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‘Afire’ Review: His Flaws Are Petty, Pathetic and Funny

Christian Petzold’s new film, about a sour young writer and the woman he desires, generates both cruel comedy and heartbreak.

‘Earth Mama’ Review: Savanah Leaf’s Intimate Debut

In Savanah Leaf’s moving, intimate feature debut, a pregnant woman tries to regain custody of her two children in foster care.

‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’ Review: Still Running

In this franchise’s seventh entry, Tom Cruise’s mission includes increasingly improbable leaps, chases and stunts. Luckily for us, he chooses to accept it.

‘The Passengers of the Night’ Review: A Woman’s Second Act

In this French drama, Charlotte Gainsbourg plays a woman who rebuilds her life, piece by fragile piece, after her husband leaves her.

‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Review: Turning Back the Clock

The gruff appeal of Harrison Ford, both de-aged and properly weathered, is the main draw in this generally silly entry in the long-running franchise.

‘Revoir Paris’ Review: Recovering Fragments of Memory

In Alice Winocour’s taut film, a woman survives a terrorist and tries to piece together what happened that day and how it changed her.

‘Asteroid City’ Review: Wes Anderson and His All-Stars Go Meta

In his latest film, Wes Anderson and his all-stars go meta with a TV show about a theatrical play that, in turn, is about a...

‘The Flash’ Review: Electric Company

In the latest DC Comics blowout, Ezra Miller suits up as the speedy superhero alongside special guests like Batman (hello, Michael Keaton).

‘Scarlet’ Review: A Father and Daughter Endure

In a new film from the director of “Martin Eden,” pastoral interludes of domestic life in the wake of World War I alternate with views...

‘Dalíland’ Review: Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dalí, Man and Myth

Ben Kingsley plays Salvador Dalí, the man and the mustachioed myth, as he contends with his demanding wife and the far more voracious art world.