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‘Irish Wish’ Review: Beware of Getting What You Want

Lindsay Lohan plays a book editor whose romantic dream comes true in this Netflix rom-com. But then Ed Speleers shows up in a red sports...

‘Kiss the Future’ Review: Seeing U2 in Post-Siege Sarajevo

Nenad Cicin-Sain’s smoothly calibrated documentary is part timeline of the concert’s development and part testament to the city’s defiance during the Bosnian War.

‘God & Country’ Review: One Nation, Under the Cross

Dan Partland’s blunt documentary follows the rise of Christian nationalist voters and argues that they threaten pluralism and democracy.

‘Molli and Max in the Future’ Review: Love, Interplanetary Style

This rom-com brings futuristic absurdity and nimble timing to a comfort-food story line of friends turned soul mates.

‘Godzilla Minus One’ Review: Bigmouth Strikes Again

Japan’s famous monster franchise returns with an appetite for destruction but also a notably sober outlook.

‘Bad Press’ Review: Defending Journalism in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation

The battle to claw back press freedoms is the nerve-racking subject of this civic-minded documentary.

‘The Stones and Brian Jones’ Review: Sympathy for a Founding Rocker

A new documentary looks back at Jones’s rise and fall, but also underlines his crucial strand in the Rolling Stones’ DNA.

In ‘Subject,’ Documentary Stars Look Back

A talk with the directors Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall about their film that checks in on the subjects of high-profile documentaries.

‘Sly’ Review: No More Mr. Tough Guy

This documentary from Thom Zimny tracks Sylvester Stallone’s life and career, though focuses too much on “Rocky” and “Rambo.”

‘After Death’ Review: Visions at the Brink From Those Who Returned

A documentary about near-death experiences crescendos with redemptions and literal come-to-Jesus moments.