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‘Emilia Pérez’ Review: A Song and Dance of Transformation

The star of Jacques Audiard’s showy new musical about a trans Mexican crime boss, Karla Sofía Gascón, adds soul to the melodrama. Zoe Saldaña also...

‘Heretic’ Review: Hugh Grant Puts His Charm to Fiendish Use

In wily, vamping style, the actor plays a friendly neighbor to two missionaries before turning his home into a horror-filled slaughterhouse.

‘Juror #2’ Review: Clint Eastwood Hands Down a Tough Verdict

In his latest (and perhaps last) movie as a director, Eastwood casts a skeptical eye at the criminal justice system in a mystery starring Nicholas...

‘A Real Pain’ Review: Mourning as an Act of Survival

Jesse Eisenberg directs and stars in a melancholic yet funny exploration of Jewish loss and belonging, with an outstanding Kieran Culkin.

‘Conclave’ Review: Serpents and Doves Amok in the Vatican

This film, based on Robert Harris’s 2016 thriller of the same title, centers on a British cardinal (a sensational Ralph Fiennes), and a campaign for...

‘Black Box Diaries’ Review: A Public Face for #MeToo in Japan

In a new documentary, Shiori Ito recounts her yearslong crusade for justice in Japan after accusing a powerful journalist of rape.

‘The Apprentice’ Review: An Origin Story for Donald J. Trump

In this ribald fictional telling of a young Trump’s rise, the man responsible is the lawyer Roy Cohn, played to sleazy perfection by Jeremy Strong.

‘We Live in Time’ Review: Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s Weepie

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield star in this weepie romance that tries to be modern by unfolding over three intersecting timelines.

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Make ‘Em Laugh (and Yawn)

Todd Phillip’s “Joker” sequel stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga who sing and dance like crazy kids, but the movie is seriously un-fun.

‘Intercepted’ Review: The Awful Intimacy of the War in Ukraine

In leaked phone calls home, Russian soldiers grapple with the war they’re waging. This new documentary sets the calls’ swagger and anguish against images of...