The Breadwinner (2017) — PICK

Lincoln (2012) — PICK

Irish animation house Cartoon Saloon (Song of the Sea, The Secret of Kells) ventures beyond their native soil in this tale of life in Taliban-era Afghanistan, based on the children’s novel by Deborah Ellis.

Directed by Nora Twomey, the film tells the story of a young girl whose household is deprived early on of her father, leaving only the mother and two daughters — an alarming hardship under a regime in which girls and women cannot appear in public without a male escort.

Visually elegant and emotionally compelling, The Breadwinner blends harsh reality and escapist fantasy, offering unique insight of man’s inhumanity through a child’s eyes.

Also new on Netflix, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln could almost be grouped with The Post and Bridge of Spies as a sort of “American Civics Trilogy.”

Daniel Day-Lewis’ sublime performance convincingly comprehends Lincoln’s melancholy and his humor; his self-deprecation and brandishing of authority; his backwoods simplicity and his verbal dexterity; and his moral rectitude and his clear-eyed pragmatism.