‘The President’s Cake’ Review: Party Politics 05. February 2026 (11:00) Shot in Iraq, this period piece depicts a young girl’s efforts to prepare for a celebration of Saddam Hussein’s birthday.(New York Times)
‘Pillion’ Review: An Opposites-Attract ‘Dom-Com’ 05. February 2026 (11:00) A shy young man is captivated by a hunky biker in this bold, funny and achingly tenderhearted B.D.S.M. romance.(New York Times)
‘Kokuho’ Review: Over Decades, an Artist’s Life 05. February 2026 (11:00) This nearly three hour historical drama became Japan’s highest grossing live action film of all time, and for mostly good reason.(New York Times)
‘Dracula’ Review: Fangs and a Lot of Fragrance 05. February 2026 (11:00) Luc Besson’s extravagantly silly twist on the timeless monster, played by Caleb Landry Jones, is deliciously operatic but ultimately a letdown.(New York Times)
‘Jimpa’ Review: In Search of a Queer Education 05. February 2026 (11:00) A nonbinary teenager pays a visit to their grandfather, a gay professor, in this intergenerational story that slips from sweet into cloying.(New York Times)
‘Calle Málaga’ Review: Living an Even Better Life 05. February 2026 (11:00) The Spanish actor Carmen Maura shines as a widow forced to sell her childhood home in Morocco in this film by Maryam Touzani.(New York Times)
Rethinking Shakespeare in Shanghai 05. February 2026 (08:14) A recent production of “Othello” proves that small creative flowers can grow between the dreary slabs of cultural concrete laid by the Communist Party.(New York Times)
Rethinking Shakespeare in Shanghai 05. February 2026 (06:00) A recent production of “Othello” proves that small creative flowers can grow between the dreary slabs of cultural concrete laid by the Communist Party.(New York Times)
