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‘Breaking Bread’ Film Review: Feel-Good Documentary Connects Arabs and Israelis Through Cuisine
First-time documentarian Beth Elise Hawk follows a Palestinian winner of Israel’s “Top Chef” and her culinary brand of diplomacy
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‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Film Review: Woody Allen Returns to Spain, and a Very Dry Well, for His 49th Feature
Wallace Shawn plays a grumpy old man whose tastes have stopped evolving, and it would appear Allen’s have as well
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‘Am I OK?’ Film Review: Dakota Johnson Questions a Few Shades of Sexuality in Warmhearted Buddy Comedy
Sundance 2022: Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne make their directorial debut with a crowd-pleaser that has some moments of hesitation
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‘Stop-Zemlia’ Film Review: Ukrainian Teens Stumble Toward Adulthood in Tender Coming-of-Age Story
Writer-director Kateryna Gornostai brings a documentarian’s eye to major and minor moments of adolescent life
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‘The Unforgivable’ Film Review: Sandra Bullock Ex-Con Drama Stuffs a Miniseries’ Worth of Characters Into a Packed Movie
There’s a lot that works here, from the casting to the production design, but you might have to watch the original U.K. show on Britbox to fill in the blanks
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‘A Son’ Film Review: Tunisian Family Drama Quietly Devastates
Mehdi Barsaoui’s revelatory debut feature announces the emergence of a major new talent in the international filmmaking arena
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‘So Late So Soon’ Film Review: Up-Close and Intimate Doc Takes Unsparing Look at Aging Artists
As imperfect and idiosyncratic as the couple it documents, this debut doc goes deep into how an older husband and wife navigate the world, and each other
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‘Becoming Cousteau’ Film Review: Respectful Doc Offers Nostalgic Look at Prescient Eco-Icon
Liz Garbus’ film burnishes the Jacques Cousteau legend, but it also reminds us how important his oceanic work remains to this day
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‘Mayor Pete’ Film Review: Decent Documentary, or Cleverly Crafted Campaign Ad?
A few sharp edges make their way into a portrait that’s often lacking in deeper insight about Pete Buttigieg’s life and career
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‘Love Is Love Is Love’ Film Review: Eleanor Coppola’s Misguided Romantic Triptych Puts Limits on Love
The title suggests a broad look at romance, but these three vignettes are squarely white, wealthy, heterosexual — and shallow
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‘The Beta Test’ Film Review: Indie Satire Takes Sharp Aim at Hollywood
PJ McCabe and Jim Cummings create a tense, paranoid, and darkly funny vision of the post-Weinstein film industry
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‘Joy Ride’ Film Review: Bobcat Goldthwait and Dana Gould Embrace the Journey in Stand-Up-Comedy Doc
The seasoned vets reveal new sides of themselves as well as their longtime personal and professional relationships
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‘Violet’ Film Review: Olivia Munn Can’t Silence Her Inner Critic in Justine Bateman’s Sensitive Directorial Debut
Justin Theroux provides the self-sabotaging inner voice of Munn’s unhappy studio exec
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‘South of Heaven’ Film Review: Jason Sudeikis Gets Lassoed into Cheap Genre Thrills
The actor gets to show off his dramatic chops, but that’s not enough to justify this grimly derivative thriller’s existence
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‘The Starling’ Film Review: Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd Have Wings Clipped by Conventional Drama
Kevin Kline co-stars in this predictable and familiar tale once featured on the Black List
