Marighella
NYT Critic’s Pick | Action, Drama, History, Thriller | Directed by Wagner Moura
Wagner Moura’s provocative feature debut chronicles the armed struggle led by Carlos Marighella against Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1960s.

Seu Jorge in “Marighella.”
By DEVIKA GIRISH

The Mitchells vs. the Machines
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi | Directed by Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe
A family of lovable kooks are the last hope against a robot apocalypse in this hilarious animated Netflix film.

Abbi Jacobson voices Katie Mitchell in “The Mitchells vs. the Machines.”
By MAYA PHILLIPS

About Endlessness
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama, Fantasy | Directed by Roy Andersson
Roy Andersson’s latest feature is a somber, exhilarating collection of self-defeating human specimens.

Martin Serner carrying a cross in “About Endlessness.”
By A.O. SCOTT

Limbo
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Ben Sharrock
A Syrian refugee deposited on a remote Scottish isle seeks meaning in his isolated surroundings, with wryly funny results.

By GLENN KENNY

Best Summer Ever
NYT Critic’s Pick | Musical | Directed by Michael Parks Randa, Lauren Smitelli
A largely disabled cast leads this charming teen musical.

Rickey Wilson Jr. & Shannon DeVido in “Best Summer Ever.”
By CALUM MARSH

— Of Possible Interest —

Cliff Walkers
Thriller | Directed by Yimou Zhang
Zhang Yimou turns his hand to a fast-paced spy thriller set during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria.

Liu Haocun in “Cliff Walkers.”
By GLENN KENNY

Four Good Days
R | Drama | Directed by Rodrigo García
In this drama, Mila Kunis plays a heroin addict and Glenn Close the mother trying to help her get clean.

Mila Kunis and Glenn Close in “Four Good Days.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Berlin Alexanderplatz
Drama | Directed by Burhan Qurbani
Burhan Qurbani’s film reinterprets a classic German novel into the story of a 21st-century immigrant from Guinea-Bissau surviving under the thumb of a brutal drug dealer.

Albrecht Schuch and Welket Bungué in “Berlin Alexanderplatz.”
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

Things Heard & Seen
TV-MA | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Directed by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Amanda Seyfried and James Norton move into a haunted house in this busy, creaky Netflix thriller.

Amanda Seyfried in “Things Heard & Seen,” set in a Hudson Valley college town.
By A.O. SCOTT