How best should we remember the dead? The critical African American history retold in Margaret Brown’s imperative film, “Descendant,” an unblinking investigation combining local stories with “Erin Brockovich” flair, seeks to answer that question. Because for the many Black folks living in Africatown, Alabama, where the last slave ship made landfall, remembering is what they do best. See, in 1860, long after the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves was signed in 1808, two wealthy white men from Mobile, Alabama made a bet....

After the events of the series finale, Dexter moved on, settling into the small town of Iron Lake, New York. He spends his days dancing, working in a store, and hanging out with town sheriff, Angela (Julia Jones). But when a child goes missing and bodies turn up, it’s hard for Dexter not to get involved. Along the way, there’s his (ghostly?) sister, Deb (Jennifer Carpenter), and a reunion with his grown son, Harrison (Jack Alcott)....

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” director Sam Raimi hinted that there is still some uncertainty over wrapping production on the sequel film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The follow-up to Scott Derrickson’s 2016 film underwent “significant reshoots” in November 2021, according to Raimi’s recent interview with Variety. “I wish I knew the answer to that question,” Raimi said of finalizing the film. “I think we’re done, but we just cut everything....

Kiki Layne, who plays Margaret in the film, took to Instagram to post a photo of herself alongside her “Don’t Worry Darling” co-star Ari’el Stachel. The two actors began a romantic relationship after working together on the film, and she appears to be happier about meeting him than about the outcome of the film itself. The actress claims that she was cut from the majority of the film, despite playing a small but critical role as the first housewife to question the safety of the mysterious utopian community where the film takes place....

Best friends and seniors Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins) and Sean (RJ Cyler) set out to hit up every major Greek party on their campus circuit, something that was long ago dubbed a “Legendary Tour.” But being two young Black men in a not-your-average college party movie, the fun is over before it begins. Their epic night is abruptly interrupted by the sudden appearance of a young white girl, who the guys find passed out in their living room....

Here’s the official synopsis: “In ‘Evolution,’ acclaimed filmmaking team Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber return with a powerful drama tracing three generations of a family, from a surreal memory of World War II to modern day Berlin, unable to process their past in a society still coping with the wounds of its history. Like the water that connects the episodes in this triptych, memory and identity are fluid, and how we relate to it can drown or buoy....

The scene in question takes place after Pugh’s Dani discovers her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor) cheating on her by participating in a ritualistic orgy. Dani is taken back to her sleeping cabin by some of the village’s young women and they collectively endure a breakdown together, crying and screaming in unison. “Truly, these women made this scene possible,” Pugh writes. “It was TERRIFYING. As terrifying as it was to watch, it was to read and know we had to do it....