You better believe The Exorcist is back. The legacy sequel, helmed by David Gordon Green of the recent Halloween reboots, follows a widower (Leslie Odom Jr.) pushed to the brink when his tween daughter (Lidya Jewett) and her friend (Olivia Marcum) both become demonically possessed. To cure them, he seeks out the only other person who’s seen this before: Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), mother of the OG vessel of the devil, Regan (Linda Blair). “Pretty funny that the demon seems to know all the iconic lines from the original movie!” says Brett in a two-star review. “I hope Ellen’s paycheck was Burstyn.” (It was). Now in theaters.

After crafting their quietly devastating The Assistant together, Julia Garner and director Kitty Green reunite for The Royal Hotel, a thriller (inspired by a documentary) about two Canadian women (Garner and Jessica Henwick, AKA Peg from Glass Onion) on an Australian backpacking trip that literally goes Down Under. Stranded in a small, male-dominated town with no cash, the pair reluctantly take jobs at the Royal Hotel—that’s when things start to spiral out of control. “[Green] trades the stripped-back digital corporate urbanism for gorgeously textured rural landscapes,” writes Audrey. “The ever-looming threat of gendered violence funneled into a tight thriller.” Now in select US theaters.

Letterboxd faves Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan star in this sci-fi chamber drama as American Midwesterners (?!) named Junior and Hen (?!) scraping by in the dystopian year 2065. Their loveless marriage is shaken up by the appearance of a mysterious stranger (Aaron Pierre) at their secluded farmhouse—he comes bearing a life-changing offer for Junior: go to space! Currently sitting at a lukewarm 3.0 average rating, it’s nevertheless a must-thirst-watch for the legions of Mescal and Ronan fans out there. “People might get into this, but I felt like it was floating around a lot of really interesting things without actually landing on any of them,” says Ben. “Still, I’ll give it a mild pass for its coldly sinister tone and the fact that it stars the best actors in the goddamn world.” Now in US theaters.

Winner of the TIFF Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award, Dicks: The Musical promises flying genitalia, outlandish song-and-dance numbers, two grotesque puppets called the “Sewer Boys” and so much more gleeful depravity. What else do you expect from the director of Borat? Comedy duo Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson write and star as two businessmen who discover they’re identical twins, then proceed to cook up a deranged plan to Parent Trap their mom (Megan Mullally) and dad (Nathan Lane). Among the various co-stars who were down to clown for A24’s first-ever musical are rapper Megan Thee Stallion and Letterboxd member Bowen Yang, playing himself: God. We talked to cast and crew about horny puppets and handmade production design at the film’s premiere. Now in select US theaters.

The scariest movie of the Halloween season isn’t The Exorcist: Believer, nor Saw X, nor Five Nights at Freddy’s: it’s Mister Organ. Tickled filmmaker David Farrier returns with another psyche-probing documentary, this one about the slimiest man in New Zealand, Michael Organ. Initially brought to Farrier’s attention by a nefarious car-clamping scheme, his investigation into Organ’s various misdeeds soon makes him a target of the litigious narcissist’s torturous mind games—and Farrier isn’t the only one. Featuring interviews with several of Organ’s many victims, this unconventional horror story is making Letterboxd members like Guy plead: “David if you are reading this please work on a movie about a kind person who enriches your life.” For those who are worried, we checked in with David and he is fine. Now in select US theaters.

Alden Ehrenreich is having a stellar year: not only did he co-star in Oppenheimer, but he directed a short film (his first, called Shadow Brother Sunday) that premiered at Tribeca. Before all that, though, Fair Play screened at Sundance in January, garnering glowing reviews. He and Phoebe Dynevor lead Chloe Domont’s impressive directorial debut as newlyweds Luke and Emily, whose marriage unravels after the latter receives a promotion at their hedge-fund firm over the former. Though the steamy poster and marketing imply that this is an erotic thriller, members Katie, Jourdain and Ram disagree, with Robert asserting that it’s been “mislabeled”. Instead, expect a workplace psychodrama exploring gender and power dynamics in the corporate world of Manhattan high finance. (Chloe’s four favorites are here, by the way.) Now playing in select US theaters and streaming on Netflix US; on Netflix in other countries from October 13.

The legendary William Friedkin’s final film is a tense, talky legal drama adapted from Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1952 novel The Caine Mutiny. While the story—which cross-examines a supposed mutiny aboard a US Naval ship—had previously been turned into a 1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart as Lt. Philip Queeg, Friedkin selected Kiefer Sutherland as his successor, buoyed by a supporting cast of Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy and the late Lance Reddick in his final film role. “It’s a relatively simple courtroom drama, but Friedkin’s pacing of it is masterful, the ebbs and flows of tension and information are clearly done by an absolute pro, and he gets the most out of his actors,” writes Thomas. “Clarke, Reddick and Sutherland all have moments of acting that are some of the best I’ve seen all year.” Now streaming on Showtime.

Winner of the Palme d’Or (and Palm Dog!) at Cannes this year, Anatomy of a Fall is at once a French courtroom drama, an incisive interrogation of a marriage and a showstopping star vehicle for leading actress Sandra Hüller. When Sandra’s (Hüller) husband (Samuel Theis) is found dead from an apparent fall outside their isolated mountainside home—which they live in with their visually impaired son (Milo Machado-Graner)—she finds herself in the nightmarish situation of being the prime suspect. “Such accurate depictions of how thoughts, emotions and conversations actually play out in real life, and [director Justine] Triet leaves more than enough subtext for the audience to read between the lines,” writes MJsays, also praising the “knockout performances from the entire cast, including Snoop the dog.” In select US theaters October 13.

…Ready for it? Superstar Taylor Swift is a mastermind who knows her bejeweled army of Swifties all too well, making their wildest dreams come true by releasing a filmed version of her mega-popular The Eras Tour in theaters worldwide. The 169-minute concert doc is helmed by Sam Wrench, known for his work capturing gorgeous performances by Billie Eilish and BTS. If you were able to get tickets, consider yourself the lucky one: the event crashed AMC apps across the US and earned a gold rush of global ticket pre-sales to the tune of over $100 million, besting the previous record holder, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Look what you made her do! In theaters October 13.