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‘The Night of the 12th’ Review: When a Case Doesn’t Close

This refreshingly grounded French crime procedural portrays what happens when a brutal murder case eludes the diligent efforts of a by-the-book investigator.

‘Fool’s Paradise’ Review: No Talent? No Problem!

A hapless man who barely speaks becomes a movie star in Charlie Day’s scattershot Hollywood satire.

‘Freaks vs. the Reich’ Review: Band of Others

This big-hearted, blithely odd adventure pits a troupe of superpowered circus folk against a psychic Nazi pianist.

‘Plan 75’ Review: Leaving Early

In this quietly bold debut feature, the Japanese government offers a euthanasia program and a 78-year-old woman considers her future.

The Steps to Making ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’

The filmmakers and cast of “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” explain what it took to quickly, but precisely, put together their indie tale of...

‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’ Review: Showing What We’re Made Of

This eye-opening film from Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor immerses us in the landscapes and textures of the human body, as encountered in French hospitals.

‘Sam Now’ Review: When Mom Leaves

Sensitive and surprising, Reed Harkness’s documentary follows the reverberations in his family after their mother abruptly departs.

The Bizarro Worlds of Quentin Dupieux’s Comedy

The French director, whose latest film is “Smoking Causes Coughing,” spoke about five comedy clips that have inspired his work.

‘Giraffe’ Review: Introspection in the Danish Countryside

In the pensive drama “Giraffe,” an ethnologist researching an abandoned cottage wonders whether her own life could or should change.

‘Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV’ Review: Art Onscreen

A new documentary follows the ceaseless innovations of a man who made art out of television sets and found inspiration in disruption.