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‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Review: Pleasure Principles

Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack bring knowing vulnerability to this amusing story of a foxy prostitute and the woman who hires him.

‘I’m Charlie Walker’ Review: More Wink Than Wallop

The actor Mike Colter imbues Charlie with cool savvy in this movie about a Black trucker in the ’70s who goes up against the white...

‘The Phantom of the Open’ Review: ‘The World’s Worst Golfer’ Wins Laughs

Inspired by Maurice Flitcroft’s stunningly bad results at the 1976 British Open, this comedy plays with a genre in which underdogs so often triumph.

‘Since I Been Down’ Review: Crime and Punishment

The inmates in this documentary offer reasons for rethinking the harsh sentencing of young people in Washington State.

‘Emergency’ Review: Party Over

A celebratory evening takes a turn when college friends find a young woman passed out in their house.

‘Our Father’ Review: A Doctor’s God Complex Revealed

A new documentary tells the story of siblings who unite to bring to justice the fertility specialist who impregnated their mothers with his sperm without...

‘In a New York Minute’ Review: Love or Freedom?

This drama from Ximan Li teases time in telling the stories of three Chinese women living in a city that tempts promise but delivers frustration.

‘Hello, Bookstore’ Review: A Bibliophile and His Shop in Close-Up

This documentary makes it clear why, when the pandemic threatened Matthew Tannenbaum’s store, book lovers weren’t ready to say goodbye.

‘Charlotte’ Review: An Artist’s Brief Life

This animated biopic about the German Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon takes faithful inspiration from her life. What if it had taken more energy from her...

‘To Olivia’ Review: Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal Cope With Tragedy

This drama about the author and the actress is poignant, elegant and aggravating.