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‘The Little Mermaid,’ Black girls, and a wave of memories

With Halle Bailey as “The Little Mermaid,” memories of my mother and me come flowing back.

‘The Eight Mountains’: This film talks about Bruno (and Pietro)

Luca Marinelli and Alessandro Borghi play lifelong friends whose platonic relationship is undermined by standard masculinity tropes.

‘You Hurt My Feelings’ is a gentle cringe comedy

Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays a writer who discovers her husband actually hates her new book in writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s latest film.

‘About My Father’: De Niro stars in this retread of ‘Meet the Parents’

This time, he’s the father of comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, who co-wrote the screenplay.

Dressing for movie success: A new book celebrates Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter
The Springfield native created the iconic looks in films ranging from "Do the Right Thing" to "Black Panther."

Odie Henderson Review | ★★★
Halle Bailey makes ‘The Little Mermaid’ her own
Disney’s live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic is completely unnecessary. It’s also better than expected.

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‘Master Gardener’ is a lot of raging bull

Joel Edgerton plays a reformed neo-Nazi and horticulturist in writer-director Paul Schrader’s latest.

Odie Henderson Review | ★★½

‘Fast X’ reunites the family

Vin Diesel is back for the first of three new entries in the seemingly endless soap opera that is the “Fast and Furious” franchise.

Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston presents politically engaged documentaries for its eighth year

The festival runs virtually May 19-21.

★★★ | MOVIE REVIEW

‘The Starling Girl’ is a provocative drama set in an evangelical community

In Laurel Parmet’s debut, a teenage girl and a youth pastor embark on an ill-advised entanglement.

First-time filmmaker Amanda Kim explores the life of the ‘father of video art’ Nam June Paik

“Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and will air through the PBS “American Masters” series May 16 at 9 p.m. on GBH 2.

Ben Affleck’s new movie ‘Hypnotic’ came out of nowhere and has very few reviews. Why the mystery?

Bank robberies. Ben Affleck. This film arguably has the basic ingredients of a blockbuster. So why is it creeping into theaters on cat feet?

Long walk back to the big screen: ‘The Way’ returns to theaters for one day

Writer-director Emilio Estevez talks about his film journey, Harry Belafonte, and directing family members.

The story of ‘BlackBerry,’ the phone before the iPhone

A new film that recounts the history of what was once the must-have mobile device explores technology’s penchant for groundbreaking innovation, blind ambition, ego clashes, and power struggles that turn into morality tales.