August means big block-busting fun, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw delivers. For more intellectual fare, revisit the John Cassavetes masterpieces Opening Night and Love Streams, or discover a dark time in Argentinean history with Rojo. Follow the links below to see complete showtimes, tickets, and trailers for all of our critics’ picks. If you’re looking for even more options, check out our film events calendar and complete movie times listings (which are now location-aware!), and don’t forget to see where outdoor movies are playing.
Note: Movies play Thursday–Sunday unless otherwise noted
42nd Street
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he may just pull it off until his temperamental star Dorothy breaks her ankle on the eve of the show’s premiere and has to be replaced by understudy Peggy. This 1933 musical starring Ruby Keeler boasts the still-impressive kitsch choreography of Busby Berkeley, who makes enormous moving sculptures out of grinning, leggy girls.
SIFF Cinema Uptown
Saturday only
Part of Dressed to the Nines
