

Lisa Kennedy
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‘Alan Pakula: Going for Truth’ Review: A Hollywood Memorial for a Friend
A heartfelt documentary about the director of such celebrated films as “All the President’s Men” has the feel of an A-list memorial service.

‘Spinning Gold’ Review: For the Records
A son’s tribute to the Casablanca Records impresario Neil Bogart gives short shrift to the art and the artists.

‘The Worst Ones’ Review: The Gazes of Children
In their feature, the directors Lisa Akoka and Romane Gueret build a provocative critique of filmmaking practices.

‘Drylongso’ Review: Extraordinary
Cauleen Smith’s 1998 movie, set in Oakland in the mid-90s, remains a vivid and prescient feature debut.

‘Rewind & Play’ Review: Thelonious Monk Dazzles Even When an Interview Falls Flat
Alain Gomis’s documentary uses rushes from a 1969 French TV interview to make a smart indictment of music industry bias and offer viewers a subtle...

‘Rewind & Play’ Review: Thelonious Monk Dazzles Even When an Interview Falls Flat
Alain Gomis’s documentary uses rushes from a 1969 French TV interview to make a smart indictment of music industry bias and offer viewers a subtle...

‘The First Fallen’ Review: A Remembrance of Those Passed
A director crafts an elegiac tribute set during the dawn of the AIDS crisis in Brazil.

‘A Lot of Nothing’ Review: The Cop Next Door
Mo McRae’s feature debut, about a well-off Black couple and their white neighbor, is more of a trauma drama than a satirical thriller.

‘You People’ Review: Guess Who’s Going to Roscoe’s
Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy are among the stars in this prickly-charming generational Netflix comedy, the feature directing debut of Kenya Barris.

‘The Quiet Girl’ Review: Welcome Home
This luminous drama, Ireland’s entry for best international feature, may not be holiday fare, but it does express the season’s benevolent ethos.