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A Fantastic Woman

Daniela Vega gives a stellar performance as Marina, a transgender woman whose lover, 25 years her senior, suddenly dies in the middle of the night.

Behind-the-scenes of a crucial 20th-century “start the presses!” news story.

This is a tour de force for Jessica Chastain. The show is all hers.

There were more than enough films to choose from for this year’s best-of compilation.

Director Jordan Peele has done his homework. He is clearly a fan of 1970’s social-horror films.

A child’s eye view of the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

This sly, labyrinthine film is the definition of docudrama.

A movie that is already being listed among the great queer films of recent memory.

A biopic with nuance and epic scope, this splendid documentary vindicates the legacy of a brilliant woman with a fascinating life.