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    1. Critic’s Notebook

      Celine Dion Can Only Be Herself

      The singer’s over-the-top sincerity and expressiveness were once seen as irredeemably uncool. In the new documentary “I Am: Celine Dion,” they have become her superpowers.

       By Lindsay Zoladz

      Since her emergence as a Québécois child star, something about Celine Dion’s essential nature has remained constant, impervious to both changing trends and scathing critique.
      Since her emergence as a Québécois child star, something about Celine Dion’s essential nature has remained constant, impervious to both changing trends and scathing critique.
      CreditAndrew Kelly/Reuters
    2. Critic’s Pick

      ‘Last Summer’ Review: A Shocking Affair to Remember

      Few directors get as deeply under the skin as Catherine Breillat, a longtime provocateur who tests the limits of what the world thinks women should do and say and be.

       By Manohla Dargis

      Samuel Kircher, left, and Léa Drucker in “Last Summer.”
      Samuel Kircher, left, and Léa Drucker in “Last Summer.”
      CreditSideshow/Janus Films

  1. ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ at 20: Revisiting the Fear and Anger

    Michael Moore’s hit documentary isn’t a prosecutor’s brief but a political and emotional appeal, rooted in the ways in which the country’s burdens are unequally borne.

     By Nicolas Rapold

    Michael Moore, right, with Abdul Henderson in “Fahrenheit 9/11.”
    CreditDog Eat Dog Films
    Critic’s Notebook

  2. Three Great Documentaries to Stream

    This month’s picks look at a summer in Paris, a summer at the Olympics and the heat of the erotic thriller.

     By Ben Kenigsberg

    Angelo, left, a factory worker, converses with Landry, a student from the Ivory Coast, in a scene from “Chronicle of a Summer.”
    CreditCriterion Collection

  3. ‘Daddio’ Review: Two for the Road

    Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson outclass a humdrum script as two people who talk — and talk — in a New York City taxicab.

     By Jeannette Catsoulis

    Dakota Johnson in “Daddio.”
    CreditPhedon Papamichael/Sony Pictures Classics

  4. ‘Fancy Dance’ Review: The Search for a Sister

    This debut feature about a missing woman on an Oklahoma reservation is an imperfect but palpably emotional portrait of desperation and hard-won hope.

     By Brandon Yu

    Isabel Deroy-Olson, left, and Lily Gladstone in “Fancy Dance,” a film directed by Erica Tremblay.
    CreditApple TV+

  5. ‘White Chicks’ at 20: Comedy Beyond the Pale

    The Wayans brothers’ subversive comedy is smarter than you remember.

     By Robert Daniels

    Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans in “White Chicks.”
    CreditJoe Lederer/Columbia Pictures

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