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Pianoforte | Sundance 2023

There is still life in the kids-in-competition documentary mini-genre, here focusing on the prestigious 2021 International Chopin Piano Prize.

Cairo Conspiracy

An espionage film that dramatizes the epic struggle between politics and religion in the modern age.

The Best Films of 2022

Although the year ended on a subdued note after many of the high profile, highly touted fall releases failed to click with audiences, here’s to 2022’s bright spots.

Good Night Oppy

Rarely has science been so buoyantly personalized as in this wondrous journey that follows the amazing—and extended—lifetime of the Mars rover Opportunity.

Tantura

A bold attempt to confront the past—in all its ugliness.

Leonor Will Never Die

Funny, tender, and surprising, this debut by Filipino writer/director Martika Ramirez Escobar is the definition of brimming with life.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Once you figure out the mystery, it’s impossible to look at this movie the same way twice, ensuring repeat viewings once it hits Netflix.

The Fabelmans | TIFF 2022

You don’t have to be an ardent fan of Steven Spielberg to enter his semiautobiographical bildungsroman, set in 1950s/’60s suburbia, though it wouldn’t hurt.

She Said

Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan are terrific as the new and equally charismatic versions of Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in this feminine (and feminist) answer to All the President’s Men.