New movies, Oct. 9-16: ‘The Apprentice,’ ‘Saturday Night,’ ‘We Live in Time’ and more
Major new releases, indie flicks, foreign films and art-house fare
Welcome to the latest edition of TV or Not TV’s curated guide to new movies screening in LA and OC this week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for arts & entertainment at the Los Angeles Times.
New this week
• Starts Wednesday, Oct. 9
‘Daytime Revolution’ This 2024 documentary revisits rock legend John Lennon and his artist wife Yoko Ono’s weeklong stint co-hosting “The Mike Douglas Show” in February 1972. 108 mins. Not Rated. kinolorber.com
• Starts Friday, Oct. 11
‘The Apprentice’ Aspiring young real estate mogul Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) is mentored by attorney and political fixer Roy Cohn (“Succession’s” Jeremy Strong) in Ali Abbasi’s fact-based 2024 drama set in 1970s NYC. 120 mins. Rated R. fandango.com
‘Average Joe’ A high school football coach stirs controversy by kneeling in prayer after games in this fact-based 2024 inspirational drama. With Eric Close. 110 mins. Rated PG-13. averagejoemovie.com
‘Bad Genius’ A brilliant young student attending an elite prep school on scholarship concocts a scheme to help pay for college in this 2024 drama. With Benedict Wong and Callina Laing. 96 mins. Not Rated. fandango.com
‘Brothers’ A crook (Josh Brolin) trying to go straight gets roped into pulling one last job by his twin brother (Peter Dinklage) in this 2024 caper. With Glenn Close, Brendan Fraser. 88 mins. Rated R. fandango.com
‘Chosen Family’ Heather Graham wrote, directed and stars as a yoga instructor trying to live her best life in this 2024 rom-com. 88 mins. Not Rated. fandango.com
‘Death Without Mercy’ This 2024 documentary revisits the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devasated parts of Turkey and Syria in 2023, leaving tens of thousands dead. In Arabic with English subtitles. Not Rated. 107 mins. laemmle.com
‘Dominique’ Hell hath no fury like the assassin left for dead in a small South American village in this 2024 action thriller. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. 100 mins. Rated R. fandango.com
‘Dusty & Stones’ An aspiring country music duo from a small nation in Africa sets out for Nashville in this 2022 tale. 83 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘The Last of the Sea Women’ This 2024 doc visits a windblown South Korean island where village women take part in a centuries-old tradition of foraging for food on the seafloor. In Korean with English subtitles. 87 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Matt and Mara’ A young college professor in a troubled marriage reconnects with a free-spirited man from her past in Kazik Radwanski’s 2024 drama. With Matt Johnson and Deragh Campbell. 80 mins. Not Rated. fandango.com
‘My Hero Academia: You’re Next’ Our young heroes leap into action once more in this 2024 entry in the anime film series. In Japanese with English subtitles or dubbed into English. 110 mins. Rated PG-13. mhayourenext.com
‘Nurse Unseen’ This 2023 documentary salutes the Filipina nurses who left their homes to come to the U.S. and put their lives on the line during the pandemic. Not Rated. 93 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Piece by Piece’ Pop music’s Pharrell Williams sees his life story get LEGO-fied in this animated 2024 bio pic featuring the voices of Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, et al. 93 mins. Rated PG. focusfeatures.com
‘The Red Suitcase’ A truck driver has an unexpected encounter with a stranger while on his way to a remote mountain village in Nepal in this 2023 mystery drama. In Nepali with English subtitles. 87 mins. Not Rated. lumierecinemala.com
‘Saturday Night’ The chaotic behind-the-scenes story of what it took to get the very first episode of the sketch show “Saturday Night Live” on the air in 1975 is dramatized in Jason Reitman’s fact-based 2024 comedy. 109 mins. Rated R. saturdaynight.movie
‘Separated’ Oscar winning filmmaker Errol Morris looks at the damage wrought by the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border in this 2024 exposé. 93 mins. Not Rated. landmarktheatres.com
‘Seven Cemeteries’ Recent parolee Danny Trejo digs up his old gang — literally — for one last job in this 2024 western-horror mashup. 100 mins. Not Rated. lumierecinemala.com
‘The Silent Hour’ “For All Mankind’s” Joel Kinnaman plays detective with severe job-related hearing loss who must protect a deaf young murder witness in this 2024 thriller. 109 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Terrifier 3’ The demonic Art the Clown returns to ruin Christmas for the residents of Miles County in this 2024 entry in the horror franchise. 125 mins. Not Rated. terrifier3.com
‘We Live in Time’ Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh meet cute, fall head over heals and share love and life’s ups and downs in John Crowley’s decade-spanning 2024 romantic drama. 107 mins. Rated R. fandango.com
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