In addition to White Bird, here's what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters. new in theaters JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX: Gotham City's notorious institutionalized spree killer (Joaquin Phoenix) finds love in Todd Phillips' comic-book-adjacent musical sequel, also starring Zazie Beetz and Lady Gaga. (138 min, R. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Sunset) THE OUTRUN: Saoirse Ronan plays a woman who returns to her Orkney Island birthplace to confront her past in this festival fave drama from Nora Fingscheidt, with Stephen Dillane and Saskia Reeves. (188 min, R. Savoy) WHITE BIRD: A boy learns life lessons from his grandmother's story of escaping Nazi-occupied France in this family drama directed by Marc Forster, starring Ariella Glaser, Armando Schwerdt and Helen Mirren. (120 min, PG-13. Majestic) currently playing AM I RACIST? Matt Walsh goes undercover to discredit diversity, equity and inclusion experts in this comic documentary. Justin Folk directed. (101 min, PG-13. Bijou) BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE ★★★1/2 A grown-up Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) must save her daughter in this Tim Burton fantasy sequel, partially shot in Vermont. (104 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden; reviewed 9/11) THE CRITIC ★★1/2 In the 1930s, a powerful London theater critic and an actress get embroiled in a blackmail plot in this thriller from director Anand Tucker, starring Ian McKellen, Lesley Manville and Gemma Arterton. (101 min, R. Roxy) DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE: Two superheroes team up in the latest Marvel flick, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. (127 min, R. Majestic) DEVARA PART 1: A man and his smuggler brother become enemies in this Telugu-language action epic, directed by Koratala Siva. (176 min, NR. Majestic) LEE ★★★ Kate Winslet plays fashion model and Man Ray protégée turned World War II correspondent Lee Miller in this biopic directed by Ellen Kuras. (116 min, R. Capitol, Roxy) MEGALOPOLIS ★★★ "New Rome" is the setting for Francis Ford Coppola's science fiction epic about the clash between an idealistic architect (Adam Driver) and the mayor (Giancarlo Esposito) who obstructs his dreams. (138 min, R. Big Picture, Essex, Majestic, Savoy) MY OLD ASS ★★★1/2 A teen (Maisy Stella) learns life lessons from her older self (Aubrey Plaza) during a mushroom trip in this comedy from director Megan Park. (88 min, R. Capitol, Majestic; reviewed 10/2) NEVER LET GO ★★★ A woman (Halle Berry) raises her sons in isolation from a world ruled by evil spirits — or so she says — in this horror…