Peter Keough

By Peter Keough Carla Simón’s dreamlike family drama merges mother and daughter, past and present, in a moving search for identity. Romería. Directed by Carla Simón. At the Coolidge Corner Theatre, July 3  through 9. Llúcia Garcia Torras in a scene from Romera. Photo: MK2 Time travel, along with a melding of the identities of parent and child, has proven to be an unlikely but effective device in films ranging from Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman (2021) to Robert Zemeckis’s Back to the Future (1985).

By Peter Keough Admiring looks at a wealth of illuminating documentaries in this year’s gathering. The Boston Baltic Film Festival. At the Emerson Paramount Center February 27-March 1 and online March 2-23. A scene from To Be Continued — Teenhood.

By Peter Keough This is a lyrical, visually arresting, if sometimes verbally prolix film version of Denis Johnson’s sublime 2011 novella. Train Dreams. Directed by Clint Bentley adapted from the novella by Denis Johnson. Currently playing at the Kendall Square and West Newton Cinemas. Streams on Netflix beginning November  21.