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‘The First Fallen’ Review: A Remembrance of Those Passed

A director crafts an elegiac tribute set during the dawn of the AIDS crisis in Brazil.

‘A Lot of Nothing’ Review: The Cop Next Door

Mo McRae’s feature debut, about a well-off Black couple and their white neighbor, is more of a trauma drama than a satirical thriller.

‘You People’ Review: Guess Who’s Going to Roscoe’s

Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy are among the stars in this prickly-charming generational Netflix comedy, the feature directing debut of Kenya Barris.

‘The Quiet Girl’ Review: Welcome Home

This luminous drama, Ireland’s entry for best international feature, may not be holiday fare, but it does express the season’s benevolent ethos.

‘Loudmouth’ Review: Portrait of Al Sharpton as a Young Man

A stirring new biographical documentary about the Rev. Al Sharpton revisits a racially divided New York City and offers a critique of the news media…

‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’ Review: Slightly Off Key

Luke Evans, Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley lend their voices to this animated musical of the holiday classic.

‘The Noel Diary’ Review: Revelations on a Cold Winter’s Night

Justin Hartley (“This Is Us”) is no stranger to the themes in this holiday romance, while Barrett Doss (“Station 19”) brings nuanced comedic timing and…

‘Stutz’ Review: An Actor’s Tribute to a Therapist

In his documentary, Jonah Hill gently turns the tables on the psychiatrist and author Phil Stutz.

‘Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues’ Review: In His Own Words

Personal tapes and letters bring fresh insights into the jazz great as a musician and a Black man.

‘Descendant’ Review: The Fates of a Ship and its Captives

This documentary recounts the salvaging of the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to America, and tracks down their progeny.