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“Youth (Homecoming)”: Review of Film by Wang Bing

In the finale of Wang Bing’s nonfiction trilogy, garment-factory workers return to their families and wrestle with the questions all young people do.

Cillian Murphy, from ‘Oppenheimer’ to ‘Small Things Like These’

Cillian Murphy of “Oppenheimer” fame plays an Irishman interrogating a system of abuse and forced labor, despite everyone’s warnings to look the other way.

‘Bird’ Review: In Search of Safety

Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski star in a film about a preteen girl who longs for a stability she’s never experienced.

Prickly Martha Stewart Makes for a Bracing Netflix Documentary

“Martha,” from R.J. Cutler, argues that she was ahead of her time. But though she sits for a lengthy interview, this isn’t hagiography.

‘Blitz’ Review: Love in the Ruins

Steve McQueen’s World War II drama may appear conventional on the surface, but don’t miss what it’s really doing.

‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ Review: What Lies Beneath

A passionate and propulsive documentary about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba spins its web in many directions.

‘Dahomey’: Mati Diop’s New Documentary on the Painful Legacy of Looted Artifacts

Mati Diop examines the fate of 26 treasures — sometimes from their point of view — looted from Benin in 1892.

‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’ Review: More Real Than Reality

An unconventional documentary tells the story of a Norwegian gamer — and of how we live life on the internet.

‘Memoir of a Snail’ Review: Escaping the Spiral

An animated tragicomedy for adults tells the story of a woman breaking out of her shell.

Dana Carvey’s Biden Stands Out in a Season of Political Impressions on ‘S.N.L.’

The answer has to do with going beyond a likeness, something Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong understand for their movie about Donald Trump and Roy...