

Ben Kenigsberg
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‘The Critic’ Review: Dangerous Liaisons
Ian McKellen stars a drama critic in 1930s London who has much higher standards for the theater than for his own professional ethics.

‘1992’ Review: Can They Get Along?
The uproar that followed the Rodney King verdict serves as a mere backdrop for fathers and sons to work out their issues in a heist...

Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks involve a high-wire showman, a self-dramatizing tennis star and a Brazilian director reflecting on his past.

‘Mountains’ Review: Razing Houses, Building a Future
This feature debut from Monica Sorelle observes the tensions in an immigrant family in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami.

‘The Union’ Review: Old Flames and Spy Games
When a mission goes pear-shaped, a covert operative (Halle Berry) turns to a secret weapon: her high school boyfriend (Mark Wahlberg).

‘Dance First’ Review: Beckett Encounters Himself
Samuel Beckett’s life is reduced to mommy and daddy issues in a biopic that offers simple explanations for the career of a complex writer.

‘Peak Season’ Review: Continental Divides
In this modest second feature, a disillusioned business-school graduate, taking a breather in high-altitude Wyoming, meets a rugged fly-fishing instructor.

Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks include an all-archival film about the atomic bomb, a portrait of a Hollywood star and inventor, and a profile of a hospital...

‘Only the River Flows’ Review: A Spiraling Murder Investigation
In this Chinese police procedural, directed by Wei Shujun, solutions are murkier than they first appear.

‘Hollywoodgate’ Review: Inside the Taliban
In a frustrating documentary, the journalist Ibrahim Nash’at shows the Taliban after American troops left Afghanistan.