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‘Past Lives’ Review: Immigrant Tale Explores the Foundations of Love and Fate
Sundance 2023: Playwright Celine Song’s directorial debut asks evocative questions about how we are shaped by places and other people
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‘Mutt’ Review: Trans Man’s Encounters With Loved Ones Lead Him to Mending Relationships
Sundance 2023: The appearances of an ex, his half-sister and his father lead a man to resolve his past so he can build his future
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‘Jamojaya’ Review: Young Rapper Deals with Industry Racism and Dad Issues in Justin Chon’s Drama
Sundance 2023: The director of “Blue Bayou” returns with perhaps his most interesting, albeit still flawed, exploration of the ideas that drive his work
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‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’ Review: Soulful Debut Contemplates the Human Connection to Nature
Sundance 2023: Raven Jackson’s haunting first film (produced by Barry Jenkins) connects humanity to the water and the dust from which it came and will eventually return
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‘Going Varsity in Mariachi’ Review: Traditional Music Opens Doors for Teens in Inspirational Doc
Sundance 2023: Kids at an underfunded high school develop skills — and not just musical ones — by playing mariachi
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‘Theater Camp’ Review: Talented Cast Lends Spark to Showbiz-Kids Mockumentary
Sundance 2023: There’s no people like show people in this hilariously affectionate look at young performers with stage fever
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‘Magazine Dreams’ Review: Jonathan Majors Delivers a Powerhouse Performance as a Tormented Bodybuilder
Sundance 2023: This character study is occasionally unfocused, but Majors transforms himself physically and mentally to portray a soul in agony
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‘Mars One’ Review: Brazilian Oscar Entry Shows a Family Exploring the New Terrain of Each Other’s Truths
Gabriel Martins’ moving new feature gives us characters who refuse to let their poverty dictate their dreams
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‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ Review: Whitney Houston Biopic Plays the Hits, but Still Manages to Surprise
Naomi Ackie shines in her performance of the songstress in a film that doesn’t shy away from the singer’s attraction to women
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‘Bardo’ Review: Iñárritu Uses History, Humor and Surrealism to Dissect Mexico, and Himself
The Oscar-winning auteur’s most ambitious film yet pulls no punches in his exploration of his homeland and his own life
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‘Emancipation’ Review: Will Smith Slavery Saga Challenges Audiences With Grueling Cruelty
The script focuses on the physical and spiritual brutality endured by Smith’s real-life character without addressing the man’s actual humanity
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‘2nd Chance’ Review: Ramin Bahrani Profiles a Bulletproof-Vest Entrepreneur
In this documentary, the filmmaker tries to publish the truth, not the legend, of inventor Richard Davis
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‘The Eternal Daughter’ Review: Tilda Swinton Plays Mother and Daughter in Ghostly ‘Souvenir’ Sequel
Venice Film Festival 2022: Swinton takes over the role of stand-in for director Joanna Hogg while still playing the matriarch in this haunting look at parent-child bonds
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‘Strange World’ Review: Animated Disney Adventure Works Best When It Doesn’t Explain Its Own Themes
Disney’s striking sci-fi feature has a lot to say about fathers and sons — and it keeps on saying it
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‘Bantú Mama’ Review: Dominican Oscar Entry Explores Home Ties for Africans in the Caribbean
Ivan Herrera follows characters living in the poorest area of Santo Domingo, but allows them to brim with life rather than wallow in misery
