“Mo” ’s Urgent, Uneven Homecoming
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Frederick Wiseman’s Real-Life Epics
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The Political Drama of “I’m Still Here” Is Moving but Airbrushed
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 1970, six years into Brazil’s military dictatorship, Rubens Paiva, a…
“This Woman” and Her Tangled World
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Simplicity can prove as enigmatic as complexity. The new Chinese film…
What Michael Crichton Reveals About Big Tech and A.I.
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A Young Girl Questions Wearing a Head Scarf in “Rizoo”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “Rizoo.” When the filmmaker Azadeh Navai was five years old,…
Catherine Breillat’s Unsettling Cinema of Desire
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the French director Catherine Breillat’s film “Fat Girl,” from 2001,…
Kadir Nelson’s “Messenger”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For the cover of the February 3, 2025, issue, the artist…
The Player’s the Thing in “Grand Theft Hamlet”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In an 1818 lecture, on the subject of “Hamlet,” Samuel Taylor…