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common to great pols of the past, for connecting to everyone who crosses his path,” but Wiseman, working as always without narration, also circles outward to capture countless industrious employees mixing it up with Boston’s schmoozing, speechifying public. “You can’t help but be bedazzled by the polyglot complexity of the place.” And you can’t help but marvel that the city holds together as well as it does. One terrific scene involves two men simply trying to charm their way out of parking fines, said Justin Chang in NPR.org. “It’s a sweet throwaway scene, but it feels almost utopian in its sense of how government should be: competent, efficient, and deeply human.” ($ 12 through virtual cinemas) Not rated 6-year-old son disappears on a camping trip. Ten years later, she strikes up a friendship with a 16-year-old who reminds her of Iván and who is thrilled to be noticed by an older woman. Jules Porier has the charm of a young Timothée Chalamet, while Nieto is “so riveting that we feel everything she feels.” ($10 on demand) Not rated
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
This contemporary fairy tale “feels like the movie Tim Burton would have made 30 years ago if he hadn’t directed Edward Scissorhands instead,” said Eric Kohn in IndieWire.com. Its protagonist is a 13-yearold whose face is covered with hair, and when he runs away from home, he’s roped into a circus before befriending other teen outcasts. At times, Wolfboy “struggles to unite its disparate tones,” but its outlandishness is always grounded in credible emotional stakes. With Chloë Sevigny and John Turturro. ($7 on demand) PG-13
Jungleland
Max Winkler’s carefully crafted new boxing drama “has everything but a single fresh idea,” said Dennis Harvey in Variety. Jack O’Connell and Charlie Hunnam are compelling as brothers scrapping for a foothold in the world of bare-knuckle boxing, and every scene in their last-chance road trip is thoughtfully staged. Unfortunately, “Jungleland can be counted a success only if the goal was to remind viewers how fondly they remember past films all too much like this one.” ($ 15 on demand) R