Friday openings: Racism, exorcism, cancel culture

Above : Danielle Deadwyler and Jalyn Hall star in “Till.” (Photo/United Artists)

Looks like the coming week will be filled with new movies to see. Here are what’s listed on the opening schedule:

“Till” : Director Chinonye Chukwu takes us back to 1955 and examines the story of Emmett Till (Jalyn Hall) whose lynching became a landmark for anti-racist and social-justice causes.

New York Times critic Manohla Dargis wrote, “Chukwu revisits the past while doing something extremely difficult. She makes this grim American history insistently of the moment – and she does so by stripping the story down to its raw, harrowing emotional core.”

“Tár” : Cate Blanchett stars as a renowned conductor of a German orchestra who, on the eve of a much-anticipated performance, watches as her life begins to unravel.

Moira MacDonald of the Seattle Times wrote, “This tale of ambition and its cost – and its collateral damage – is Blanchett’s movie, and she delivers a tour de force in every scene.”

“Call Jane” : Elizabeth Banks stars as a woman whose life is threatened by her pregnancy and yet who can’t find the help she needs in 1950s America.

Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, “Keeping the film grounded in character, (director Phyllis) Nagy eloquently reminds us at every turn that what has been labeled a crime is a medical procedure, and underscores how personal all this is for the women.”

“Prey for the Devil” : Jacqueline Byers stars as a nun who, during an exorcism, encounters a demon from her own past.

No advance reviews available.

That’s all for now. I’ll update as needed.