Martin Scorsese turns his camera on the Osage Nation with Killers of the Flower Moon. Adapted from David Grann’s 2017 true-crime book of the same name, Marty’s latest epic brings to light one of many dark chapters in American history: the 1920s systematic, murderous eradication of the Osage people of Oklahoma by white interlopers intent on siphoning the Native Americans’ new-found oil wealth. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, a coyote-esque World War I veteran who marries Osage heiress Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), then goes on to commit atrocities at the manipulative behest of his money-hungry uncle (Robert De Niro). “Westerns, spirituality, organized crime and an unraveling American Mythos… possibly the most exemplary film of Scorsese’s nearly six-decade career,” writes Stevie. “An Oscar for Leo. A Nobel Prize for Lily. A Presidential Medal of Freedom for Thelma Schoonmaker.” Now in theaters before coming to Apple TV+.

Need another courtroom drama fix after The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial? The spirit of ’90s dad cinema is alive and well in The Burial when smooth-talking, ambulance-chasing attorney Jamie Foxx teams up with downtrodden funeral-home-owner Tommy Lee Jones to save his family business after he’s screwed by some bigwigs. A classic David vs. Goliath battle in the halls of justice, director Margaret Betts (Novitiate) delivers “a movie way more people should be talking about,” according to Tyler. Calvin says Foxx “is on fire in a proper star turn, delivering breezy humor and driven conviction with equal aplomb.” Anna pleads for you not to let this one slip through the cracks: “It’s the kind of movie we’re always saying we miss these days, and it’s a real shame to see what could’ve been a bona-fide hit getting unceremoniously dumped onto streaming in the middle of spooky season.” No objections here. Now streaming on Prime Video.

With their earliest audiences now in their thirties, youthful nostalgia is in full effect for Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles, Sally Aitken’s lovely documentary about the Australian entertainment sensation started by friends Anthony, Greg, Murray and Jeff. From the vibe in Letterboxd reviews, it seems this is the joyful, optimistic and open-hearted pick-me-up everyone needs right now. “There’s a warmness and joy to this film that immediately took me back to when I was three years old yelling at the TV for Jeff to wake up,” writes TheBlakeBuz. It’s smart art, too, according to Perry: “Having The Wiggles talk about the creative process—taking into account early developmental childhood psychology—as well as the toll the band took on the four members physically and mentally, really makes the viewer appreciate these guys as much more than what they’re perhaps taken for at face value.” Even The Wiggles told us they found it affecting when we went to the world premiere with them at SXSW Sydney (their four faves are coming soon!). Now streaming on Prime Video.

There are few documentarians as probing and personal as Errol Morris—the peerless filmmaker meets his match in his study of espionage novelist John le Carré (né David Cornwell), as the pair wrestle with the concept of truth, mystery, and why we tell any of these stories at all. Jon praises the documentarian’s craft in The Pigeon Tunnel, writing: “I have always loved Morris’s slickness. I will always be obsessed with the way he captures his subjects with such grandeur and wit.” And Alexander understands the looking-glass mirror of a movie: “Hard to tell who has the greater contempt: John Le Carré for Errol Morris, or Errol Morris for his audience.” For even more table-turning and meta-meditations on the sheer concept of cinema and why we watch it, read Ella Kemp’s interview with Morris on Journal. Now in select US and UK theaters and streaming on Apple TV+.

The reason we keep making movies about Big Pharma is because Big Pharma has caused such severe wreckage in our society that the cracks just keep on showing. Crime, finance, health, ego—pick your poison, Pain Hustlers is bringing it all back for another round. This version is borrowing from The Wolf of Wall Street’s playbook, starring Emily Blunt as high school dropout Liza Drake who’s looking for a good way to earn a quick buck, landing in a shifty pharmaceutical start-up in Central Florida. “Wolf of Wall Street for White Ladies,” writes VComplex. “Emily Blunt always delivers, though.” David Yates steps into the directorial chair (and out of the shadows of the Harry Potter franchise) with an all-star cast including Jay Duplass, Andy García and Catherine O’Hara—and, don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten: “I blacked out when Chris Evans started rapping.” Thanks so much for taking part, Jessi. In select US theaters and now streaming on Netflix.

If the feats of Free Solo felt like they were too good to be true, directing duo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin brave new but reliable waters for their narrative-feature debut NYAD, telling the true story of athlete Diana Nyad who swam the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida at the age of 60. Out of the film’s Telluride premiere, Andy writes: “Festival goggles fused to my face but this movie is CRAZY. Annette Bening walks onto the beach with a BUGLE and then later wears an E.T. costume to avoid jellyfish… I was LOSING MY MIND.” Sam, meanwhile, feels the way a lot of us did out of Free Solo, saying: “If this wasn’t a true story I don’t think I’d ever believe it.” Jodie Foster stands tall as Nyad’s best friend and coach Bonnie Stoll—sometimes even stealing the show, according to one member: “Foster’s performance is a revelation, and Bening’s is close behind.” In select theaters before streaming on Netflix from November 3.

Cannes enthusiasts might remember footage of filmmaker Molly Manning Walker running straight from a taxi onto the stage in her decidedly non-red-carpet leisure-wear to pick up the Un Certain Regard newcomer prize back in May. A much-loved cinematographer, How to Have Sex is her first feature film as writer-director and its provocative title belies a cautionary tale disguised as a rites-of-package holiday for three British girlfriends in Malia, Greece. “Sexual assault and consent are explored with visceral and psychological acuity in this drama that’s humorous, horrifying, but above all, sensitive,” writes Ajespe. It belongs firmly in Belinda’s list of 900 films about female friendship.  In UK and Irish cinemas from November 3 via MUBI, and coming soon to other territories.

From beyond the grave, king of schlock Stuart Gordon has one last cinematic gift for exploitation-horror lovers: Suitable Flesh, an H.P. Lovecraft project brought to fruition by Re-Animator writer Dennis Paoli and director (and Letterboxd member) Joe Lynch, with Gordon’s favorite actress Barbara Crampton alongside Heather Graham and Bruce Davison. “It’s refreshingly sex-forward, which serves in stark contrast to today’s tameness,” writes Alec, before warning that “once the gore hits it hits hard.” Lynch himself, while writing that he’s already “sick of the flick”, is happy that audiences have “a little more queerness, weirdness and horny-ness in their genre”. In select theaters and on demand before streaming on Shudder from January 2024.