Thomas Kinkade turned himself into a ubiquitous brand — but there was more to him than that, a new documentary shows.

The director Catherine Gund fuses work from multiple artists with archival footage and interviews to craft an exploration of Black resilience.

A drama full of unconventional touches recalls a time when all we had were our screens.

Ciaran Cassidy’s film revisits an Irish television show that judged stay-at-home moms on budgeting and appearance.

Errol Morris returns to his main obsessions — evil and delusion — in a new Netflix documentary about the famous murders.

The final day on a small town baseball field is the setting for a funny, elegiac feature directorial debut.

Didion’s influential account of the era, “The White Album,” captures the ripples of terror provoked by the 1969 murders.

Baker’s four Oscars for “Anora” are validation of his sensitive portrayals of people on the margins who always seem to come up short.

RaMell Ross subverts our gaze, breaking the conventional frame in “Nickel Boys” as he did in his documentary “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.”

A quick guide to the nominated films and why you should watch them.