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‘Veselka’ Review: Serving Up Support for Ukraine

Subtitled “The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World,” this documentary offers a warm tribute to an East Village landmark.

By Natalia Winkelman

Documentary Films and Programs Kiss the Future (Movie) Nenad Cicin-Sain Pop and Rock Music Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) U2 (Music Group)

‘Kiss the Future’ Review: Seeing U2 in Post-Siege Sarajevo

Nenad Cicin-Sain’s smoothly calibrated documentary is part timeline of the concert’s development and part testament to the city’s defiance during the Bosnian War.

By Nicolas Rapold

Brazil Documentary Films and Programs Francisco Tenorio Junior Goldblum, Jeff Javier Mariscal Latin Music Movies They Shot the Piano Player (Movie) Trueba, Fernando

‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Review: Taking on a Bossa Nova Mystery

The pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior, on tour in Argentina during the right-wing dictatorship of the 1970s, vanished. This animated feature picks up the trail.

By Claire Shaffer

Actors and Actresses Becoming King (Movie) Documentary Films and Programs DuVernay, Ava King, Martin Luther Jr Oyelowo, David Oyelowo, Jessica Selma (Movie)

‘Becoming King’ Review: An Actor Marches On

This documentary about Ava DuVernay’s 2014 Martin Luther King drama “Selma” plays more like a David Oyelowo tribute than a proper look at the difficulties of making the film.

By Beatrice Loayza