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‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Review: A Search for a Black Luminary

Two digital sleuths set out to find the woman who lent her image to computer software in this scattered documentary.

‘The Good Half’ Review: Only Half Good

Nick Jonas and Brittany Snow play siblings coordinating funeral logistics for their mom in this drama, a cross between “Terms of Endearment” and a Hallmark...

‘Close to You’ Review: Clumsy Overtures of Support

This formless drama featuring Elliot Page as a trans man returning home relies on improvised dialogue.

‘Coup!’ Review: Pandemonium in a Pandemic — No, Not That One

In this obvious satire set amid the 1918 influenza, a wealthy, muckraking reporter hires a new chef who disrupts the estate’s hierarchy.

‘Join or Die’ Review: Come Together

This documentary about the work of Robert Putnam, who wrote “Bowling Together,” argues that Americans can save democracy by becoming joiners.

‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan’ Review: An Altruistic Story

In Penny Lane’s newest film, she turns the camera on herself to document her experience donating a kidney to a stranger.

‘Summer Solstice’ Review: Through Thick and Thin

A triumph of sensitivity, Noah Schamus’s debut feature tracks a rural reunion between old friends struggling to recover their bond.

At the Tribeca Festival, Vision and Vibe

The festival favors abundance, which can make it easy for cinema fans (and critics) to miss the loveliest trees for the sheer breadth of forest.

‘Ezra’ Review: This Father Doesn’t Know Best

This drama centers on a boy with autism and his divorced dad, with a cast featuring Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, Whoopi Goldberg and Bobby...

‘Mother of the Bride’ Review: An Old Flame in a Tropical Locale

Brooke Shields plays a single mother who comes face to face with her college ex-boyfriend at her daughter’s destination wedding in this tired romantic comedy.