Natalia Winkelman
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‘All Shall Be Well’ Review: Aching With Absence
The indignity of being someone’s spouse while they are alive and merely a friend after their death is the theme of this extraordinarily moving Hong...
‘Girls Will Be Girls’ Review: Surviving High School
The filmmaker Shuchi Talati’s debut feature follows a model student and her stifled mother, who are both vying for the attention of a new crush.
‘I’ll Be Right There’ Review: Her Maternal Commitment is Apparent
Edie Falco plays a matriarch bending over backward for her grown children in this uneven character study.
‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Review: A Search for a Black Luminary
Two digital sleuths set out to find the woman who lent her image to computer software in this scattered documentary.
‘The Good Half’ Review: Only Half Good
Nick Jonas and Brittany Snow play siblings coordinating funeral logistics for their mom in this drama, a cross between “Terms of Endearment” and a Hallmark...
‘Close to You’ Review: Clumsy Overtures of Support
This formless drama featuring Elliot Page as a trans man returning home relies on improvised dialogue.
‘Coup!’ Review: Pandemonium in a Pandemic — No, Not That One
In this obvious satire set amid the 1918 influenza, a wealthy, muckraking reporter hires a new chef who disrupts the estate’s hierarchy.
‘Join or Die’ Review: Come Together
This documentary about the work of Robert Putnam, who wrote “Bowling Together,” argues that Americans can save democracy by becoming joiners.
‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan’ Review: An Altruistic Story
In Penny Lane’s newest film, she turns the camera on herself to document her experience donating a kidney to a stranger.
‘Summer Solstice’ Review: Through Thick and Thin
A triumph of sensitivity, Noah Schamus’s debut feature tracks a rural reunion between old friends struggling to recover their bond.