An opulently rendered tale with spectacular set pieces and some soul-baring that, for all its grand gestures, feels not quite fully formed.

These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include repertory films such as “Grease” in honor of Olivia Newton-John, every George Miller “Mad Max” film, classics “Dirty Dancing” and “Now and Then” – and two new works: the Lovecraftian horror-comedy “Glorious” and our mane feature, “Beast.”

These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include repertory films such as “Identikit,” “The Birds,” ““The Night of the Living Dead,” “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and John Carpenter’s deft remake of “The Thing,” as well as the new vampire-hunting “Day Shift” and acrophobia-inducing “Fall.”

Indie crime drama “Emily the Criminal” clicks because of Aubrey Plaza. Not enough can be said about her subtlety, or how much she does with a sneer or a shift of her large, luminous eyes.

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “El Topo” and “Holy Mountain” return to enthrall and bewilder audiences, but there’s Judy Garland and Josef von Sternberg-Marlene Dietrich to balance it out, as well as John Frankenheimer’s “The Train,” Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train” and the new Brad Pitt action film “Bullet Train” (and more) to keep you on your toes.

A respite from the seemingly endless stream of doom and gloom in the newsfeeds, Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” is an inspiring tale of triumph over tragedy.

These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include repertory films such as David Lynch’s “Lost Highway” and a month of Hitchcock in Kendall Square, as well as new films “Persuasion,” “The Whole Lot” and a “Predator” film called “Prey” that goes back 300 years for the hunt.

We spoke to Sara Dosa, director of the documentary “Fire of Love,” about what draws her to a story, how to find the best of 200 hours of film archives and what had to be left out.

These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include Cambridge’s presence at the upcoming Woods Hole documentary film festival, repertory gems such as “Mad Max: Fury Road” and new works such as the fatal “Fire of Love” and the rom-com “Anything’s Possible.”

“Nope” is a solid summer pleaser, a sci-fi thriller from Jordan Peele with some very deep characters, incredible performances and a thinking person’s pacing.