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‘Variations on a Theme’ Review: A Woman Stares at Goats — and Looks Back on a Life — in Lovely, Lyrical Rotterdam Winner

On a faintly misty morning in South Africa’s Kamiesberg mountain region, 79-year-old goatherd Hettie (Hettie Farmer) watches her flock as they hobble and nibble along the rough, khaki-colored landscape, and wonders...

‘Moonglow’ Review: Isabel Sandoval Slumps With an Atmospheric but Soporific Filipino Noir

Ever since Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s luxuriantly lengthy “Drive My Car” waited until after a 40-minute prologue to announce itself on screen, the late title-card drop has become a mark of the sophisticated,...

‘Saccharine’ Review: A Grisly Body-Image Body Horror for the Age of Weight Loss Meds

Fast weight-loss methods have never been easier or more readily available, but they come at a cost — and for the young, dangerously experimenting protagonist of “Saccharine,” that’s higher and more...

‘Frank & Louis’ Review: Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan Give Immaculate Performances in a Stoically Moving Story of Prison Care

Life behind bars means death behind bars, and all the pain and frailty that often precedes it — a fate that awaits a good number of America’s incarcerated millions, though one...

‘American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez’ Review: Edward James Olmos Narrates a Celebratory Doc About a Chicano Pioneer

If there was a reason for veteran actor Edward James Olmos to resurrect his magnetic role in “Zoot Suit,” it’s to honor the man behind that landmark work centering the Mexican...

‘Lady’ Review: The Vibrant Street Life of Lagos Energizes a Rough-Edged Character Study

The wide, still, often unblinking stare of feature film newcomer Jessica Gabriel’s Ujah burns a hole right through “Lady,” galvanizing the camera and issuing the audience with a challenge to look...

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