Three high schools, all alike in dignity, in fair Santa Barbara, where we lay our scene, from ancient theatrics break to new teachers, where creative women direct creative teens. For the first time in ...

A transfixing Cold War thriller set in the East Germany of 1980, Christian Petzold’s superb Barbara is made even more vivid by its subtle overlay of the golden-era “woman’s picture,” the woman in ...

East Germany in 1980, in the excellent drama “Barbara,” is a country of browns and dingy yellows. The wall through the divided city of Berlin is still standing, and it is still keeping its people “in.