Movies Update: Summer moviegoing heats up.

Plus, Tribeca Festival picks.

View in browser|nytimes.com June 6, 2025 By Stephanie Goodman Hi, film fans! We're in the thick of summer moviegoing and I'm especially enjoying the range of choices in theaters right now. There's "Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning" with Tom Cruise's amazing action work for the director Christopher McQuarrie. My colleague Leah Greenblatt has a terrific look at how he pulled off a scene that required him to hang from a plane. (The insurer was probably as stunned as fans were.) Then there's the gruesome "Bring Her Back," the rare horror film to feature Sally Hawkins, the Oscar-nominated actress better known for working with directors like Guillermo del Toro and Mike Leigh. In an interview with Erik Piepenburg, she explained that she had signed on to play a foster mother with some unorthodox caregiving practices because of the script by Danny and Michael Philippou, the brother horror auteurs from Australia. "The writing just hits hard, and you know it comes from a place of real understanding," Hawkins said. Finally, for a complete change of pace, try Wes Anderson's "Phoenician Scheme," starring Benicio Del Toro as a shady businessman hoping to reconnect with his daughter, a nun played by Mia Threapleton. If that name isn't familiar, it might help to know that her mother is Kate Winslet. Or maybe not. Despite the connection, Threapleton told us she came by her love of film independently and when she learned she had landed the Anderson role, she curled up and sobbed: "I couldn't believe it," she said. Whatever you decide to watch, enjoy the movies! Neon 'The Life of Chuck' Review: Don't Worry, Be Happy Tom Hiddleston dances his way through a movie about death and dystopia, based on a Stephen King story, that has an incongruous feel-good vibe. By Manohla Dargis Larry D. Horricks/Lionsgate 'From the World of John Wick: Ballerina' Review: Dance, Killer, Dance! Ana de Armas twirls into the franchise as a ballerina-assassin with vengeance on her mind in this by-the-numbers cash grab. By Jeannette Catsoulis via Tribeca Festival Critic's Notebook At the Tribeca Festival, Standouts Come From Near and Far A documentary about a New York restaurant and a Korean film about dine-and-dashers are among the standouts in this year's festival. By Natalia Winkelman CRITICS' PICKS Ingvar Kenne/A24 Critic's Pick 'Bring Her Back' Review: A Foster Mother Like No Other Sally Hawkins plays a menacingly unhinged foster parent to two bereaved siblings in this emotionally potent chiller. By Jeannette Catsoulis MOVIE REVIEWS IFC Films and Shudder 'Dangerous Animals' Review: Here, Sharky Sharky! The Australian director Sean Byrne combines the serial killer and shark movie subgenres into a trashy good time. By Jason Zinoman Chip Bergmann/Perry Well Films 2, via Netflix 'Tyler Perry's Straw' Review: The Accidental Bank Robber A single mom in Atlanta (Taraji P. Henson) is having a very, very, very bad day. By Lisa Kennedy Vertical Entertainment 'I Don't Understand You' Review: Murder and Mayhem in Italy The film follows dads-to-be Dom (Nick Kroll) and Cole (Andrew Rannells) as they make a series of disastrously wrong turns during their anniversary trip. By Chris Azzopardi Aborarama 'The Last Twins' Review: A Rare Holocaust Story Erno Spiegel was spared because he was a twin. He went on to help others at Auschwitz, as detailed in this documentary by Perri Peltz and Matthew O'Neill. By Beatrice Loayza XYZ Films 'The Ritual' Review: An Exorcism to Forget Al Pacino speaks in an exaggerated accent and Dan Stevens looks overly concerned in this movie directed by David Midell. By Glenn Kenny Steph Ching/Voces 'Slumlord Millionaire' Review: Costs of Living A documentary looks at New York City residents pushing back against housing troubles. By Ben Kenigsberg Sunrise Films 'Sunlight' Review: A Man Wakes Up in a Camper, Monkey at the Wheel In Nina Conti's absurdist love story, a radio host and a new friend have nowhere to go but up. By Nicolas Rapold ANATOMY OF A SCENE Larry D. Horricks/Lionsgate Anatomy of a Scene Watch Ana de Armas Fight Using Kitchen Utensils in 'Ballerina' The director Len Wiseman narrates an action sequence from "From the World of John Wick: Ballerina." By Mekado Murphy NEWS & FEATURES Paramount Pictures How They Pulled Off That Wild 'Mission: Impossible' Plane Stunt Creating Tom Cruise's pivotal scene for "The Final Reckoning" required months of grit, G-force training and a little hypothermia. By Leah Greenblatt Ingvar Kenne/A24 In 'Bring Her Back,' Sally Hawkins Takes Horror to Heart In a rare interview, the actress discusses tackling a difficult, sensitive and often dastardly role in the latest offering from Danny and Michael Philippou. By Erik Piepenburg Paramount Pictures And Skydance/Paramount Pictures, via Associated Press The Women Who Try to Keep Pace With Ethan Hunt Over eight installments, the "Mission: Impossible" franchise has never quite found the perfect match for Tom Cruise's world-saving spy. By Esther Zuckerman Lionsgate A Pirouette Through 'John Wick' Lore With the release of "From the World of John Wick: Ballerina," a guide to the expanded Wick cinematic universe. By Robert Ito Janus Films, via The American Cinematheque Misery Loves Company? Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair Hits a Nerve. Movies that are major downers, it turns out, are a big film festival draw. "Sometimes the world is such that you just need to wallow a little bit." By Brooks Barnes Max Miechowski for The New York Times Wes Anderson's Newest Star Finds Inspiration Everywhere (Even a Napkin) Mia Threapleton is Kate Winslet's daughter but she's intent on making her own way in Hollywood. That includes her deadpan nun in "The Phoenician Scheme." By Sarah Bahr STREAMING RECOMMENDATIONS Nur Rubio/XYZ Films For Pride, Stream These Queer Horror Movies Standouts include a lesbian-coded vampire thriller and a Mexican folk-horror drama. By Erik Piepenburg Jessie Redmond/Prime The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Disney+, Amazon, Max, AMC+ and More in June "Phineas and Ferb," "The Bear" and "The Gilded Age" are coming back, and "We Were Liars," "Hell Motel" and "Stick" debut. By Noel Murray Walt Disney Studios Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now In this month's selections, romance across dimensions and an animated entry in the "Predator" franchise. By Elisabeth Vincentelli DreamWorks Animation 5 Children's Movies to Stream Now This month's picks include an Oscar-nominated DreamWorks adventure and a fun summer mystery for tweens. By Dina Gachman How are we doing? We'd love your feedback on this newsletter. 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