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‘Nyad’ Review: Neptune’s (Estranged) Daughter

Annette Bening plays the long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad as a woman who doesn’t pity herself. Neither does the film.

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Review: Tumbling From the Alps to the Courtroom

Did a writer kill her husband? In this cerebral murder trial drama by the director Justine Triet, the audience never has its footing and questions...

‘Passages’ Review: A Toxic Triangle

In Ira Sachs’ latest wince-inducing romance, Tomas (Franz Rogowski) has wedged himself into a love triangle with Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos.

‘Theater Camp’ Review: Cabin Into the Woods

In this bitterly-funny mockumentary set at a drama institute, the actors feel their characters in their bones.

‘Hilma’ Review: An Artist With Spirit

The film gets off to a rough start, but the director wins the audience back with his sincere connection to the artist Hilma af Klint.

‘Wild Life’ Review: Their Land Is Our Land

This documentary looks at the efforts of Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and Douglas Tompkins to preserve stretches of land in Argentina and Chile.

‘We Have a Ghost’ Review: Me and My Boo

David Harbour stars as an apparition haunting a family’s home in this supernatural Netflix comedy.

‘The Good Nurse’ Review: Bad Medicine

This true-crime tale, starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain, dramatizes the story of Charles Cullen, a nurse who was discovered to be a serial killer.

‘Dark Glasses’ Review: She Wears Her Shades at Night

A prostitute blinded by a stalker tries to protect a young boy. But in his first film in 10 years, Dario Argento opts for visuals...