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‘Desert of Namibia’ Review: Ups and Downs

Yoko Yamanaka’s film is a brilliantly observed portrait of a young woman simmering with frustrations and coming to terms with her relationships and place in...

The Actress Anamaria Vartolomei Brings a Fearless Streak to Her Roles

The actress’s latest film, “Adam’s Interest,” will open the Critics’ Week showcase at the Cannes Film Festival.

‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ Review: Coping at Her Own Speed

A teenage regional tennis star moves on at her own pace after her ex-coach is dismissed under a cloud of suspicion.

‘The Accidental Getaway Driver’ Review: Hostage to the Past

In Sing J. Lee’s big-hearted debut feature about Vietnamese American lives, three escaped prisoners take a cabdriver as their accomplice.

‘Ex-Husbands’ Review: Three Unweddings and a Funeral

In this Griffin Dunne dramedy, a father and his sons face different kinds of relationship troubles at the same time.

‘In the Shadow of Beirut’ Review: Surviving in Sabra and Shatila

This observational documentary tracks four families living in poverty in the capital of Lebanon.

‘From Ground Zero’ Review: An Inside View of Gaza

This collection of 22 shorts by Palestinian filmmakers presents on-the-ground accounts of life and death that might otherwise be ignored.

‘It’s Not Me’ Review: Entering the Mind of Leos Carax

This personal film is a dynamic, even chaotic, collage of moments that bring the director back to his beginnings.

‘Unstoppable’ Review: A Fearless Athlete, at Home and Away

In “Unstoppable” a focused Jharrel Jerome stars as Anthony Robles, who won a 2011 NCAA wrestling title and was born with one leg.

‘Porcelain War’ Review: A Defiant Dispatch From Ukraine

A new documentary follows artists in wartime, on and off the battlefield.