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‘Handling the Undead’ Review: When the Dead Don’t Die

A zombie movie is wrapped in a gentle tale of mourning and love.

‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’ Review: When They Take Your Company Away

An illuminating documentary about the ill-fated (though now-revived) subscription service finds an unexpected story.

‘Atlas’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Thriller Wonders Whether A.I. Is All That Bad

Jennifer Lopez stars in a sci-fi action thriller that wonders whether artificial intelligence is really all that bad.

An Extraordinary Documentary About the Most Precious of Lives

Margreth Olin’s “Songs of Earth” works almost like a poem as she records her parents and the Norwegian landscape.

‘Hit Man’ Review: It’s a Hit, Man

Glen Powell stars in one of the year’s funniest, sexiest, most enjoyable movies — and somehow it’s surprisingly deep, too.

What We Lose When ChatGPT Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson

OpenAI has good reason to aim for a bot voice à la the one in “Her.” But that film was about relationships. What does this...

‘Taking Venice’ Offers a Glimpse at Conspiracy Theories Around the 1964 Biennale

The documentary offers a glimpse of how the arts were treated very differently in midcentury America.

‘Back to Black’ Review: Another Amy Winehouse Biopic? No, No, No.

The facts get softened and shuffled for an Amy Winehouse biopic that leaves her perspective at the edges.

‘Babes’ Review: Adulting, With Babies

Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau star in Pamela Adlon’s pregnancy comedy, but it never quite lands.

The Power of the ‘Planet of the Apes’

Why is this long-running film series so gripping and effective? Because it doesn’t monkey around.