Trance
(20th Century Fox, $23)
Rosario Dawson is “electrifying” in this recent mind-bender from director Danny Boyle, said Rolling Stone. Dawson plays a hypnotist helping an art thief remember where he’s stashed a stolen Goya, and “even when the wheels come off the too-busy plot,” she “keeps you mesmerized.”
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The Gatekeepers
(Sony, $31)
This “powerful, provocative” documentary takes an unusual tack to argue for peace in Israel, said The Philadelphia Inquirer. Six former directors of the Israeli counterterrorism agency Shin Bet sit for interviews, and each expresses remorse about the anti-Palestinian policies he once pursued.
The Life of Oharu
(Criterion, $30)
“The Life of Oharu’s place in film history isn’t what makes it essential viewing,” said the A.V. Club. As influential as it was, Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1952 masterpiece about a woman sold into prostitution by her samurai father remains “an honest-to-God emotional experience” in itself.
