‘Dolores’ review: Yes, she can, and union activist won’t stop
"Dolores" is a documentary that celebrates a hero, but it's no hagiography. Its subject wouldn't stand for that. That would be Dolores Huerta, a legendary activist who at age 87...
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‘The Women’s Balcony’: Clash of the sexes, culture in Israeli comedy
It sounds paradoxical, but it's often true that the more culturally precise a foreign language film is, the more universal its appeal becomes. This is very much the case with...
‘Past Life’ review: Daughters of a Holocaust survivor probe his controversial past
Uneven but ultimately effective, convincing in mood and emotion despite its melodramatic plotting, Avi Nesher's "Past Life" is straight-ahead filmmaking heightened by a connection to a pervasive Israeli reality not...
‘The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki’ review: A boxer torn between love and the ring
"The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki" is a lovely piece of work, a sweet, warmly observed tale overlaid with just the right amount of Scandinavian melancholy, a...
‘Jeremiah Tower’ review: How a Calif. chef reinvented American cuisine
If food is your passion, Jeremiah Tower is a name to conjure with. A venerated chef whom writer and critic Ruth Reichl calls "a game changer who defined what a...
‘T2 Trainspotting’ review: Ewan McGregor returns for meditation on masculinity, aging
Looked at logically, "T2 Trainspotting" should not work as well as it does. In fact, it shouldn't work at all. But up there on the screen, where it matters, the...
‘Land of Mine’ review: Suspenseful account of POWs forced to remove mines
Nothing focuses a film like the threat of a bomb going off. From Alfred Hitchcock's "Sabotage" to the Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker," explosive devices that can detonate at any moment...
‘Kedi’ review: Documentary shows that felines are the cat’s meow of Istanbul
"Kedi" means cat in Turkish. And while you don't have to be crazy about cats to enjoy this documentary, it would certainly help. As that Turkish title indicates, "Kedi" is...
‘A United Kingdom’ review: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike play lovers battling public opinion
The opening title "Based on a true story" can cover a multitude of movie sins, but in "A United Kingdom," it unlocks the door to a romantic drama that grows...
‘Saving Banksy’ review: Documentary investigates preserving a famous work of street art
The road to hell, the saying goes, is paved with the best of intentions, and that is very much the case with the complex art world conundrum explored in the...