Ben Kenigsberg
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‘Escape From Kabul’ Review: Evacuation in Recap
This documentary from Jamie Roberts on the evacuation of the airport at Kabul in August 2021 feels more like a lengthy news segment.
‘Terra Femme’ Review: How Women Have Seen the World
An assemblage of travelogues shot by women from the 1920s through the 1950s, this experimental essay film can be seen with either live or prerecorded...
159 Films, for Every Taste, Coming This Fall
From art house to hellhouse and back, here’s a select list of the most anticipated titles this season, including “The Fabelmans,” “White Noise” and more.
‘The Anthrax Attacks’ Review: Strange Behavior and an Incriminating Flask
This documentary by Dan Krauss revisits the case against a scientist the F.B.I. maintained was responsible for a series of bioterrorism attacks after Sept. 11.
‘The Story of Film: A New Generation’ Review: The Case for Modern Movies
The latest installment in the filmmaker-critic Mark Cousins’s survey of movie history focuses on 21st-century developments.
‘Burial’ Review: Corpse Ride
The film, about a Russian intelligence officer’s covert mission at the end of World War II, begins on a suspenseful note, but the tension soon...
Stream These Three Great Documentaries
The brilliance of Chantal Akerman, Martin Scorsese and Ryuichi Sakamoto is on display in this month’s recommendations.
‘The Good Boss’ Review: Company Man
As the titular boss of this dark comedy from Spain, Javier Bardem engages in underhanded tactics to win an award for business excellence.
‘The Good Boss’ Review: Company Man
As the titular boss of this dark comedy from Spain, Javier Bardem engages in underhanded tactics to win an award for business excellence.
‘Orphan: First Kill’ Review: Still Slashing After All These Years
Isabelle Fuhrman, who in “Orphan” had to be convincing as a child of age 9, reprises her role 13 years later in this prequel set...