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5 movies you should see this month

'Mister Rogers' documentary 'Won’t You Be My Neighbor?' is full of sentiment, affection

I’m tempted to say that the documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is exactly what we need in these scabrous times, but that makes it sound too self-important. And if there is one thing that Fred Rogers, the host and creator of the beloved educational children’s show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” would disdain, it’s self-importance.

Morgan Neville’s movie is more than just a chronicle of Rogers’s career. In some not-quite-definable way, the film itself is all of a piece

While watching 'En el Séptimo Día,' viewers rejoice in the hopes of immigrants'Leave No Trace' shows empathy for those on the fringes of society'Saving Brinton' chronicles discovery of film rarities'Three Identical Strangers' is a true story that could only be believed because it actually happened

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