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‘Sentimental Value’ Review: Joachim Trier’s Unhappy Household

In this moving drama from the director of “The Worst Person in the World,” Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve star as father and daughter in…

‘Predator: Badlands’ Review: It Lives!

The latest installment from the director of “Prey” finds a Predator and an android played by Elle Fanning teaming up against some big baddies.

‘Dracula’ Review: Radu Jude’s Punishing Provocation

In this provocation, the Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude takes on the Dracula myth and a real-life horror show known as Vlad the Impaler.

‘Auction’ Review: The Art World’s Gilded Hustle

This shrewd and diverting French drama takes as its inspiration the rediscovery of a long-lost Egon Schiele masterwork.

‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Review: The Boss in the Void

Jeremy Allen White plays the singer-songwriter in an affecting drama about the making of his 1982 album “Nebraska” when he slipped into a terrible darkness.

Kathryn Bigelow Returns to the Intersection of Facts and Thrills

Her newest, “A House of Dynamite,” about a nuclear missile headed to the U.S., takes up themes of power and violence that have long interested…

‘The Mastermind’ Review: A Robbery and a Life Unraveling

The title of Kelly Reichardt’s latest film has a distinct irony for Josh O’Connor’s blundering museum thief.

‘It Was Just an Accident’ Review: A Liberation Story Straight From Iran

In his latest movie, the formerly banned filmmaker Jafar Panahi tells a circuitous, moving and unexpectedly funny story of resistance.

Often Overlooked, Diane Keaton Was Essential to ‘The Godfather’ Saga

The star’s emotional transparency and expressive eyes helped us see the Corleones as both fascinating and repellent, just as her character did.

‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Alarming Command and Control

The director’s latest nail-biter, starring Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson and Anthony Ramos, tracks a ballistic missile heading for the United States.