Streaming in December: “Passing,” “Elves,” “tick, tick . . . BOOM!” and more
Wilting from a summer heat wave, Harlem resident Irene (the luminous Tessa Thompson) seeks a cooling beverage in a tearoom in the mainly White midtown of 1920s New York. There she encounters a half-forgotten childhood friend, visiting from Chicago, Clare (the always great Ruth Negga), a vision – in the film’s black-and-white palette — of…


