Acasa, My Home
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Radu Ciorniciuc
A family’s dispossession to make way for a nature park is the subject of this Romanian documentary.
A marshy field of dreams: A scene from Radu Ciorniciuc’s documentary, “Acasa, My Home.”
By A.O. SCOTT
MLK/FBI
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Sam Pollard
Sam Pollard’s fascinating documentary chronicles the F.B.I. director’s obsession with the private life and political affiliations of the civil rights leader.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as seen in Sam Pollard’s documentary “MLK/FBI.”
By A.O. SCOTT
Film About a Father Who
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Lynne Sachs
In her new documentary, Lynne Sachs assesses her relationship with her father, Ira Sachs Sr., who fathered children with multiple women.
Ira Sachs Sr., as seen in Lynne Sachs’s documentary “Film About a Father Who.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG
Some Kind of Heaven
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Lance Oppenheim
This documentary co-produced by The New York Times visits a retirement community the size of a small city.
Barbara Lochiatto, a resident of The Villages, in the documentary “Some Kind of Heaven.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG
My Little Sister
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
A cancer diagnosis only strengthens the bond between adult twins in this perceptive Swiss drama.
Nina Hoss in “My Little Sister.”Credit…
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
One Night in Miami
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Regina King
A 1964 meeting of Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown is the subject of Regina King’s riveting directorial debut.
A moment in time: A scene from Regina King’s “One Night in Miami.” Kingsley Ben-Adir, left, as Malcolm X, taking a photo of Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.).
By A.O. SCOTT
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Bloody Hell
R | Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Directed by Alister Grierson
Cannibals and comedy are mixed in this deranged ride from the director Alister Grierson.
Ben O’Toole in “Bloody Hell.”
By TEO BUGBEE
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets
R | Drama | Directed by Yaniv Raz
This Yaniv Raz drama, about a Walt Whitman-obsessed teenager with a pigeon as an imaginary therapist, is drunk on its stylistic affectations.
Lucas Jade Zumann in “Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets.”
By GLENN KENNY