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Steven Spielberg Gets Personal in ‘The Fabelmans’

In making his autobiographical film “The Fabelmans,” he confronted some painful family secrets, as well as what it means to be Jewish in America today.

‘Causeway’ Review: Companions on a Hard Road to Recovery

Superb acting from Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry brings credibility to an underdeveloped story of trauma and friendship.

‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ Review: It’s a Stressful Afterlife

In Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s sprawling, intensely personal new film, a prominent journalist grapples with work, family, metaphysics and the paradoxes of Mexican history.

‘Armageddon Time’ Review: Hard Lessons About Life in America

New York in 1980 is the setting for James Gray’s brooding, bittersweet story of family conflict and interracial friendship.

‘All That Breathes’ Review: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers

Shaunak Sen’s poetic documentary chronicles the efforts of three New Delhi men to help the city’s birds of prey.

‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Review: Giving Your Friend the Finger

Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson play feuding frenemies in Martin McDonagh’s latest film, set on an Irish coast in 1923.

‘Aftersun’ Review: A Father and Time

A daughter’s memory of a vacation in Turkey is at the heart of Charlotte Wells’s astonishing and devastating debut feature.

‘Tár’ Review: A Maestro Faces the Music

Cate Blanchett stars as a world-famous conductor heading for a fall in Todd Field’s chilly, timely backstage drama.

‘Triangle of Sadness’ Review: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Ruben Ostlund won the top prize at Cannes for this preening, obvious satire of contemporary hypocrisy.