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‘War Game’ Review: It Can’t Happen Here (Right?)

This nail-biter of a documentary imagines it is Jan. 6, 2025, and armed supporters of the losing candidate are hatching a coup and maybe a civil war. What will the nation’s leaders do?

By Manohla Dargis

Documentary Films and Programs Girls State (Movie) McBaine, Amanda (Filmmaker) Moss, Jesse (Filmmaker) Politics and Government Women and Girls

‘Girls State’ Review: One Nation, Under Girls

Balancing confidence with broad smiles, the high school students in this documentary understand that camaraderie goes hand in hand with political ambition.

By Natalia Winkelman

Chau, John Allen (d 2018) Documentary Films and Programs McBaine, Amanda (Filmmaker) Moss, Jesse (Filmmaker) National Geographic North Sentinel Island (India) The Mission (Movie)

‘The Mission’ Review: Blinded by the Light

A documentary tries to bring context to the actions of John Allen Chau, an American missionary who was killed in 2018.

By Ben Kenigsberg

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