Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Jeffrey Wolf
Blues, silhouettes, two-dimensional figures at play. This artist created mystical experiences from whatever scraps he could find.

The artist Bill Traylor as seen in “Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts,” a documentary by Jeffrey Wolf.
By GLENN KENNY

Hope
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama, Romance | Directed by Maria Sødahl
In this raw Norwegian drama, a cancer diagnosis forces a longstanding couple to face the fissures in their relationship.

Andrea Braein Hovig and Stellan Skarsgard in “Hope.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS