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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.
Author: Natalia Winkelman
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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.
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‘Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams’ Review: For the Heel of It
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Luca Guadagnino’s documentary about the celebrated Italian shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo reaches for romance and glamour, but falters during transitions.
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‘Run Sweetheart Run’ Review: Escape in L.A.
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Bursts of experimental style are at odds with a simplistic premise in this slasher movie that poses the tired idea that the patriarchy is a killer.
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‘The Fire that Took Her’ Review: An Unflinching Portrait of Pain
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This documentary charts the case of Judy Malinowski, a young mother who suffered debilitating burns after being set on fire by a man she had dated.