“Sublet” has a lot of things going for it, including good performances, some interesting insights, and a presentation of Tel Aviv that’s so enchanting it may inspire many viewers to consult travel agencies. And yet, when it was over, I came away from “Sublet” curiously unmoved by it all. It isn’t bad, per se, but…

“Akilla’s Escape” opens with a black-and-white historical montage set to Bob Marley’s “Punky Reggae Party.” Interspersed throughout clips describing the rise of gang violence in Jamaica are scenes of an older Jamaican man dancing vibrantly to Marley’s famous reggae banger. This is Akilla Brown (Saul Williams), a well-read, world-weary man who runs a Toronto dispensary…

Do you remember the Video Nasties scare of the 1980s? You don’t really need to, not in order to appreciate “Censor,” a British psychodrama about a film censor’s personal connection with the violent movies that she reviews and rates for a living. Realistically, all you need to know about the Video Recordings Act of 1984…

The bunnies are fluffy, the produce is bountiful, and the antics are consistently lively in “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.” And yet it’s hard to escape the feeling that Will Gluck’s follow-up to 2018’s “Peter Rabbit” is straining to capture the fast-paced, meta whimsy of the original while also cramming in a whole bunch of…

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The arc of FXX’s “Dave,” the highest-rated comedy on the network, has been interesting to watch. When it premiered in March 2020, critics largely dismissed it at first, but came around as the program developed into something richer, funnier, and smarter over the course of its first season. It even ended up making a few…