Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer
Apocalyptic comets, complicated math, ancient rituals, eccentric scientists: Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer’s new documentary has it all.

A scene from “Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds,” Directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer.
By GLENN KENNY

Ammonite
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Biography, Drama, Romance | Directed by Francis Lee
Kate Winslet’s fossil hunter and Saoirse Ronan’s convalescent embark on a forbidden seaside romance.

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in “Ammonite.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

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Monsoon
Drama, Romance | Directed by Hong Khaou
Henry Golding plays a man who returns to the Vietnam of his childhood in Hong Khaou’s thoroughly personal drama “Monsoon.”

A scene from “Monsoon,” written and | Directed by Hong Khaou.
By BEN KENIGSBERG