It’s been two and a half decades, but the documentary “WTO/99” recalls when Seattle’s streets were wracked with protests, Dan Webster says.

"EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert," a documentary playing on regular and IMAX screens around the country, is director Baz Luhrmann’s second film about the King. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a freewheeling testament to Elvis’s enduring power as a performer.

Everyone already has a strong opinion about Emerald Fennell’s maximalist retelling of “Wuthering Heights.” Nathan Weinbender is no exception: He says the movie is dramatically murky, emotionally inert and generally unbearable.

No matter what your stand is on the war in Gaza, Oscar-nominated “The Voice of Hind Rajab” is likely to break your heart, Dan Webster says.

“The Plague” is a study of middle-school angst that relies on its similarity to William Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies,” Dan Webster says.

“A Private Life” is a French attempt to capture the same kind of energy that “The Thin Man” did more than 90 years ago, Dan Webster says.

“Is This Thing On?” is, uniquely enough, an upbeat yet emotionally truthful movie about divorce, Dan Webster says.

“The Choral” is a tender look at how one English village struggles to cope with the ravages caused by World War I, Dan Webster says.

A laid-off worker goes to desperate and violent extremes for a new job in Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice.” Nathan Weinbender says it’s one of the Korean master’s very best movies.

Like most film festivals, the Palm Springs International Film Festival offers viewers the essence of cinematic art, Dan Webster says.