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February 21, 2025 
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Hey, movie fans!
The Oscars are coming up March 2, so you still have a little time to get caught up with the nominees before the big night.
One in particular that our awards season columnist, Kyle Buchanan, has had his eye on is also one that no U.S. studio has been willing to distribute: the documentary “No Other Land,” about the destruction of Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank.
In lieu of a distributor, the film’s directors have executed a self-distribution plan, getting the film in at least 23 U.S. theaters with the hope of a larger rollout.
Buchanan wrote, “The filmmakers hope that if anything can come of this awards campaign, it’s an increased global awareness of the fraught situation in Masafer Yatta.”
On the non-Oscars side of the movie world, “Captain America: Brave New World” had a strong opening weekend at the U.S. box office, while weathering some backlash and mixed reviews. In a notebook offering suggestions to Disney about how to approach the future of Marvel, the critic Maya Phillips wrote, “The best way for Disney to successfully usher fans through this next iteration is not by trying to predict which way the political winds will blow, but by providing well-written, fully developed characters of all backgrounds.”
Out this week is the horror-comedy “The Monkey,” which, the critic Alissa Wilkinson wrote, is stuffed with “giddily ludicrous demises, doled out at random.” The writer Erik Piepenburg spoke to the film’s star, Theo James, who is just as creeped out by musical monkey toys as we are.
Also this week, if you’d like to save a penny or two, we kicked off a new column on great films that you can watch for absolutely free at home.
Enjoy the movies.
