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‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Review: Indoctrination in the Classroom

A primary schoolteacher in Russia documents the government’s efforts to teach students pro-war messages.

‘Sound of Falling’ Review: A Fortress of Feminine Mysteries

This detour-heavy film moves across time periods to follow girlhood mischief, desire and abuse on a German farm.

‘We Bury the Dead’ Review: A Down Under Twist on the Zombie Flick

Daisy Ridley plays a woman who hopes her husband will spring back to life after a tragedy annihilates the population of Tasmania.

‘Goodbye June’ Review: Terms of Endearment, and Estrangement

Kate Winslet directs a formulaic script by her son, Joe Anders, about a dying matriarch and her quarreling adult children.

‘Fackham Hall’ Review: Keep Calm and Chuckle On

Clever sight gags jazz up this “Downton Abbey” sendup about a bookish aristocrat under pressure to marry her first cousin.

‘Left-Handed Girl’ Review: An Electric Portrait of Taipei

The filmmaker Shih-Ching Tsou tells a sensitive story of a mother and her two daughters struggling to get by in Taiwan.

‘Cactus Pears’ Review: Finding Intimacy Amid Grief

This understated Indian drama follows closeted gay man gingerly initiating a romance with an old friend.

‘Bunny’ Review: Doing the Right Thing

Ben Jacobson’s caper set in an East Village tenement hinges on the camaraderie of neighbors and teems with energy.

‘Sarah’s Oil’ Review: The Little Drilling Rig That Could

A young Black girl learns that her land allotment is rich with oil in this story that aspires to teach us a lesson about white…

‘Hedda’ Review: Sex, Lies and a Country Estate

​​Tessa Thompson plays mind games with her guests in Nia DaCosta’s endlessly surprising adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen production.