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“All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records” — A documentary charts the iconic music chain through interviews featuring Russ Solomon, Michael Solomon, Heidi Cotler, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, David Geffen and Dave Grohl. Written by Steven Leckart. Directed by Colin Hanks. (1:34) NR.

“Aram, Aram” — A 12-year-old Armenian boy is sent to America to live with his grandfather in Los Angeles’ Little Armenia. With Levon Sharafyan, Alla Tumanian, John Roohinian and Sevak Hakoyan. Directed by Christopher Chalmers. (1:24) NR.

“The Assassin” — In ninth century China, a young woman who had been abducted as a child, and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts, returns home to assassinate a man she once loved. With Shu Qi and Chang Cheen. Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. In Mandarin with English subtitles. (1:44) NR.

“Beasts of No Nation” — A boy growing up in a West African country on the brink of civil war is torn from his family and conscripted as a child soldier. With Abraham Attah and Idris Elba. Written and directed by Cary Fukunaga. (2:16) NR.

“Bridge of Spies” — A fact-based drama about James Donovan, a hard-nosed Brooklyn lawyer recruited by the CIA to slip behind the Iron Curtain and negotiate a prisoner swap in 1962. With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance and Scott Shepherd. Written by Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Directed by Steven Spielberg. (2:15) PG-13.

“Crimson Peak” — Swept off her feet by a handsome stranger, a young woman in Victorian England is whisked to a house filled with spooky secrets. With Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston. Written by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins. Directed by del Toro. (1:59) R.

“The Diabolical” — When a single mother and her two children are tormented by an increasingly strange presence, she turns to her scientist boyfriend to take on the paranormal threat. With Ali Larter and Max Rose. Written by Luke Harvis and Alistair Legrand. Directed by Legrand. (1:26) NR.

“Dukhtar” — In a village in Pakistan, a young mother takes her 10-year-old daughter and flees to save her from a child marriage. With Samiya Mumtaz, Saleha Aref and Mohib Mirza. Written and directed by Afia Nathaniel. In Urdu and Pashto, with English subtitles. (1:33) NR.

“Experimenter” — A biographical drama about Stanley Milgram’s notorious 1961 psychology experiment in which subjects thought they were delivering painful electric shocks to pleading strangers. With Peter Saarsgard, Winona Ryder and Jim Gaffigan. Written and directed by Michael Almereyda. (1:46) PG-13.

“Goosebumps” — The new boy in town and the girl next door must spring into action after accidentally releasing the monsters trapped in her father’s books. With Dylan Minnette, Halston Sage and Jack Black. Written by Darren Lemke. Directed by Rob Letterman. (1:43) PG.

“Meadowland” — A year after suffering a heartbreaking loss, a husband and wife threaten to unravel completely. With Olivia Wilde, Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi. Written by Chris Rossi. Directed by Reed Morano. (1:35) R.

“Medusa” — In this horror film based on Greek mythology a college professor finds a witch doctor who summons the spirit of the gorgon Medusa. With Jeff Allen, Tom Struckhoff and Britt Rose. Written and directed by Jorge Ameer. (1:49) NR.

“Momentum” — An expert thief with a secret past accidentally gives up her identity during what should have been a routine heist and gets mixed up in a government conspiracy. With Olga Kurylenko and James Purefoy. Written by Adam Marcus and Debra Sullivan. Directed by Stephen S. Campanelli. (1:36) NR.

“OzLand” — Wandering a post-apocalypic world, two travelers happen upon a copy of the L. Frank Baum novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” transforming their outlook and existence. With Glenn Payne, Dunlap Peeples IV and Zack Ratkovich. Written and directed by Michael Williams. (1:45) NR.