The Human Voice
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Short, Drama | Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
The first English-language film from the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar stars Tilda Swinton and adapts Jean Cocteau to sublime results.

Tilda Swinton in “The Human Voice.”
By GLENN KENNY

Malni-Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Sky Hopinka
This ethereal experimental documentary by Sky Hopinka is an essential portrait of contemporary Indigenous life.

Sweetwater Sahme in “Malni — Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
In this drama, a widow rises out of grief to protest a threat to her village.

Mary Twala Mhlongo in “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection.”
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

— Of Possible Interest —

2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation
Directed by Michael Govier, Gísli Darri Halldórsson, Will McCormack, Adrien Merigeau, Erick Oh, Madeline Sharafian
From social justice themes to stories about grief and reckoning with the past, this year’s nominated shorts get serious.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS AND MAYA PHILLIPS AND BEN KENIGSBERG

2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary
Directed by Sophia Nahli Allison, Kris Bowers, Skye Fitzgerald, Anthony Giacchino, Anders Hammer, Ben Proudfoot
From social justice themes to stories about grief and reckoning with the past, this year’s nominated shorts get serious.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS AND MAYA PHILLIPS AND BEN KENIGSBERG

2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action
Directed by Travon Free, Elvira Lind, Farah Nabulsi, Martin Desmond Roe, Doug Roland, Tomer Shushan
From social justice themes to stories about grief and reckoning with the past, this year’s nominated shorts get serious.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS AND MAYA PHILLIPS AND BEN KENIGSBERG

Godzilla vs. Kong
PG-13 | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Adam Wingard
Ape and lizard go toe-to-toe, with a cast of talented humans to comment on the action.

Godzilla on the rampage in “Godzilla vs. Kong.”
By A.O. SCOTT

Concrete Cowboy
R | Drama | Directed by Ricky Staub
Idris Elba leads us through the long-buried heritage of America’s Black cowboys, manifested in their modern-day urban descendants.

From left, Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin riding the Mid-Atlantic range in “Concrete Cowboy.”
By GLENN KENNY