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‘As They Made Us’ Review: If the Apple Falls, Who Retrieves It?

A dutiful daughter navigates the consequences of her parents’ failings in Mayim Bialik’s engagingly compassionate directorial debut.,

‘Master’ Review: Get Thee to an H.B.C.U.!

Regina Hall anchors this horror movie debut from Mariama Diallo, set on a New England college campus.

‘I Am Here’ Review: A Holocaust Survivor Reckons With Her Pain

Decades after experiencing some of the most nightmarish moments of World War II, a woman shares her stories.

‘I Am Here’ Review: A Holocaust Survivor Reckons With Her Pain

Decades after experiencing some of the most nightmarish moments of World War II, a woman shares her stories.

‘Dear Mr. Brody’ Review: Spreading the Wealth Doesn’t Go Smoothly

The scion of a margarine empire says to ask him for money. And many, many people asked.

‘Butter’ Review: High-Stakes Popularity

Fed up with his classmates’ contempt, an obese high school student decides he’ll gorge himself to death on New Year’s Eve.

‘Butter’ Review: High-Stakes Popularity

Fed up with his classmates’ contempt, an obese high school student decides he’ll gorge himself to death on New Year’s Eve.

‘The Pact’ Review: A Faustian Bargain

When a baroness summons a young poet to her estate and suggests they make a deal, he should have hightailed it back down the road.

‘Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché’ Review: An Overdue Close-up

In this new documentary, Poly Styrene’s daughter grapples tenderly with the legacy of her punk rock mother.

‘Definition Please’ Review: What Does It All Mean?

A grown-up spelling bee star who never left her hometown tries to make sense of the conflicts and challenges in her family.