These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include more of “(Some of) the Best of 2023”; an in-person night with experimental animator Kelly Sears from the Revolutions per Minute Festival; free early Wim Wenders at The Brattle; Fellini’s “Amarcord” and new Victor Erice.

This 1950s-style diner with red vinyl stools, white-and-black tiled floors and upholstered booths is all plant-based, down to the comfort food meatball sub.

The vegan club at Somerville’s Forge Bakery, Bloc and Diesel Cafe; smoked turkey and cranberry sandwich at Flour; and The Dagwood at P&K Delicatessen in Somerville are good not-too-heavy dishes for your January.

A seafood sausage of shrimp, scallops and whitefish in a brioche bun crowned with dill and relish offers joy without the usual meat-based issues.

If you didn’t think we needed another Holocaust film, Jonathan Glazer would like you to think again. In his, we never step inside the walls of a death camp.

You can find shoyu-style ramen elsewhere, but this chicken-based white-broth paitan, not so much. Your taste buds will register something new at Tsurumen, something rich and creamy with a pleasingly sweet flourish.

A burger joint is replaced by The Cornerstone, now taking its cues from Japanese and Hawaiian cuisine yet somehow serving up what are, without question, the best fries I have had in my recent, recallable culinary past.

Cord Jefferson works warmth and humor into this satire of race and identity based on Percival Everett’s 2001 novel “Erasure.” The farce works, for a while.

The Midwest Grill, which shuttered as Covid took root, is back as JP Restaurant & Bar with breakfast and Portuguese fare. Brazilian barbecue is due back too.

The frenzy of the season is upon us. Here are a couple of ways to sit back and relax – one event you may not want to get your hopes up for, and another that will let you drown your dashed hopes in drinks and latkes.