Letterboxd’s highest-rated music film is fully remastered in 4K and coming back to cinemas, courtesy of A24. Jonathan Demme’s acclaimed concert documentary—which captures the Talking Heads’ lightning-in-a-bottle series of 1983 performances at the Hollywood Pantages Theater—releases first in IMAX before beginning a standard theatrical run on September 29. While it’s a singular joy to see David Byrne’s big suit on the big screen, the real allure is the immersive surround sound that highlights and revamps each of the band members’ instruments. Another reason to rewatch: “The part where he’s pleasantly surprised that the lamp doesn’t fall over really hit this time around,” writes Branson. Now in US theaters.

Sylvester Stallone’s ode to action heroes continues with the fourth installment of The Expendables series, the aptly—and strangely—titled Expend4bles. After directing the debut entry and co-writing the first three, this is alleged to be Stallone’s last appearance as mercenary leader Barney Ross, with Jason Statham’s knife-enthusiast Lee Christmas taking the helm. Newcomers include 50 Cent as an added Expendable, Megan Fox and Andy García as CIA agents and accomplished martial artists Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais. Now in theaters.

In the year 2023, we’ve been blessed with not one, not two, but five new Wes Anderson films. After his feature-length Asteroid City blasted off this summer, fall brings four shorts adapted from various Roald Dahl stories: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan, The Rat Catcher and Poison, releasing on September 27, 28, 29 and 30, respectively. The first of these is centered on a rich man (Benedict Cumberbatch) who, with help from a guru (Ben Kingsley), learns how to see without using his eyes, allowing him to cheat at gambling. “Incredibly charming and plays with the artifice of storytelling so well,” writes Iana, who caught the short at its Venice premiere. “Manifesting Dev Patel in more Wes films.” Now in select US theaters, streaming on Netflix from September 27.

Seven years after the release of his ’80s-set joy ride Sing Street—which spawned the hit song ‘Drive It Like You Stole It’—John Carney returns with another love story spurred by the power of music, Flora and Son. In Dublin, Ireland, a single mom (Eve Hewson) struggles to connect with her rowdy teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). After rescuing a guitar from a dumpster, she turns to a washed-up, LA-based musician (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) for Zoom lessons, opening up a new way to bond with Max as well as the possibility of a transatlantic romance. According to AGPerson, Flora and Son is “as much a treat[ise] on art and music in an era of commodification as it is an ode to single mothers and women around the world who feel they may not be able to rediscover who they are.” This just in: read our Q&A with Carney to find out what happened at the end of Sing Street. Now in select theaters, streaming on Apple TV+ from September 29.

“A love note to getting old, relishing in your wisdom and finding humor in the relentless march of time,” says Robyn in a five-star review of Hayao Miyazaki’s enchanting fantasy Howl’s Moving Castle (a member of our exclusive Top 250 club), returning to cinemas tomorrow. From now to November, all ten of Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli animated films are screening for the studio’s first-ever nationwide retrospective, Ghibli Fest, courtesy of GKIDS. Each will be shown in both original Japanese and English dubbed versions, including exclusive selections from the documentary series 10 Years With Hayao Miyazaki. In US theaters from September 23–27.

After several torturously Saw-less years, it’s finally time to get trapped again. Saw X is set between the events of Saw and Saw II, following John Kramer/Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) as he heads to Mexico City to receive an experimental treatment for his brain cancer. But when he’s duped by a conniving doctor (Synnøve Macody Lund), he decides to play one of his trademark games with her team of scammers, bringing back a fan-favorite apprentice in the process, Amanda Young (Shawnee Smith). A slower-paced and more patient entry in the usually frenetic franchise, this is the most character-driven, longest—and maybe even goriest—Saw yet. Billy the Puppet, you will always be famous. In theaters September 29.

Set in a future where humans and artificial intelligence are at war (sounds familiar), a grieving special-forces soldier (John David Washington) is tasked with hunting down the titular Creator’s ultimate weapon: an AI in the form of a child named Alfie (Madeleine Yuna Voyles). Though it officially premieres on September 26 as the opening-night selection of Beyond Fest, early reactions have praised Oren Soffer and Oscar winner Greig Frasier’s (Dune) cinematography—as well as the visual effects—of the latest sci-fi from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards, who cited Blade Runner and Akira as world-building influences and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Paper Moon for helping to nail down the emotional core. In theaters September 29.

Don’t let the cold-blooded title of this new neo-noir catch you off guard—yes, Benicio del Toro headlines as a hard-boiled detective, hell-bent on solving the murder of a real-estate agent, but he also loves his wife (Alicia Silverstone) and he line dances! Groovy moves are to be expected from Reptile director Grant Singer, however, as he broke into the filmmaking scene by making music videos for Sky Ferreira (‘Everything is Embarrassing’), then branched out to The Weeknd (‘The Hills’) and Lorde (‘Green Light’). “Rhapsodic, romantic, funny, suspenseful, commanding and terrifying,” raves Patrik in a five-star review. “It’s a movie with a libido.” Now playing in select US theaters, streaming on Netflix from September 29.

It’s time for Mia’s Pick! Our usual Call Sheet editor Dom is out this week and next, so I’m here to close the newsletter with a recommendation for your watchlists—it’s MY Call Sheet and I get to pick the movie! This edition: Angels in America (2003). Yup, my inaugural rec is a six-hour gay fantasia on national themes. Set against the Reagan era’s colossal mishandling of the 1980s AIDS epidemic, the all-star cast includes Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Emma Thompson, Jeffrey Wright, The Letterboxd Show pod guest Patrick Wilson and more heavy hitters (Justin Kirk from another HBO masterpiece, Succession!). The source material is Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer-winning stage play, which Mike Nichols has adapted into something that defies the label of “prestige TV”—in fact, the man whose directorial debut was Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) has said that he considers Angels his magnum opus. As usual, he’s right.