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  1. ‘Unfrosted’ Review: What’s the Deal With Pop-Tarts?

    Starring Jerry Seinfeld in his feature directing debut, “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story” is the only corporate saga whose main ingredient is high-fructose sarcasm.

     By Amy Nicholson

    From left, Melissa McCarthy, Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan in “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story.”
    CreditJohn P. Johnson/Netflix
    Critic’s Pick

  2. ‘The Contestant’ and the Reality-Show Ethics We Should Be Weighing

    The documentary tells the strange story of a groundbreaking 1998 Japanese TV show but doesn’t go far enough in its examination.

     By Alissa Wilkinson

    Tomoaki Hamatsu, who goes by the nickname Nasubi, in a scene from “The Contestant.”
    CreditCourtesy of Hulu, via Associated Press
    Critic’s Notebook

  3. ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ Review: Nature vs. Nurture

    Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows up his sublime drama “Drive My Car” with a parable about a rural Japanese village and the resort developer eyeing its land.

     By Manohla Dargis

    Hitoshi Omika, left, and Ryo Nishikawa play father and daughter in “Evil Does Not Exist.”
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    Critic’s Pick

  4. ‘Turtles All the Way Down’ Review: 10 Things I Hate About Germs

    Hannah Marks’s adaptation of John Green’s blockbuster young-adult novel builds a dynamic depiction of a teenager with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

     By Natalia Winkelman

    Isabela Merced in “Turtles All the Way Down.”
    CreditHBO

  5. ‘Jeanne du Barry’ Review: A Versailles Scandal at Its Snooziest

    Maïwenn wrote, directed and stars in the film, playing opposite Johnny Depp, who is Louis XV. Though he declares he loves her, their chemistry is weak.

     By Glenn Kenny

    Maïwenn and Johnny Depp in “Jeanne du Barry,” written and directed by Maïwenn, who plays du Barry to his Louis XV.
    CreditStephanie Branchu/Vertical

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  4. 5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now

    This month’s picks include a nature documentary filmed in the Indian wilderness and an animated family adventure from the studio behind “Despicable Me.”

    By Dina Gachman

     
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  7. Fashion Chatter

    Sofia Coppola’s Latest Release? A Lip Balm.

    The tinted balm was inspired by products that the filmmaker confected as a girl to achieve the “berry-stained lips” of a character in a Roman Polanski movie.

    By Ruth La Ferla

     
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