

Lisa Kennedy
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‘Viet and Nam’ Review: A Soft Kiss Underground
Truong Minh Quy’s haunting romance between two Vietnamese coal miners contemplates war and loss with pained elegance.

‘Picture This’ Review: Five Dates Away From Love
Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) stars as Pia, a talented photographer in London navigating business pressures with her wish for independence in this vivid rom-com.

‘Superboys of Malegaon’ Review: Making a Local Hit
Inspired by true events, this Hindi-language film is a love letter to scrappy moviemaking, and to friendship.

‘Compensation’ Review: Still Rebellious
Finally getting a theatrical run, Zeinabu irene Davis’s 1999 film about two Black couples in Chicago in two different eras earns its landmark status.

‘The Six Triple Eight’ Review: Tyler Perry Salutes the Greatest Generation
Kerry Washington leads a female postal battalion on a moving mission in this World War II drama.

‘Mary’ Review: An Epic Biopic for the Mother of God
No genre gesture goes untapped in this Netflix film, a coming-of-age saga about the Virgin Mary featuring Anthony Hopkins as King Herod.

‘Mary’ Review: An Epic Biopic for the Mother of God
No genre gesture goes untapped in this Netflix film, a coming-of-age saga about the Virgin Mary featuring Anthony Hopkins as King Herod.

‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’ Review: Chronicling Apartheid and Beyond
Raoul Peck looks at the compelling South African photographer, who died in 1990, whose work gets a second life onscreen.

‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ Review: Peak Experience
The true story of a 12-year-old’s survival in a vast mountain wilderness for nine days in the 1930s.

‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ Review: A Fraught Reunion
For his first film, the artist Titus Kaphar delivers an unsentimental and autobiographical gem.