“All Quiet on the Western Front” (R; 147 minutes; in English and German, with subtitles): “All Quiet” follows the life of German soldier Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer), who, after enlisting in the German army with his friends in the closing years of World War I, finds himself at risk to the realities of war, shattering their earliest hopes of becoming heroes. Crest Cinema.
“Casablanca Beats” (not rated; 101 minutes; in Arabic, with subtitles): A former rapper teaches hip-hop music to students in an underprivileged Moroccan neighborhood. Despite differences in identity, religion and politics, he encourages them to bond together and break free from the weight of restrictive traditions. Grand Cinema.
“Dark Glasses” (rating; 90 minutes; in Italian, with subtitles): In this unusually tender giallo thriller, a Roman sex worker and a Chinese-Italian preteen try to catch a wire-wielding serial strangler in the aftermath of a fateful car crash. SIFF Cinema Uptown.
“Doctor G” (not rated; 124 minutes; in Hindi, with subtitles): Uday Gupta finds himself the lone male student in the gynecology department, and his hesitancy leads to chaos, confusion, comedy and, eventually, great camaraderie with his female classmates. Multiple theaters.
“God’s Creatures” (R; 100 minutes): In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong when a lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community. Grand Cinema.
★★ (out of four) “Halloween Ends” (R; 111 minutes): “Halloween Ends” has the feeling of dour obligation, and it’s clear no one’s heart is really in this any more, the limits of narrative possibility in Haddonfield stretched beyond their max. The writers don’t seem interested in writing real characters, but rather in proclaiming vague archetypes and platitudes about “evil,” which are declared in narration by Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), who is finally writing her memoir. By the time we get to the last act for the final, final denouement (really, it better be final), all of the energy has been sapped, and it feels like a compulsory trudge to the finish line. Full review here. Multiple theaters and streaming on Peacock. — Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
“Stars at Noon” (R; 135 minutes; in English and French, with subtitles): An English businessman and an American journalist strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape Nicaragua. Grand Cinema.
★★★½ “Triangle of Sadness” (R; 149 minutes): The question of worth flows through Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” a handsomely grotesque satire about the guests and workers aboard a luxury yacht. The ideas might not be new, and the targets might be easy, but the Swedish filmmaker who has made a cottage industry out of picking at social scabs in films like “Force Majeure” and “The Square” has once again made something exceedingly uncomfortable and undeniably entertaining. Full review here. SIFF Cinema Uptown. — Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
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