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‘Fallen Leaves’ Review: Love (and Laughs) Among the Ruins

In the latest from the Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki, two lonely people find each other with tenderness, karaoke and deadpan comedy.

‘Rustin’ Review: A Sidelined Civil Rights Activist Comes Center

Coleman Domingo carries this biopic of a March on Washington organizer, the first narrative feature from Michelle and Barack Obama’s production company.

‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times Before

Brie Larson stars alongside two Disney+ stars in this trope-ridden franchise installment, the 33rd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

‘Orlando, My Political Biography’ Takes a Collective Approach to Joy

The filmmaker Paul B. Preciado shares the title role with 20 trans and nonbinary performers to make a point about the cage of identity.

‘The Killer’ Review: He’s a Deadly Bore

Michael Fassbender stars as a loquaciously dull hit man in David Fincher’s latest film about bloody exploits.

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review: An Unsettling Masterpiece

Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour epic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a romance, a western, a whodunit and a lesson in the bloody history of the Osage murders...

‘Ferrari’ Leads a Dizzyingly Diverse New York Film Festival

The dizzyingly diverse program ranges from the quiet “Here” to Michael Mann’s psychological portrait of a carmaker, “Ferrari.”

Toronto International Film Festival Highlights Include ‘Green Border’

The festival’s highlights ranged from Agnieszka Holland’s agonizing “Green Border,” about the migrant crisis, to Richard Linklater’s fizzy “Hit Man.”

‘The Equalizer 3’ Review: Denzel Washington on Brood, Kill, Repeat

Do we know why Denzel Washington’s vigilante is in Italy? No. This third franchise installment just assumes you’re here for the entertaining violence.

‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: A Disney Ride to Nowhere Fun

Starring LaKeith Stanfield and Rosario Dawson, this movie plays like a feature-length ad for Disney’s theme-park attraction of the same name.