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‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros’ Review: A Beautiful Collaboration

For his 44th documentary, Frederick Wiseman journeys to the French countryside to examine the workings of a family-owned, Michelin-starred restaurant.

‘Maestro’ Review: Leonard Bernstein’s Life of Ecstasy and Agony

As director and star, Bradley Cooper delivers an intimate portrait of the composer and his many private and public selves.

‘Fallen Leaves’ Review: Love (and Laughs) Among the Ruins

In the latest from the Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki, two lonely people find each other with tenderness, karaoke and deadpan comedy.

‘Rustin’ Review: A Sidelined Civil Rights Activist Comes Center

Coleman Domingo carries this biopic of a March on Washington organizer, the first narrative feature from Michelle and Barack Obama’s production company.

‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times Before

Brie Larson stars alongside two Disney+ stars in this trope-ridden franchise installment, the 33rd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

‘Orlando, My Political Biography’ Takes a Collective Approach to Joy

The filmmaker Paul B. Preciado shares the title role with 20 trans and nonbinary performers to make a point about the cage of identity.

‘The Killer’ Review: He’s a Deadly Bore

Michael Fassbender stars as a loquaciously dull hit man in David Fincher’s latest film about bloody exploits.

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review: An Unsettling Masterpiece

Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour epic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a romance, a western, a whodunit and a lesson in the bloody history of the Osage murders…

‘Ferrari’ Leads a Dizzyingly Diverse New York Film Festival

The dizzyingly diverse program ranges from the quiet “Here” to Michael Mann’s psychological portrait of a carmaker, “Ferrari.”

Toronto International Film Festival Highlights Include ‘Green Border’

The festival’s highlights ranged from Agnieszka Holland’s agonizing “Green Border,” about the migrant crisis, to Richard Linklater’s fizzy “Hit Man.”