

Natalia Winkelman
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‘Role Play’ Review: Mommy by Day, Killer by Night
Kaley Cuoco plays a woman balancing a life of domesticity with her career as an assassin in this spineless comedy thriller.

From ‘Poor Things’ to ‘Barbie,’ a Crybaby Year for Men in the Movies
In 2023, male characters pouted elaborately after something they saw as their birthright was put in check.

‘Rose’ Review: My Sister’s Keeper
Niels Arden Oplev’s drama about two sisters, one of whom is a woman with schizophrenia, on a bus tour of France brims with genuine feeling.

‘Total Trust’ Review: Under Surveillance
Jialing Zhang’s documentary follows a journalist and two families fighting for rights while dealing with invasive surveillance tactics from Chinese authorities.

‘Who We Become’ Review: Interrogating Identity and Injustice
Three young Filipino women self-document difficult conversations with their families and friends during the first year of the pandemic.

‘Monster’ Review: Uncovering a Mother-Son Japanese Mystery
This drama from Hirokazu Kore-eda traces a series of events from the perspectives of a single mother, her preteen son and his fifth-grade teacher.

‘JFK: What the Doctors Saw’ Review: A Clinical Take
Barbara Shearer’s documentary unpacks the medical opinions of physicians who treated John F. Kennedy in Dallas.

‘Radical’ Review: To Sergio With Love
A vaguely unconventional teacher galvanizes disadvantaged eighth graders in this highly conventional drama.

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Review: Creepypizza
This adaptation of a video game franchise is more interested in unpacking childhood trauma than packing in jump scares.

‘Waiting for the Light to Change’ Review: Listless in a Lakeside Cabin
In her feature debut, the director Linh Tran tries to capture the longing and inertia between adolescence and adulthood.