

Ben Kenigsberg
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The Most Anticipated New Movie Releases in Winter 2024
From life stories (“A Complete Unknown,” “The Fire Inside”) to animated tales (“Moana 2,” “Mufasa”), these are the films we can’t wait to see this...

‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ Review: Home for the Holidays
Tyler Taormina’s third theatrical feature is a lightly nostalgic ensemble piece set on Long Island.

‘After: Poetry Destroys Silence’ Review: A Study in Trauma
Richard Kroehling’s documentary presents a mixture of poets’ responses to the Holocaust and argues for the importance of the form in addressing trauma.

Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks include a portrait of an artist, a haunting music performance piece and a chilling missing-persons tale.

‘Your Monster’ Review: Beast Intentions
An aspiring Broadway musical star (Melissa Barrera) taps into her inner anger with some help from the creature who lives in her closet.

‘Union’ Review: Amazon Workers Unionize
As this documentary by Brett Story and Stephen Maing chronicles, the efforts to unionize a warehouse in New York were successful — but also a...

‘Separated’ Review: Interrogating a Policy
The latest documentary from Errol Morris looks at the Trump administration’s practice of taking children from their parents at the southern border.

‘The Menendez Brothers’ Review: Reframing a Case
To the extent this documentary about Lyle and Erik Menendez has appeal, it is of the tabloid variety.

Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks cover Wisconsin moviemaking, New York music-making and Florida moneymaking.

‘Patrice: The Movie’ Review: At a Crossroads
The emotional core of this crowd-pleasing documentary concerns a couple who cannot marry without jeopardizing their disability benefits.