To the Ends of the Earth
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
A Japanese TV host is lost in and out of translation in Uzbekistan.

Atsuko Maeda in “To the Ends of the Earth.”
By GLENN KENNY

Gunda
NYT Critic’s Pick | G | Documentary | Directed by Viktor Kosakovskiy
This astonishing documentary offers an intimate look at the lives of a sow, her rambunctious piglets, a one-legged chicken and a herd of cows.

Gunda with one of her piglets in Victor Kossakovsky’s documentary.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Giving Voice
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Documentary | Directed by James D. Stern, Fernando Villena
Netflix’s inspirational documentary follows talented theater kids who are devoting themselves to Wilson’s writing.

Cody Merridith performs an August Wilson monologue in the documentary “Giving Voice.”
By ROBERT DANIELS

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Let Them All Talk
R | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Meryl Streep plays an author trying to reconnect with college friends in Steven Soderbergh’s film.

Meryl Streep and Lucas Hedges in “Let Them All Talk.”
By MAYA PHILLIPS

Sing Me a Song
Documentary | Directed by Thomas Balmès
The French filmmaker Thomas Balmès follows a Bhutanese boy as he becomes a man and finds a life outside the monastery where he grew up.

“Sing Me a Song” a documentary film | Directed by Thomas Balmès about a boy in a Bhutanese monastery. It follows his film “Happiness,” which introduced the young boy, Peyangki
By KRISTEN YOONSOO KIM

The Prom
PG-13 | Comedy, Drama, Musical | Directed by Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy takes on the Broadway hit “The Prom,” with help from Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Keegan-Michael Key.

The bright (small) lights of Indiana meet Angie Dickinson glam: Nicole Kidman and Jo Ellen Pellman in “The Prom.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Funny Boy
Drama | Directed by Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta’s sprawling coming-of-age drama follows a boy who realizes he is gay in a country that criminalizes homosexuality.

Arush Nand in “Funny Boy.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG