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Lulu Wang draws on family history in ‘The Farewell’

Lulu Wang’s new feature draws on her own family history.

In Focus: Some truth about true crime

“Behind Closed Doors” is a two-part HBO documentary about a long-unsolved murder in India.

From his podcast to movies, it’s all personal for Marc Maron

At 55, he’s in a place where he is finally enjoying stability after years of struggles.

Kumail Nanjiani gets behind the wheel in ‘Stuber’

The comedy joins a distinctive film genre: the driver movie.

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Getting taken for a ride in ‘Stuber’
Kumail Nanjiani is the best thing in this by-the-numbers action comedy.

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‘Under the Silver Lake’ is a noir where the sun shines
It’s director David Robert Mitchell’s follow-up to “It Follows.”

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‘Maiden’ excitingly documents a pathbreaking round-the-world race

It looks at the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World yachting competition.

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A beguiling and hermetic world in ‘The Third Wife’

Ash Mayfair’s directorial debut is set in 19th-century Vietnam.

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Scene Here: Vive the MFA’s Boston French Film Festival!

It’s the 23rd go-round for the museum’s popular annual July offering.

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In ‘Midsommar,’ it’s dark beneath the midnight sun

The director of “Hereditary” follows up with an unnerving horror mystery, this time in bucolic Sweden.

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‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ is a wholesome teen comedy disguised as a superhero movie

The movie has fun sending Peter Parker on what is essentially a school summer trip to Europe with a backdrop of super-villainy.

With ‘Hamlet,’ to film or not to film hasn’t been much of a question

“Ophelia,” starring Daisy Ridley, is the latest of many movies drawn from Shakespeare’s play.

Ten streaming suggestions from Ty Burr

They range from documentaries to recent fiction releases.

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Making an architectural offer that can’t be refused — or can it? — in ‘The Proposal’

Jill Magid’s documentary takes an unusual look at the archive of Luis Barragán.


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