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‘Tori and Lokita’ Review: Precarious Lives in Exile

In the new movie from the Dardenne brothers, two underage African migrants struggle to make a home in an unkind land.

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Review: Keanu Reeves Paints the Town Red

In the latest and longest movie set in Wick World, Keanu Reeves’s titular assassin visits Paris and paints the town red.

‘Stonewalling’ Review: A Young Woman’s Exchange Value

In this haunting drama, a 20-year-old Chinese woman struggles to find her place in a country where she faces a series of seemingly impossible hurdles.

‘Palm Trees and Power Lines’ Review: A Teen’s Cautionary Tale

Lily McInerny stars as a 17-year-old girl who is groomed by a predator in Jamie Dack’s feature debut.

‘Creed III’ Review: A Franchise Finds New Fertile Ground

In his tender and gruff directorial debut, Michael B. Jordan again takes the lead, this time alongside Jonathan Majors as a childhood friend who has…

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Review: Splat

The latest installment in the Marvel franchise never takes flight despite its hard-working cast, led by Paul Rudd and a new villain played by Jonathan…

‘Emily’ Review: A Brontë Sister’s Savage, Hardy and Free Life

Blending fact with generous, liberating fiction, the director Frances O’Connor brings the author of “Wuthering Heights” to pleasurable life.

‘Of an Age’ Review: A Boy’s Own (Coming Out) Story

In 1999 Melbourne, a teenage outsider meets a young man who’s smart, kind, sensitive and looks mighty fine in a tight black T-shirt.

‘Godland’ Review: Another of God’s Lonely Men Goes Amok (Spiritually)

In this striking drama set in the late 19th century, a Danish priest travels to Iceland and is gradually undone by a world he can’t…

Sundance Film Festival 2023: Standout Movies

Dramas about couples (“Cat Person”) and families (“A Thousand and One”) tackle complex lives; documentaries on Judy Blume and Nikki Giovanni entertain.