

Lisa Kennedy
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‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’ Review: Resurrecting a Megachurch
Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown star in this satire about a fallen megachurch pastor and his first lady praying and angling for a comeback.

‘Katrina Babies’ Review: Hearing From Survivors
Edward Buckles Jr.’s intimate documentary sheds light on the experiences of Black children when Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans.

‘Learn to Swim’ Review: A Tooth Ache and All This Jazz
The feature directing debut of Thyrone Tommy is a fractured romance between a young saxophonist and a chanteuse.

‘Mack & Rita’ Review: 70 Is the New 30
An influencer emerges from a tanning bed 40 years older in this playful movie starring Diane Keaton.

‘Gone in the Night’ Review: Double-Booked and Double-Crossed
In Eli Horowitz’s horror film, Winona Ryder plays a woman who sets out to solve the mystery of a jilting.

‘The Reverend’ Review: A Beer With a Music Chaser
Get out of his way. With two decades of sharing worship and making music at a Brooklyn bar, the Rev. Vince Anderson appears to be...

‘Queen of Glory’ Review: Back to the Bronx
In the writer-director Nana Mensah’s amusing and astute feature debut, a death forces a reckoning for a brainy young Ghanaian-American living in both worlds.

‘Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between’ Review: Break Cute?
In this adaptation of Jennifer E. Smith’s young adult novel, two high school seniors agree to split up in a year. Will they honor their...

‘Beauty’ Review: Requiem for a Pop Star
The ghost of Whitney Houston haunts “Beauty,” the story of a singer, her family and best friend on the edge of fame.

‘Civil: Ben Crump’ Review: What Becomes of a Missed Opportunity?
The documentary “Civil” follows Ben Crump, the prominent attorney who has represented families affected by police violence, for one turbulent year.