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The French director translates her experiences into critically lauded dramas like “One Fine Morning,” about her father’s death and her own new love.
Author: Natalia Winkelman
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‘The Mission’ Review: A Substantial Service Undertaking
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Mormon teenagers travel to Finland for missionary service in this documentary that struggles to offer new insights.
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‘All Eyes Off Me’ Review: Scenes of Seduction
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A series of sexual and social situations unspool in this portrait of Israeli youth culture.
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‘The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari’ Review: A Seismic Tragedy
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A Netflix documentary recounts the eruption of an active volcano off the coast of New Zealand that left several tourist groups struggling to survive.
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‘Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?’ Review: Wickedly Talented
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This Disney+ documentary uses a concert set list as a springboard to chronicle Idina Menzel’s musical achievements.
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‘Darby and the Dead’ Review: Sixteen With a Sixth Sense
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A high school junior talks to dead people in this familiar but good-natured tale of adolescent female friendship.
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‘The Son’ Review: Father Doesn’t Know Best
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Hugh Jackman plays the father of a troubled teenager in Florian Zeller’s leaden drama.
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‘Bad Axe’ Review: A Pandemic Family Portrait
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The filmmaker David Siev chronicles his family’s struggle to keep their Michigan restaurant afloat through the pandemic in this hermetic documentary.
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‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ Review: Mining the Diamond Myth
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This documentary positions an intriguing investigation into the rise of synthetic diamonds within a broader excavation of the myths these stones carry.