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‘Sexual Drive’ Review: Best Served Hot and Heavy

Natto, mapo tofu and fatty ramen become objects of titillation in this intriguing Japanese triptych that centers on sex without ever depicting it.

‘Dual’ Review: Seeing Double, Inviting Trouble

A woman prepares to battle her clone in Riley Stearns’s imprecise satire that invites questions about the self and then leaves them unexplored.

‘Metal Lords’ Review: Shred of the Class

Teenage boys battling angst and bullies form a heavy metal band in this genuine Netflix movie.

‘Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King’ Review: Coins and Misdemeanors

In this sensationalist Netflix documentary, aggrieved users of a defunct cryptocurrency exchange grow convinced that the company’s head absconded with their money.

‘Outside Noise’ Review: Walking and Talking in Vienna and Berlin

Three women laze around German-speaking cities in the languid third feature from the indie director Ted Fendt.

‘Atlantide’ Review: Restless and Reckless on the Venetian Lagoon

A speed boater and his girlfriend maneuver around the coasts of Venice and its islands in this moody portrait of contemporary youth culture.

‘The Adam Project’ Review: Back Talk to the Future

Ryan Reynolds plays a time traveling wise cracker in Shawn Levy’s science fiction adventure.

‘Lucy and Desi’ Review: Love in the Time of Television

This documentary, directed by Amy Poehler and about the dynamic duo behind “I Love Lucy,” favors the good times over the difficult ones.

‘Servants’ Review: Fighting for Purity of Faith

Teenage priests in training resist the mingling of church and the Communist state in Ivan Ostrochovsky’s drama.

‘The Sky Is Everywhere’ Review: Amid Grief, Blossoms of Joy

Josephine Decker unlooses a slipstream of adolescent passion and anguish in this radiant drama about a musician grieving the loss of her big sister.