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This month’s picks include a charming Polish documentary, a Portuguese coming-of-age tale with a twist, a gothic drama from India and more.
Author: Devika Girish
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‘Hidden Letters’ Review: Sororal Secrets
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This documentary about the enduring legacy of Nushu, an ancient, secret language developed by women in southern China, raises more questions than it successfully answers.
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‘Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power’ Review: A Movement That Changed America
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With arresting interviews and archival footage, this documentary looks back at a 1960s voting-rights campaign in Alabama that gave rise to a national movement for Black power.
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‘In Her Hands’ Review: A Young Woman’s Resolve as Life Unravels
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Hillary and Chelsea Clinton executive produced this documentary, which follows a young Afghan mayor as she navigates upheavals wrought by the Taliban’s return to power.
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‘Sam & Kate’ Review: It’s a Family Affair
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Darren Le Gallo’s drama stars two real-life parent-child duos — Dustin and Jake Hoffman, and Sissy Spacek and Schuyler Fisk — as lonely small-towners looking for love.
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Review: In ‘You Resemble Me,’ a Maladjusted Girl Is Interrupted
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Dina Amer’s film uses empathetic, if simplistic, fictions to try to make sense of the complicated real life of a young Moroccan-French woman drawn to ISIS.
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‘Holy Spider’ Review: Brutality Tale
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Like many a serial-killer drama, this movie about a real-life Iranian murderer who targeted prostitutes is a grisly thriller parading as a morality tale.
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Five International Movies to Stream Now
The New York Times – Film:
This month’s picks include a postmodern Tamil rom-com, a stylish period drama from Vietnam, an Argentine film about a writer undergoing a creative crisis and more.