Fast Color
NYT Critic’s Pick PG-13 Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller Directed by Julia Hart
Julia Hart’s wonderfully strange dystopian drama pits three gifted black women against a dried-up world and a hostile government.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Grass
NYT Critic’s Pick Drama Directed by Sang-soo Hong
A sense of dislocation hangs over the South Korean director’s latest feature as a young woman writer observes mostly melancholy people, old and young.
By GLENN KENNY

Hail Satan?
NYT Critic’s Pick R Documentary Directed by Penny Lane
Members of the Satanic Temple are not your average devil worshipers.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Breakthrough
NYT Critic’s Pick PG Biography, Drama Directed by Roxann Dawson
After a 14-year-old boy falls into freezing water and his pulse stops, prayers and medical workers both seem to play a role in his recovery.
By BILGE EBIRI

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Penguins
G Documentary Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Jeff Wilson
Ed Helms provides the internal monologue for a 5-year-old Adélie penguin referred to as Steve, who is about to embark on his first mating season.
By TEO BUGBEE

Rafiki
Drama, Romance Directed by Wanuri Kahiu
The story of a romance between two Kenyan women was shown at Cannes after being banned in Kenya.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Not Rated Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Directed by Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam’s long-deferred tribute to Cervantes’s knight errant finally arrives, starring Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver.
By A.O. SCOTT

Red Joan
R Biography, Drama, Romance Directed by Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn’s listless period drama about an English physicist who leaks atom-bomb secrets, drags when it should zing.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Guava Island
Comedy, Thriller Directed by Hiro Murai
The star, along with Rihanna and his “Atlanta” collaborators, crafts a freewheeling paean to the pleasures of taking it easy.
By JASON BAILEY