Culture

In this month’s picks, a solemn look at the war in Ukraine, plus an ongoing struggle over land and a spirited search for truffles.

She won't even know you almost forgot.

The Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya is the subject of a film that honors her bravery.

Nicolas Cage plays the title role in this punishing beach drama, where an aggressive group of surfers advise him the spot is for “locals only.”

Durga Chew-Bose boldly reimagines a work once adapted by Otto Preminger in her beguiling first film set on the French Riviera.

The sequel to the deranged 2018 comedy finds Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick feuding in the Italian sun.

In Hala Matar’s stylish if somewhat vacant drama, flair trumps grief.

His films, including “First Blood” and “Weekend at Bernie’s,” covered a range of genres. He was later an executive producer of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

Star Wars, Super Mario, Ghostbusters—the gang’s all here.

A ton of great titles are leaving fast. Catch them while you can.