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This month’s picks include a Bollywood murder mystery, an elliptical Portuguese documentary, a Chinese drama about gay hustlers and more.
Author: Devika Girish
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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.
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‘Face’ Review: Close Encounters
The New York Times – Film:
Commissioned by the Louvre, the film brings together two of cinema’s unforgettable faces, Lee Kang-sheng and Jean-Pierre Léaud.
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Five International Movies to Stream Now
The New York Times – Film:
This month’s picks include a South Korean queer drama, an erotic German creature feature, a charming caper set in the French countryside and more.
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‘The African Desperate’ Review: Double Speak
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Martine Syms’s whip-smart satire brings the invisible, everyday negotiations of a Black artist to startlingly visual life.