San Diego Union-Tribune

“All That Breathes”:

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Shaunak Sen’s film, one of the more transfixin­g and beautiful documentar­ies of the past year, is about a pair of brothers in New Dehli who make a makeshift clinic to mend and heal the birds of prey who are increasing­ly falling to Earth in the pollution-choked Indian capital. The film, nominated for best documentar­y at the Academy Awards, is a stirring and poetic portrait of ecological urban rescue.Nadeem Shehzad and Mohammad Saud may be amateurs, but they’ve saved some 20,000 birds. Not rated. Available on HBO Max. 1 hour, 37 minutes.

“Seriously Red”: In the Australian romantic comedy “Seriously Red,” Krew Boylan plays the title character, a red-haired employee in a real estate office who, despite insecuriti­es about her bust size, dreams of fame and fortune as a Dolly Parton impersonat­or. When Red’s act draws the attentions of an Elvis impersonat­or (Rose Byrne) and a booking agent (Bobby Cannavale), she ends up becoming the onstage and romantic partner of a Kenny Rogers impersonat­or (Daniel Webber). This “colorful comedy of romance and finding yourself,” according to the Guardian, tries “very hard to be liked, while at the same time complacent­ly assuming its likability is beyond question.” R. Available on multiple streaming platforms. 1 hour, 44 minutes. “Your Place or Mine”: With Valentine’s Day fast approachin­g, the rom-coms cometh. Notable is Aline Brosh McKenna’s “Your Place or Mine,” which stars Reese Witherspoo­n and Ashton Kutcher as longtime friends who swap houses for a week. PG-13. Available on Netflix. 1 hour, 49 minutes. “Disquiet”: Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars in this horror film as a man who awakens after a nearfatal car accident to find that he is trapped in an abandoned hospital by sinister forces. R. Available on multiple streaming platforms. 2 hours.

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