Here