It’s Oscar weekend! New Year’s Eve for cinephiles. And, between brushing up on Oscars trivia and filling out predictions ballots and spending hours in the kitchen making Academy Awards-themed snacks for the viewing party you’re hosting, there’s very little time remaining to go to the movies this week. But if ...

The fall movie season is well underway this first weekend of October, as several major releases make their long-awaited public debuts. This is a time to be excited, my little flickophiles — from now to Christmas, there’ll be more good films being released than in the rest of the year ...