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‘Poolman’ Review: In the Sun Too Long

Chris Pine’s shaggy debut feature has a charismatic cast that rambles along with him on a Los Angeles detective adventure.

‘Unsung Hero’ Review: Music Dedicated to the One They Love

In fact, there’s a lot of singing in the clan whose members inspired this movie and who have racked up five Grammy Awards for their...

‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’ Review

Kobi Libii’s satirical comedy, starring Justice Smith, tries to explore the trope but leans too hard on the conventions of superhero tales and rom-coms.

‘Irish Wish’ Review: Beware of Getting What You Want

Lindsay Lohan plays a book editor whose romantic dream comes true in this Netflix rom-com. But then Ed Speleers shows up in a red sports...

‘Kiss the Future’ Review: Seeing U2 in Post-Siege Sarajevo

Nenad Cicin-Sain’s smoothly calibrated documentary is part timeline of the concert’s development and part testament to the city’s defiance during the Bosnian War.

‘God & Country’ Review: One Nation, Under the Cross

Dan Partland’s blunt documentary follows the rise of Christian nationalist voters and argues that they threaten pluralism and democracy.

‘Molli and Max in the Future’ Review: Love, Interplanetary Style

This rom-com brings futuristic absurdity and nimble timing to a comfort-food story line of friends turned soul mates.

‘Godzilla Minus One’ Review: Bigmouth Strikes Again

Japan’s famous monster franchise returns with an appetite for destruction but also a notably sober outlook.

‘Bad Press’ Review: Defending Journalism in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation

The battle to claw back press freedoms is the nerve-racking subject of this civic-minded documentary.

‘The Stones and Brian Jones’ Review: Sympathy for a Founding Rocker

A new documentary looks back at Jones’s rise and fall, but also underlines his crucial strand in the Rolling Stones’ DNA.