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‘7 Prisoners’ Film Review: Brutal Brazilian Drama Examines Modern-Day Slavery and Exploitation
Rodrigo Santoro plays a cruel boss who’s merely part of a pyramid of economic abuse in this social-realist powerhouse
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‘Passing’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall Explores Race in Stunning Directorial Debut
Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play characters who can pass for white, and the drama digs into the roots of their masquerade
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‘Son of Monarchs’ Film Review: Mexican Scientist, Like the Butterflies He Studies, Straddles the Border
Writer-director Alexis Gambis’ overambitious film makes perceptive points about how people who leave home always carry home with them
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‘At the Ready’ Film Review: Young Latino Students Groomed for Border-Patrol Jobs in Chilling Documentary
Director Maisie Crow examines how opportunity-starved youths are recruited and indoctrinated
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‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ Film Review: Teen-Drag Stage Musical Maintains Dazzle as a Movie
A star is born with Max Harwood’s absolutely fabulous yet thoroughly heartfelt turn as the unapologetic Jamie
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‘The Card Counter’ Film Review: Oscar Isaac’s Gambler Is Haunted by His Torturous Past
Paul Schrader once again plumbs the themes that typify his screen output, but he finds new grace notes along the way
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‘White as Snow’ Film Review: Isabelle Huppert’s Chic Villain Outshines Muddled Fable
Anne Fontaine’s lackluster spin on “Snow White” commits neither to realism nor fantasy
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‘In the Same Breath’ Film Review: Explosive COVID-19 Doc Explores the US and China’s Botched Responses
Director Nanfu Wang (“One Child Nation”) follows the virus — and governmental propaganda — from Washington to Wuhan
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‘Free Guy’ Film Review: Ryan Reynolds Plays to Win in Video-Game Rom-Com
As a non-player character, Reynolds breaks free of his programming in a comedy that’s not quite as clever as it thinks it is
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‘Ailey’ Film Review: Enigmatic Dance Legend Gets His Due
Jamila Wignot’s portrait of the incomparable Alvin Ailey honors the work but remains mystified by the man
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‘John and the Hole’ Film Review: Unsettling Debut Examines a Teen Who Craves Adulthood
This controversial Sundance feature plays like “The Little Prince” meets “Home Alone,” directed by Michael Haneke
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‘Pig’ Film Review: Nicolas Cage Cooks Up One of His Finest Performances in Gourmet Vengeance Tale
Michael Sarnoski’s tale of a reclusive ex-chef out to retrieve his porcine pal mixes flavors you wouldn’t think would pair well, but they do
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‘Summertime’ Film Review: Spoken-Word Saga Offers a Vibrant Tour of the Real LA
Carlos López Estrada (“Blindspotting”) returns with a poetry slam that’s a feast for the senses
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‘The Loneliest Whale’ Film Review: Doc Explores the Universal Need to Be Understood
“The Search for 52” focuses on a one-of-a-kind whale and what he can teach humans about humanity
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‘Boss Baby 2’ Film Review: Sequel Shares the First Film’s Few Charms and Many Problems
Alec Baldwin returns for another convoluted storyline in an executive-infant fantasy that could use a changing
