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‘The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future’ Review:

This lyrical debut feature from Francisca Alegría is a slow-burning parable about our relationship to each other and to the living world.

‘Crater’ Review: A Rocking Road Trip

This Disney film is surprisingly nimble at incorporating an emotional core into its sci-fi adventure.

‘Riceboy Sleeps’ Review: Motherhood and Boyhood in a New Home

This intimate drama gives a moving, if imperfect, look at a Korean immigrant mother’s struggle to raise her son in 1990s Canada.

‘Nuclear Now’ Review: Oliver Stone Makes the Case for Power Plants

The director’s new documentary considers our complicated relationship to nuclear energy and argues that it is our best hope against climate change.

‘Quasi’ Review: Medieval Inanity

The new film from the comedy troupe Broken Lizard is a goofy take on the story of the famed hunchback Quasimodo.

‘One True Loves’ Review: A Romance Lost at Sea

A film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel has potential for drama, but it stumbles on stock melodrama.

‘Ride On’ Review: Jackie Chan, Back on the Horse

Chan, playing a former stuntman, has a few good trademark fight scenes, but the film is too busy stuffing sentimental elements into its lowbrow comedy...

‘Praise This’ Review: An Unlikely Savior

The R&B singer-songwriter Chloe Bailey stars in this musical comedy about an aspiring pop singer who lands in a scrappy competitive gospel group.

‘Murder Mystery 2’ Review: The Case of the Innocuous Sequel

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston return as private detectives in this Netflix follow-up comedy.

‘A Good Person’ Review: Zach Braff’s New Chapter

The filmmaker behind “Garden State” has created a fully drawn female character in Florence Pugh’s grieving addict. But this recovery drama often has too heavy...