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Austin Butler as Benny in director Jeff Nichols' "The Bikeriders." (Focus Features)

Uneasy riders: ‘The Bikeriders’ is all revved up with nowhere to go

A mother (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, right) and her teenage daughter (Lola Petticrew) must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird in "Tuesday." (Photo from A24)

‘Tuesday’: Julia Louis-Dreyfus dances with Death in Daina Oniunas-Pusic’s enchanting debut

Alicia Vikander plays Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII, in the historical drama "Firebrand." (Larry Horricks)

Tudor tale: Power and peril in ‘Firebrand’

Dakota Fanning as Mina in “The Watchers.” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Watch out for ‘The Watchers’

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in a scene from "Bad Boys: Ride or Die." (Frank Masi/Columbia Pictures-Sony)

Old tricks, new flick: ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ fizzles with familiar tropes

Robert De Niro, left, Bobby Cannavale and William A. Fitzgerald star in "Ezra," (Bleecker Street)

Autism and acceptance: ‘Ezra’ hits the road packed with a stellar cast

Viggo Mortensen as Holger Olsen in "The Dead Don't Hurt." (Marcel Zyskind)

‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’: A Western saga of love and struggle

Barbara Ronchi and Enea Sala appear in a scene from "Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara. (Cohen Media Group)

‘Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara’ is a heartwrenching tale of faith and power

Glen Powell as strait-laced professor Gary Johnson in "Hit Man." (Matt Lankes/Netflix)

Glen Powell leads a double life in ‘Hit Man’

Maya Hawke as Flannery O’Connor in “Wildcat,” (Good Country Pictures)

Faith, fiction, and Flannery: ‘Wildcat’ delves into O’Connor’s Gothic world