The New York Times – Film:
In an action film that won’t win any plaudits for sensitivity, Zachary Levi plays the leader of a Special Operations group that tries to recover hidden cash in Tehran.
Author: Ben Kenigsberg
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‘By Any Means’ Review: Bending the Law to Enforce It
The New York Times – Film:
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg do the F.B.I.’s dirty work in a civil rights picture caught between earnestness and exploitation.
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Three Great Documentaries to Stream
The New York Times – Film:
This month’s picks explore an anarchic New Jersey school, an apartment hidden in a mall and the very nature of true-crime documentaries.
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‘Boorman and the Devil’ Review: Behind a Plagued Production
The New York Times – Film:
A documentary looks back at what went wrong — and right — during the making of “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” the director John Boorman’s maligned 1977 sequel.
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‘Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing’ Review: Flight Risks
The New York Times – Film:
In a follow-up to the 2022 documentary “Downfall,” the documentarian Rory Kennedy provides updates, few reassuring, on the aircraft manufacturer.
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‘American Doctor’ Review: Going to Gaza to Help, in Any Way They Can
The New York Times – Film:
This documentary by Poh Si Teng focuses on a planned medical trip to Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, by physicians from the United States.
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‘The Last House’ Review: End of the World as They Know It
The New York Times – Film:
When a mysterious force traps people in their homes, one family tries to ride out the apocalypse.
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Three Great Documentaries to Stream
The New York Times – Film:
In this month’s picks, a portrait of a jazz musician, a French archival family film and an Alabama prison exposé using footage from inmates.
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‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Satisfying Whodunit
The New York Times – Film:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa directs a satisfying period piece about the tense collaboration between a lord and a cunning envoy.