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rapher Ohad Naharin, this gorgeous if gushing documentar­y includes into his origins, his artistry and the world-renowned Batsheva Dance Company. Directed by adoring fan and 20-year friend Tomer Heymann. Not rated. 101 minutes. — C. Bauer

Personal Shopper Kristen Stewart strains to hold up the edifice of this awful Olivier Assayas mess, about a personal shopper to a celebrity (Stewart), who is also trying to communicat­e with the dead. Long, dull and structurel­ess, it brings out the worst in Stewart, who has never seemed so mannered and inauthenti­c. Rated R. 105 minutes.

— M. LaSalle

Power Rangers Science-fiction/adventure film about a group of teenagers with superpower­s who fight to save the world. Rated PG-13. 124 minutes.

Raw Director Julia Ducournau understand­s coming-of-age fears as much as she gets scary movies, and she manages both near-perfectly in this graphic thriller about a cannibal college student. Not for the squeamish, but Ducournau’s expert hand should earn the respect of any cinephile who can handle the explicit content. Rated R. 99 minutes. — P. Hartlaub

The Salesman A husband and wife, actors appearing in an Iranian production of “Death of Salesman,” have their lives thrown off balance when the woman is attacked by an intruder while taking a shower. It’s another perceptive and compulsive­ly watchable examinatio­n of domestic life from Asghar Farhadi (“The Past”). Rated PG-13. 125 minutes. In Farsi with English subtitles. — M. LaSalle

The Sense of an Ending Well-acted, understate­d and British to the core, this drama is based on Julian Barnes’ novel of the same title, charting what happens when the past abruptly catches up with an aging Londoner. Jim Broadbent does a fine job as a man who is old-school but not a caricature. Good supporting work from Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walker and Michelle Dockery. Directed by Ritesh Batra (“The Lunch-

 ?? Sony-TriStar Pictures ?? Jonny Lee Miller (left) and Ewan McGregor in a scene from “T2 Trainspott­ing.”
Sony-TriStar Pictures Jonny Lee Miller (left) and Ewan McGregor in a scene from “T2 Trainspott­ing.”

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