The weather's turning cooler, back-to-school shopping's all done and, sure, you could rake the leaves, but wouldn't it be more fun to escape to your local cinema?
We've got you covered. Everything from rom-coms to heist flicks, a sports/horror mashup, a pair of Broadway musicals, a biopic of The Boss, festival award winners, and lots of showbiz sagas — all curated by NPR critics.
We'll see you at the movies.
Twinless, Sept. 5 (out now )
The second film from writer/director James Sweeney vindicates my admiration for his first film, Straight Up , which was funny, smart and sweet — but not too sweet. In Twinless , two young men (Sweeney and Dylan O'Brien) meet in a support group for people who have lost a twin. There's more to the story, of course, and Sweeney handles the various re