US EditionFall Film Preview: Something ‘Wicked’ This Way Comes, Along with a ‘Running Man,’ ‘Spider Woman’ and Bruce Springsteen
Fall 2025 features acclaimed directors and compelling stories premiering at major festivals, including Venice, Telluride, and Toronto, highlighting a diverse slate of top films.
- Between the Friday after Labor Day and the Friday before Thanksgiving, the fall slate lacks superhero entries, yet the movie summer of 2025 kept momentum despite film and streaming industries churn this year.
- After Cannes in May, festival buzz has carried into fall, with many prestige titles rolling out post-Venice, Telluride and Toronto premieres, and Kathryn Bigelow returning with A House of Dynamite.
- On Oct. 24, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere opens, revisiting how Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska album came together with Jeremy Allen White portraying the legend.
- Scarlett Johansson makes her feature-directing debut with Eleanor the Great, starring June Squibb, age 95, while After the Hunt premieres Oct. 10 with Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri.
- Release calendars, however, remain fluid as A House of Dynamite gets limited theatrical runs before streaming on Netflix, with more prestige titles following Venice, Telluride, and Toronto festivals; release dates subject to change.
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Jennifer Lopez is a ‘Spider Woman,’ Glen Powell is a ‘Running Man’ and more offerings at the movies this fall
Monday is already September 1, and BAM! – Labor Day is here, the unofficial end of summer. With it, as always, comes a slate of new offerings at the movies.
Fall movie season brings ‘Springsteen,’ return of ‘Wicked’ witches
By Mark Meszoros, The News-Herald (Willoughby, Ohio) The slate of movies landing in theaters and on streaming services between the Friday after Labor Day through the Friday before Thanksgiving is, surprisingly, devoid of superheroes. Nothing from the Marvel Cinematic Universe or upstart rival the DC Universe. (And, no, the upcoming “Roofman” is not about some low-rent comic book protagonist, but we wondered that, too.) That is not to say the fal…
Movies for fall 2025: Our top 10 picks, from ‘Smashing Machine’ to a Springsteen story
Even with the film and streaming industries in churn, and too few new titles finding their under-marketed way to theaters this year, the movie summer of 2025 stayed alive. Job One: done. Fall comes next, and damned if that lovely season doesn’t have a way of raising our quality expectations. We have the usual quotient of critical successes coming soon, having premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. More of these prestige titles will follow…
Movies for fall 2025: Our top 10 picks, from 'Smashing Machine' to a Springsteen story
Even with the film and streaming industries in churn, and too few new titles finding their under-marketed way to theaters this year, the movie summer of 2025 stayed alive. Job One: done. Fall comes next, and damned if that lovely season doesn’t ...
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