Robert Abele
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The movie serves as a profile of wildlife rehabilitator Terry Masear, devoted to repairing broken birds, while articulating virtues of compassion and hope.
Writer-director Sandhya Suri draws on her background in documentary filmmaking to arrive at a detail-laden police procedural about abuses of power in India.
Claressa Shields, whose ring talents led her to Olympic glory, had a hard time connecting with a sponsor, as this sensitive, after-the-glory movie dramatizes.
A blockbuster in its native France, this three-hour thriller co-directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière will beguile all who commit to it.
Co-directed by “Wolfpack” filmmaker Crystal Moselle and star Derrick B. Harden, the fish-out-of-water comedy supplies a sweet dose of found community.
Based on Rachel Yoder’s surreal bestseller, director Marielle Heller’s comedic adaptation has been slightly tamed, but is lifted by its star’s feral commitment.
Directed by actor Jack Huston and starring his “Boardwalk Empire” colleague Michael Pitt, the New York City-shot indie has an air of scrappy second chances.
A prize-winner at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the documentary is a unique window into the personal nature of the war in Ukraine, not just over territory.
Director Todd Komarnicki’s simplified portrait of the WWII Christian resistance hero ups the ante, adding several action beats to what should have been a drama.
Directed by Latvia’s Gints Zilbalodis, the animated feature tells an animal survival tale after the fall of humankind via breathtaking imagery, deftly rendered.