In addition to Conclave, 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 THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER: Six siblings known for making trouble take over the local church's festivities in this comedy from director Dallas Jenkins, starring Lauren Graham and Judy Greer. (99 min, PG. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Star) ELEVATION: Three people brave postapocalyptic monsters to save a kid in this action thriller from George Nolfi, starring Anthony Mackie and Morena Baccarin. (90 min, R. Majestic) HERETIC: Missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) try to convert the wrong person (Hugh Grant) in this horror film from directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. (110 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Paramount, Star, Sunset) MEANWHILE ON EARTH: A young woman (Megan Northam) receives a mysterious message from her brother, an astronaut lost in space, in this drama from director Jérémy Clapin. (89 min, R. Savoy) SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE: Cillian Murphy plays a man discovering the dark secrets of the local Magdalen Laundry in this historical drama directed by Tim Mielants and based on Claire Keegan's novel. (98 min, PG-13. Capitol) currently playing ABSOLUTION ★★1/2 Liam Neeson stars in this crime thriller as an aging gangster trying to right past wrongs. Hans Petter Moland (Cold Pursuit) directed. (112 min, R. Majestic) THE APPRENTICE ★★★ Sebastian Stan plays the young Donald Trump in this biopic about his real estate dealings; Maria Bakalova is Ivana. Ali Abbasi (Border) directed. (120 min, R. Roxy) BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE ★★★1/2 A grown-up Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) must save her daughter in this Tim Burton fantasy sequel. (104 min, PG-13. Capitol, Majestic, Sunset; reviewed 9/11) CONCLAVE ★★★★ A conspiracy interferes with the selection of a new pope in this thriller starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, directed by Edward Berger. (120 min, PG. Essex, Majestic, Savoy) EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS: An artist faces a reckoning with his estranged father in this Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize nominee, directed by Titus Kaphar and starring André Holland and John Earl Jelks. (117 min, R. Savoy) HERE ★★ The latest from director Robert Zemeckis follows the events on a single plot of land as time passes and different people make it a home. Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Paul Bettany star. (104 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic) HITPIG: Berkeley Breathed is among the writers of this animated comedy about a porcine bounty hunter (voice of Jason Sudeikis) pursuing a dancing elephant. (86 min, PG. Bijou, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Welden) LOST ON A…