Infinite Football
NYT Critic’s Pick Documentary Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
By its end, the Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu’s new documentary, nominally about world’s most popular sport, moves onto a plane of mysticism.
By GLENN KENNY

Number 37
NYT Critic’s Pick Thriller Directed by Nosipho Dumisa
This slick film is cheerfully derivative yet doggedly entertaining.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Weightless
NYT Critic’s Pick R Drama Directed by Jaron Albertin
The film, with a screenplay by the playwright Enda Walsh and the director Jaron Albertin, follows a mentally ill man reuniting with his 10-year-old son.
By KEN JAWOROWSKI

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
NYT Critic’s Pick R Comedy, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Western Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
A.O. Scott says this cowboy anthology is among the silliest Coen brothers films, and also one of the grimmest.
By A.O. SCOTT

— Of Possible Interest —

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
PG-13 Adventure, Family, Fantasy Directed by David Yates
This second installment in J.K. Rowling’s series about a “magizoologist” is so freighted with foreboding that even the would-be whimsy feels leaden.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Outlaw King
R Action, Biography, Drama, History Directed by David Mackenzie
Chris Pine stars in a historical slog about Robert the Bruce (1274-1329) that is little more than a churn of mud, entrails and misty nationalism.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Postcards from London
Drama Directed by Steve McLean
Steve McLean’s film is a pretty movie about pretty boys.
By BILGE EBIRI

El Angel
Biography, Crime, Drama Directed by Luis Ortega
The film, which was inspired by a real-life killer, follows Carlitos as he moves from one transgression to the next.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

The Grinch
PG Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy Directed by Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier
Aside from colorful computer animation and enhanced cuteness for the lovable sidekick dog, Max, this new “Grinch” brings little of note to the table.
By GLENN KENNY

Pimp
Drama Directed by Christine Crokos
This lurid melodrama follows a female pimp (Keke Palmer) and her girlfriend-prostitute.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Chef Flynn
Documentary Directed by Cameron Yates
This documentary from Cameron Yates looks at Flynn McGarry, a young innovator in dining who tries to live up to his hype.
By GLENN KENNY

The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story
R Crime, Drama, Thriller Directed by Fede Alvarez
In the latest and emptiest Salander vehicle, the character’s unclassifiable quality has been dulled and contained.
By MANOHLA DARGIS