Chuck Bowen

Luc Besson’s “DogMan” concerns a man, abused as a child, who takes refuge in dogs. He has dozens of them in his sprawling apartment of Dickensian squalor, and he appears to be capable of communicating with them telepathically. They run missions for their owner. If a drug dealer is leaning too hard on a defenseless woman, this man might send two dogs to him: one to deliver a phone with instructions, the other to bite the man’s groin with threats of more retribution if the woman isn’t left alone.

A master of Italian horror nets a spotlight at the 30th annual James River Film Festival.

Apocalypse is brewing in “Civil War,” “Arcadian,” and “Dawn of the Dead.”

“Ripley” is as good you’ve heard, and “Sasquatch Sunset” does indeed exist.

John Flynn’s 'Rolling Thunder' is a lean, mean revenge thriller that could have only been made in the 1970s.

Intimations of doom in “The Beast” and “Disappear Completely.”

Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross's 'Gasoline Rainbow' is rich in compositions that seem to cut to the essence of the characters’ yearnings.

Before the maelstrom of blockbuster season, a pause for distinctive movies.

In a moving memoir, John Carpenter’s “Halloween” is an unexpected spirit guide.

'Stop Making Sense,' the greatest concert film of all time, looks and especially sounds better than ever on A24’s 4K UHD release.