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‘Lady Killer’ and ‘The Strange Mister Victor’ Review

Two newly restored films by the director Jean Grémillon, whom cinephiles discuss like a special secret, get a second life in theaters.

Claire Simon Finds a New Subject: Herself

The French director Claire Simon was making a movie about a Paris hospital when she found out she had cancer. So she became a character…

‘The Beasts’ Review: Bad Neighbors

Class tensions and masculine power games abound in this engrossing rural thriller from Spain.

‘Bawaal’ Review: Getting Some Perspective

In this Bollywood production, a narcissistic history teacher reconnects with his wife on a trip through Europe.

‘Final Cut’ Review: A Feeble Rise of the Living Dead

A remake of a Japanese zom-com, this French adaptation about the making of a B-level zombie flick does little to justify its existence.

Patrick Wilson on ‘Insidious: The Red Door’ and ‘The Conjuring’

The actor had long wanted to make a film. When he was offered the job on the new “Insidious,” the chance to direct a box…

‘Amanda’ Review: A Friendship Forged in Delusion

A delusional college grad befriends an agoraphobic misanthrope in this stylish dark comedy by the Italian director Carolina Cavalli.

‘Nobody’s Hero’ Review: Little Desires Everywhere

In this slippery farce, a schlubby coder falls in love with a prostitute and takes in a teenager he suspects is a terrorist.

‘Persian Lessons’ Review: An Improbable Holocaust Drama

A Jewish Frenchman posing as a Persian eludes death by teaching a fictional form of the Persian language to a Nazi commandant in this improbable…

‘Falcon Lake’ Review: Pack Water, Sunscreen and Palo Santo

Death and desire are bunk mates in this coming-of-age drama set around a lake cabin in Quebec.