Ben Kenigsberg
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‘Friends and Strangers’ Review: G’day, Mates
In this funny, productively cryptic Australian feature, the characters are alternately abrasive and invasive.
Stream These Three Great Documentaries
This month’s nonfiction picks include a film on suburban surveillance, a deep dive into movie sound and an Oscar-nominated exploration of teens on the margins.
‘Downfall: The Case Against Boeing’ Review: Behind Two Fatal Crashes
This documentary on Netflix leaves the impression that the 737 Max’s entire existence is rotten.
‘The Unmaking of a College’ Review: School’s Out Forever?
This documentary tells the story of a liberal-arts college that faced an existential crisis, and of how students fought back against the way potentially drastic...
‘Moonfall’ Review: Out of Orbit
Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson save the world from a rogue moon in the latest disaster movie from the director of “Independence Day.”
‘Breaking Bread’ Review: Peace Meals
This documentary follows the preparations for a food festival at which chefs from Arab and Jewish backgrounds team up to create dishes together.
‘The Conductor’ Review: Seizing the Baton
In this biographical documentary, Marin Alsop recounts how she became the first woman to lead a major American orchestra.
‘Salt in My Soul’ Review: Living, Even Thriving, With Illness
This documentary reconstructs the life of Mallory Smith, who died at 25 after a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis.
‘Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America’ Review: Social Studies
In a documentary constructed around a lecture from 2018, the lawyer Jeffery Robinson presents a persuasive look at United States history.
It Started With a Kiss. Then Film Scholars Found More.
MoMA’s series on film restorations, To Save and Project, is highlighting Black cinema, including what may be the earliest example of African American intimacy onscreen.