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‘Happy Holidays’ Review: Fissures in a Palestinian Family

In Scandar Copti’s film, set in Haifa, Israel, secrets and deceptions strain relationships.

Three Great Documentaries to Stream

In this month’s picks, a portrait of a vanguard filmmaker, a look back at a televised clash between writers, and a reflection on a Hollywood…

‘Teenage Wasteland’ Review: Young in Age, Mature in Reporting

This documentary looks back at a group of teenagers who, in the early 1990s, created a high school video project that ended up breaking real…

‘The Age of Disclosure’ Review: Release the Extraterrestrial Files

A documentary argues that the U.S. government needs to divulge what it knows about the phenomena formerly called U.F.O.s.

Has This Director Made the Year’s Most Terrifying Movie?

With the existential action thriller “Sirat,” set in the rave culture of Morocco, Oliver Laxe says that he was not out to shock, but that…

‘Nouvelle Vague’: All the References Explained

The Netflix film about the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave classic “Breathless” is chock-full of names with key roles in cinema history.

‘The Things You Kill’ Review: A Tragedy Turns Surreal

A slippery Turkish-language feature takes its time revealing its mysteries.

65 Movies to See This Winter, From ‘Wicked: For Good’ to ‘Zootopia 2’

An obsessed table-tennis player (“Marty Supreme”) and musicians in a Neil Diamond tribute band (“Song Sung Blue”) are among the season’s screen gifts.

‘Nuremberg’ Review: Inside the Nazi Mind

This movie starring Rami Malek and Russell Crowe looks back at the trials and a psychiatrist who evaluated the defendants.

‘Caterpillar’ Review: Risking Their Sight to be Seen Anew

The latest documentary from Liza Mandelup (“Jawline”) concerns a man who seeks to change the color of his eyes — permanently.