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‘The Breaking Ice’ Review: Desire on the Border of China and North Korea

A love triangle takes shape among three 20-somethings in this melancholy film by Anthony Chen.

Five International Movies to Stream Now

This month’s picks include a bizarre Mexican-Spanish thriller, a Canadian drama about immigrants, a documentary set in a Parisian dance school and more.

Five International Movies to Stream Now

This month’s picks include a Canadian mumblecore comedy, an Argentine mother-daughter thriller, a Bangladeshi drama about a woman fighting a patriarchal system and more.

‘Against the Tide’ Review: Tales of the Sea

Sarvnik Kaur’s breathtaking documentary about Indigenous fishermen in Mumbai brings to life an ecosystem wrecked by corporate greed and climate change.

Five International Movies to Stream Now

This month’s picks include an intimate documentary about Latin American immigrants in Canada, a Turkish psychological thriller, a Chilean ghost story and more.

‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’ Review: The Feminist Mystique

Nicole Newnham’s documentary charts the life and times of the feminist Shere Hite, whose pioneering research on women’s sexuality earned her both fame and notoriety.

Five International Movies to Stream Now

This month’s picks include a comedic Swedish slasher, a Tunisian noir, an Austenian take on the Indian wedding melodrama and more.

‘To Kill a Tiger’ Review: The Survivor Who Refused to Be Shamed

In this unflinching documentary, a young girl in rural India and her father fight an entrenched village culture to seek justice for her brutal rape.

‘The Great Seduction,’ ‘Vicenta’ and More International Movies to Stream

This month’s picks include an Argentine documentary about reproductive justice, an uproarious Tamil riff on superhero movies, a visual essay about Ireland and Britain, and...

‘Radical Wolfe’ Review: The Substance of Style

This by-the-book documentary about Tom Wolfe, a pioneer of the New Journalism movement, can hardly match the stylistic flair that made the writer famous.