Don’t miss Two Prosecutors (2025, NR), a stark historical drama from Sergei Loznitsa set during Stalin’s Great Purge. When a young prosecutor investigates a letter smuggled from prison, his search for justice spirals into a tense, claustrophobic portrait of power, surveillance, and moral collapse.

Showing at Cinestudio, Miroirs No. 3 (2025, NR) from director Christian Petzold unfolds as a quiet, unsettling chamber drama anchored by Paula Beer. After a devastating loss, a young woman’s stay with a rural family shifts from refuge to something more disquieting, as grief, identity, and unspoken tensions blur the boundaries between healing and projection. (German with English subtitles.)

Pope Park trades quiet park strolls for spinning rides, fried dough, flashing lights, and the unmistakable sound of someone winning an oversized stuffed banana. The annual carnival rolls into Hartford with classic fair games, snacks that always require extra napkins, and enough rides to keep the kids dizzy long after sunset.

Don Toliver brings his hypnotic hooks, melodic swagger, and late-night intensity to PeoplesBank Arena for a show built to rattle the rafters. It’s the kind of night where bass hits your chest, choruses float overhead, and the arena turns into one intense sing-along.

Skillibeng pulls up to Infinity Hall Hartford with the Badman She Love Tour, bringing gritty dancehall, drill-infused production, and razor-sharp bars alongside MOLIY. Known for his distinctive “E-Syde” flow—a hypnotic blend of husky delivery and sharp, staccato lyricism—Skillibeng has transitioned from a local phenomenon to a global powerhouse in record time.