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Inner Voice

By Jonathan Romney
November 3, 2017
French-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis expands upon his ambiguous cinema of experience and identity with Félicité, the story of a Kinshasa singer in crisis

The Devil and Miss Mansfield

By J. Hoberman
September 7, 2017
A lurid collection of photographs descends into decadent late 1960s Hollywood

Review: Wonderstruck

By Michael Koresky
September 5, 2017
(Director: Todd Haynes, Country/Distributor: USA, Amazon Studios, Opening: October 20)

Diving into the Wreck

By Nick Davis
September 5, 2017
Jane Campion keeps dredging our depths in Top of the Lake

Make It Real: Acting Out

By Eric Hynes
September 4, 2017
In two new documentaries, the subjects are playing for the camera—and what’s wrong with that?

Review: Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

By Nicolas Rapold
September 4, 2017
(Director: Frederick Wiseman, Country/Distributor: USA, Zipporah Films, Opening: September 13)

Review: The Florida Project

By Cassie da Costa
September 4, 2017
(Director: Sean Baker, Country/Distributor: USA, A24, Opening: October 6)

Short Take: The Unknown Girl

By Holly Willis
September 4, 2017
(Directors: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Country/Distributor: Belgium, Sundance Selects, Opening: September 8)

Stronger Together

By Shonni Enelow
September 1, 2017
Bygone days: Joan Micklin Silver's 1977 Between the Lines opens in revival on February 22 at Quad Cinema in New York

Review: The Challenge

By Violet Lucca
September 1, 2017
(Director: Yuri Ancarani, Country/Distributor: France/Italy, Kino Lorber, Opening: September 8)