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‘Poor Things’ Review: Monster Mash

Emma Stone runs amok with Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe in Yorgos Lanthimos’s off-key Victorian-era riff on “Frankenstein.”

‘Origin’ Review: The Roots of Our Racism

Ava DuVernay’s new feature film, adapted from the Isabel Wilkerson book “Caste,” turns the journalist into a character who examines oppression.

‘La Syndicaliste’ Review: Power Plays

Isabelle Huppert plays a union representative swept up in a byzantine conspiracy in this French movie, which is based on a true crime.

‘May December’ Review: She’ll Be Your Mirror

In Todd Haynes’s latest, Natalie Portman is an actress studying the real-life model for her character, (Julianne Moore), a woman with a tabloid back story.

‘Napoleon’ Review: A Lumpy, Grumpy Little Man

Joaquin Phoenix is oddly mesmerizing as the French emperor in Ridley Scott’s historical epic charting his rise and ruin.

‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros’ Review: A Beautiful Collaboration

For his 44th documentary, Frederick Wiseman journeys to the French countryside to examine the workings of a family-owned, Michelin-starred restaurant.

‘Maestro’ Review: Leonard Bernstein’s Life of Ecstasy and Agony

As director and star, Bradley Cooper delivers an intimate portrait of the composer and his many private and public selves.

‘Fallen Leaves’ Review: Love (and Laughs) Among the Ruins

In the latest from the Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki, two lonely people find each other with tenderness, karaoke and deadpan comedy.

‘Rustin’ Review: A Sidelined Civil Rights Activist Comes Center

Colman Domingo carries this biopic of a March on Washington organizer, the first narrative feature from Michelle and Barack Obama’s production company.

‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times Before

Brie Larson stars alongside two Disney+ stars in this trope-ridden franchise installment, the 33rd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.