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‘Veselka’ Review: Serving Up Support for Ukraine
Subtitled “The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World,” this documentary offers a warm tribute to an East Village landmark.

‘Upgraded’ Review: Faking It That She’s Made It
Camila Mendes plays a broke assistant posing as an art world bigwig in this slyly charming romantic comedy.

‘Drift’ Review: Cynthia Erivo Keeps a Breakdown at Bay
Anthony Chen’s quiet character study follows a traumatized Liberian woman (Cynthia Erivo) on a Greek island who befriends an American tour guide (Alia Shawkat).

‘Fitting In’ Review: Her Body, Herself
Maddie Ziegler plays a teen who is diagnosed with a rare reproductive condition in this movie that tends toward the obvious.

‘The Peasants’ Review: A Village Rendered in Oils
The filmmakers DK and Hugh Welchman apply a painstaking oil painting technique to render this sweeping drama set in a 19th century Polish village.

‘Role Play’ Review: Mommy by Day, Killer by Night
Kaley Cuoco plays a woman balancing a life of domesticity with her career as an assassin in this spineless comedy thriller.

From ‘Poor Things’ to ‘Barbie,’ a Crybaby Year for Men in the Movies
In 2023, male characters pouted elaborately after something they saw as their birthright was put in check.

‘Rose’ Review: My Sister’s Keeper
Niels Arden Oplev’s drama about two sisters, one of whom is a woman with schizophrenia, on a bus tour of France brims with genuine feeling.

‘Total Trust’ Review: Under Surveillance
Jialing Zhang’s documentary follows a journalist and two families fighting for rights while dealing with invasive surveillance tactics from Chinese authorities.

‘Who We Become’ Review: Interrogating Identity and Injustice
Three young Filipino women self-document difficult conversations with their families and friends during the first year of the pandemic.