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In ‘One in a Million,’ the Extraordinary Story of a Family in Flux

The film follows a girl and her parents after they flee Syria and settle in Germany, where the new culture is the catalyst for unexpected change.

Feted by a Postwar Germany of Ghosts

In this luminous fictional account, the writer Thomas Mann returns to his birthplace with his daughter, played by Sandra Hüller, four years after World War II.

‘Wildwood’ Review: A Magical, Stop-Motion Adventure

This adaptation of Colin Meloy’s fantasy novel is painstakingly rendered by human hands; it is equal parts magic and tragedy.

‘Wicker’ Review: Getting Twiggy With It

A man woven from willow branches disrupts the rigid customs of a rural village in this wonderfully raunchy satire.

‘A Talent for Murder’ Review: Ripley and the Creator

Helen Mirren and Alden Ehrenreich star in a psychological thriller about Patricia Highsmith as she grapples with her most famous creation.

‘Possible Love’ Review: The Lives of Others

In his first movie since his celebrated drama “Burning,” the South Korean director Lee Chang-dong focuses on two couples from very different worlds.

‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ Review: Last Man Standing

A dynamite John Turturro plays an aging thief who runs into trouble and looks for help from his friends.

‘Making Marie Antoinette’ Review: A Sublime Documentary

Eleanor Coppola lovingly records her daughter, Sofia, during the making of Sofia’s third feature, shot at Versailles.

‘Klara and the Sun’ Review: She’s Not Like the Other Girls

In Taika Waititi’s latest film, Jenna Ortega plays a futuristic android with a winsome outlook. Unfortunately, no emotional button goes unpushed.

‘Clayface’ Review: A Stage Fright and Vengeance

An lesser-known character from the DC Comics universe makes a surprisingly vivid impression in this body-horror movie with a unique antihero.

Making a Case for Innocence With a Little Help From A.I.

In their film on the case of the convicted American Indian Movement activist, the directors couldn’t interview their subject. Their solution wasn’t ideal.

‘You Can See Everything’ Review: The Slippery Mind of Elizabeth Holmes

The disgraced tech entrepreneur and the comic Nathan Fielder chat and joust in a dizzying movie about truth, reality and the contours of knowledge.

At a House Party Of Luminaries

The Black luminaries who turned 1920s Harlem into a hub of artistic expression gathered decades later to reminisce. It was a house party for the ages.

Showdowns Galore in a Punchy Slugfest

It’s hard to introduce a dozen or so cartoon fighters in a story, but this fun adaptation of the ’80s arcade game has a sturdy enough script to bear the load.

Pearls of Wisdom in the Belly of a Beast

Austin Abrams plays a grieving son in search of his father who ends up trapped inside a very large mammal in a family drama that’s too literal for its own good.

‘Tenzing’ Review: Peak Ambition

An overlooked Mount Everest pioneer gets an overdue tribute in this pleasingly dignified mountaineering drama.

‘Sense and Sensibility’ Review: Can’t Buy Me Love

A lush new adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel leans into youth and money troubles.

‘Sacrifice’ Review: Party Crashers at the End of the World

Starring Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy, this nonsensical eat-the-rich satire follows an aging movie star swept up into a deranged eco-terrorist plot.

‘La Bola Negra’ Review: In Search of Freedom, and Love

A sprawling three-pronged Spanish epic reads the past to find meaning in the present, but can’t quite find its ending.

California Schemin’

A hip-hop duo from Scotland tries to convince U.K. record executives that they hail from Los Angeles in this film, based on a true story.

‘Love of Your Life’ Review: Living Through Heartbreak

Margaret Qualley plays a nurse in Boston who finds love and then loses it in this fine romantic tragedy.

Hard Truths Confronted in a Mountain-Climbing Tale

Tyler Perry’s Doing Life

Her Magnificent Confession

The Deluded Rich Can Be Delightful

The Influencer Project

An Oil Tycoon And Climate Just Don’t Mix

Atonement

April X

On a Rooftop, Discussing War

The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part

Unabomber

A Killer At Odds With His Devotions

The Stunt Driver

Pursuing Justice and/or Ratings

The Scout

The Incomer

Never After Dark

Brad Pitt in the Wild, With a Dog as Co-Star

A Supernatural Filipino Adventure

Charlie Harper

This Magnetic Pull Twists and Unfurls On a Ballroom Floor

Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net

This documentary chronicles the reboot and reopening in Las Vegas of the acrobatic show “O,” which shutdown during the pandemic.

Fire Through Dry Grass

This enlightening, troubling documentary chronicles life (and death) among residents in a long-term care facility during the heights of the pandemic.

Backstage, Challenged By Covid

Stakeholders including Patti LuPone and Lynn Nottage share their real-time reactions to New York theater’s shutdown and reopening in Amy Rice’s documentary.

Bad Axe

The filmmaker David Siev chronicles his family’s struggle to keep their Michigan restaurant afloat through the pandemic in this hermetic documentary.